// Replace the built-in textArea.selectWord() which may select non-word characters even if there is a word on the left of the caret.
// Author: AhLeung Cheng  https://www.google.com/+AhLeungCheng
// GNU General Public License

caret = textArea.getCaretPosition();
if (caret > 0 && textArea.getText(caret-1,1).matches("\\w")) textArea.goToPrevCharacter(false);
	// ref: How to check if a character is a non-word boundary http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2961570/how-to-check-if-a-character-is-a-non-word-boundary
textArea.selectWord();