Key binding to select the current paragraph

Question

I'm using the following key binding to visually select the current paragraph.

nnoremap <leader>v }kV{j

Is works as follows:

1. } Move below the current paragraph.
2. k Move one line up.
3. V Start line-based visual selection.
4. { Move above the current paragraph.
5. j Move one line down.

This works well except for the last paragraph in the file. If there is no empty line below the current paragraph } stops at the last line inside the paragraph. The following k results in the last line of the paragraph not being included in the selection. The same problem occurs with the very first paragraph in the file.

How can I make this key binding to also work for paragraphs at the top of bottom of the document?

Is there a text object for this?

Answer 1

See:

• :h ip
• :h ap

You are looking for the built in vip.

Also, :h text-objects is a good start to find the text objects you are looking for.

Edit To address your comment: to move the cursor to one end or the other end of the current visual selection you can simply use o in visual mode.

:h v_o