how to select one row of a column of a table in org-mode (i.e. a cell of a table)

Question

in org-mode, is there a command to select the entire text in one column in one row? I know i can move to the beginning/set-mark/goto the end of the column. But i am wondering if there is one command already for that.

Answer 1

I asked the question in the org-mailing list. I was pointed to this function which does what I needed: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2016-05/msg00240.html

 (defun org-table-mark-field ()
      "Mark the current table field."
      (interactive)
      ;; Do not try to jump to the beginning of field if the point is already there
      (when (not (looking-back "|\\s-?"))
        (org-table-beginning-of-field 1))
      (set-mark-command nil)
      (org-table-end-of-field 1))