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324			<h1><a name="select-item" href="/actions/select-item/#select-item" class="anchor"></a>Select Item</h1>
325<p>Action is similar to <a href="/actions/go-to-edit-point/">“Go to Edit Point”</a>, but selects important code parts.</p>
326<p>In HTML, these are tag name, full attribute and attribute value. For class attribute it also selects distinct classes.</p>
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335run: {command: &#39;emmet.select_next_item&#39;, times: 7} ::: “Select Next Item” (Shift-Cmd-.)
336wait: 1000
337run: {command: &#39;emmet.select_previous_item&#39;, times: 6} ::: “Select Previous Item” (Shift-Cmd-,)
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341tooltip: “Select Item” action may also work in non-HTML syntaxes
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343run: {command: &#39;emmet.select_next_item&#39;, times: 5}
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346<p>In CSS, it matches selector, full property and property value. For complex values and functions like <code>1px solid red</code> or <code>url(image.jpg)</code> also selects part of it.</p>
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353run: {command: &#39;emmet.select_next_item&#39;, times: 12} ::: “Select Next Item” (Shift-Cmd-.)
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