From befecc8a9a087436a9dbc6942e328646c3391874 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cossonleo <cossonleo@foxmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:31:44 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] select smaller range on some case

---
 helix-core/src/object.rs | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/helix-core/src/object.rs b/helix-core/src/object.rs
index d9558dd83..717c59947 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/object.rs
+++ b/helix-core/src/object.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@ pub fn expand_selection(syntax: &Syntax, text: RopeSlice, selection: &Selection)
         let parent = match tree
             .root_node()
             .descendant_for_byte_range(from, to)
-            .and_then(|node| node.parent())
-        {
+            .and_then(|node| {
+                if node.child_count() == 0 || (node.start_byte() == from && node.end_byte() == to) {
+                    node.parent()
+                } else {
+                    Some(node)
+                }
+            }) {
             Some(parent) => parent,
             None => return range,
         };