In Text mode of the XML editor these actions are enabled when the caret is positioned inside
a tag name:
contextual menu of current
editor
> Select
> Element - Selects the entire current element.
contextual menu of current
editor
> Select
> Content - Selects the content of the current element, excluding the start tag and end
tag. If it is applied repeatedly, starts with selecting the XML element from the cursor
position and extends the selection to the ancestor XML elements. Each execution of the
action extends the current selection to the surrounding element.
contextual menu of current
editor
> Select
> Attributes - Selects all the attributes of the current element.
contextual menu of current
editor
> Select
> Parent - Selects the parent element of the current element.
Double click on an element or processing
instruction - If the
double click is done before the start tag of
an element or after the end tag of an element then all the element is selected by the
double click action. If it is done after the
start tag or before the end tag then only the element content without the start tag and end
tag is selected.
Double click after the opening quote or before the closing quote of an attribute value -
Select the whole attribute value.