Hi all.
I just started using ST2 last night, and I’m trying to get it set up for wordpress development.
When editing html, I would like to be able to quickly select sections of code, including the parent tags.
This makes copying and pasting html really fast. It’s a major convenience.
The only editor that I’ve found that can do this is the excellent and slowly dying Quanta+.
Can this be done in ST2?
Take a look at the Selection/Expand Selection to Tag menu item. You can hit the associated key binding several times to increase what’s selected.
Thats close to what I want, but doesn’t quite hit it.
‘Expand Selection to Tag’ allows me to select the contents of my target tag, but excludes the tag itself. So I still have to do the extra work of re-creating the parent tag.
I haven’t been using the keybinding for this command, and it doesn’t seem to work.
The menu gives the keybinding as ‘Shift + Ctrl + A’. But when I this keybinding, the selection only includes the tag name in the opening tag. Nothing else.
How can I access this command via the keyboard?
@bobdobbs - press the keybinding twice, first time will select the contents, second time will include the selected tag 
Ahah!
I do indeed have zen-coding installed. I guess that explains the keystroke fail.
Another way is to first fold the tag and then select it. This is a technique you can use in any text editor and for any kind of block