Backward text selection?

[Hubby]

Hi!

I think "ext" text selection (pressing F8 and then typing the letter
up to which you want to select) is a really cool feature.
But can you also select backward by using F8?
For example, you are at the end of a parenthesis and want to select
the entire parenthesis including what's in between them, can you start
from the ")" and select backwards to "("?
Or do you always have to start from the "(" and move downward to the
")" using F8?

 

[Jerry Bodoff]

Hi,

The only thing I have used to select "backwards" was
SHIFT + CTRL + Left Arrow. I would be interested to know
if there is something else.

Jerry Bodoff