diff --git a/crates/vim/src/helix/select.rs b/crates/vim/src/helix/select.rs
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+++ b/crates/vim/src/helix/select.rs
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+use text::SelectionGoal;
+use ui::{Context, Window};
+
+use crate::{Vim, object::Object};
+
+impl Vim {
+    /// Selects the text object each cursor is over.
+    pub fn select_object(
+        &mut self,
+        object: Object,
+        around: bool,
+        window: &mut Window,
+        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
+    ) {
+        self.stop_recording(cx);
+        self.update_editor(window, cx, |_, editor, window, cx| {
+            editor.change_selections(Default::default(), window, cx, |s| {
+                s.move_with(|map, selection| {
+                    let Some(range) = object.helix_range(map, selection.clone(), around) else {
+                        return;
+                    };
+
+                    selection.set_head(range.end, SelectionGoal::None);
+                    selection.start = range.start;
+                });
+            });
+        });
+    }
+}