diff --git a/src/CommandAction.ts b/src/CommandAction.ts
index 0028b4fab7..cd6f3a1059 100644
--- a/src/CommandAction.ts
+++ b/src/CommandAction.ts
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ export default class CommandAction implements Action {
   ]): Promise<ActionReturnValue> {
     await displayPendingEditDecorations(
       targets,
-      this.graph.editStyles.referenced,
-      this.graph.editStyles.referencedLine
+      this.graph.editStyles.referenced
     );
 
     const originalEditor = window.activeTextEditor;
diff --git a/src/Types.ts b/src/Types.ts
index 86fff8e65a..0d4aac840c 100644
--- a/src/Types.ts
+++ b/src/Types.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { SyntaxNode } from "web-tree-sitter";
 import * as vscode from "vscode";
 import { Location } from "vscode";
 import { SymbolColor } from "./constants";
-import EditStyles from "./editStyles";
+import { EditStyles } from "./editStyles";
 import NavigationMap from "./NavigationMap";
 
 /**
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ export type ActionType =
   | "move"
   | "outdentLines"
   | "paste"
+  | "replaceWithText"
   | "scrollToBottom"
   | "scrollToCenter"
   | "scrollToTop"
diff --git a/src/actions/BringMoveSwap.ts b/src/actions/BringMoveSwap.ts
index 642439ef98..e6f6571c61 100644
--- a/src/actions/BringMoveSwap.ts
+++ b/src/actions/BringMoveSwap.ts
@@ -9,17 +9,11 @@ import {
 import { runForEachEditor } from "../targetUtils";
 import update from "immutability-helper";
 import displayPendingEditDecorations from "../editDisplayUtils";
-import { performInsideOutsideAdjustment } from "../performInsideOutsideAdjustment";
+import { performOutsideAdjustment } from "../performInsideOutsideAdjustment";
 import { flatten, zip } from "lodash";
-import { Selection, TextEditorDecorationType, TextEditor, Range } from "vscode";
+import { Selection, TextEditor, Range } from "vscode";
 import { performEditsAndUpdateSelections } from "../updateSelections";
-
-interface DecorationTypes {
-  sourceStyle: TextEditorDecorationType;
-  sourceLineStyle: TextEditorDecorationType;
-  destinationStyle: TextEditorDecorationType;
-  destinationLineStyle: TextEditorDecorationType;
-}
+import { getTextWithPossibleDelimiter } from "../getTextWithPossibleDelimiter";
 
 interface ExtendedEdit extends Edit {
   editor: TextEditor;
@@ -37,7 +31,7 @@ interface ThatMarkEntry {
 class BringMoveSwap implements Action {
   targetPreferences: ActionPreferences[] = [
     { insideOutsideType: null },
-    { insideOutsideType: "inside" },
+    { insideOutsideType: null },
   ];
 
   constructor(private graph: Graph, private type: string) {
@@ -56,25 +50,20 @@ class BringMoveSwap implements Action {
     return sources;
   }
 
-  private getDecorationStyles(): DecorationTypes {
-    let sourceStyle, sourceLineStyle;
+  private getDecorationStyles() {
+    let sourceStyle;
     if (this.type === "bring") {
       sourceStyle = this.graph.editStyles.referenced;
-      sourceLineStyle = this.graph.editStyles.referencedLine;
-    } else if (this.type === "swap") {
-      sourceStyle = this.graph.editStyles.pendingModification1;
-      sourceLineStyle = this.graph.editStyles.pendingLineModification1;
     } else if (this.type === "move") {
       sourceStyle = this.graph.editStyles.pendingDelete;
-      sourceLineStyle = this.graph.editStyles.pendingLineDelete;
-    } else {
-      throw Error(`Unknown type "${this.type}"`);
+    }
+    // NB this.type === "swap"
+    else {
+      sourceStyle = this.graph.editStyles.pendingModification1;
     }
     return {
       sourceStyle,
-      sourceLineStyle,
       destinationStyle: this.graph.editStyles.pendingModification0,
-      destinationLineStyle: this.graph.editStyles.pendingLineModification0,
     };
   }
 
@@ -84,15 +73,10 @@ class BringMoveSwap implements Action {
   ) {
     const decorationTypes = this.getDecorationStyles();
     await Promise.all([
-      displayPendingEditDecorations(
-        sources,
-        decorationTypes.sourceStyle,
-        decorationTypes.sourceLineStyle
-      ),
+      displayPendingEditDecorations(sources, decorationTypes.sourceStyle),
       displayPendingEditDecorations(
         destinations,
-        decorationTypes.destinationStyle,
-        decorationTypes.destinationLineStyle
+        decorationTypes.destinationStyle
       ),
     ]);
   }
@@ -107,54 +91,45 @@ class BringMoveSwap implements Action {
         throw new Error("Targets must have same number of args");
       }
 
-      const sourceText = source.selection.editor.document.getText(
-        source.selection.selection
-      );
-
-      const { containingListDelimiter } = destination.selectionContext;
-      const newText =
-        containingListDelimiter == null || destination.position === "contents"
-          ? sourceText
-          : destination.position === "after"
-          ? containingListDelimiter + sourceText
-          : sourceText + containingListDelimiter;
+      // Get text adjusting for destination position
+      const text = getTextWithPossibleDelimiter(source, destination);
 
       // Add destination edit
       const result = [
         {
-          isSource: false,
+          range: destination.selection.selection as Range,
+          text,
           editor: destination.selection.editor,
           originalSelection: destination,
-          range: destination.selection.selection as Range,
-          text: newText,
+          isSource: false,
         },
       ];
 
       // Add source edit for move and swap
       // Prevent multiple instances of the same expanded source.
       if (this.type !== "bring" && !usedSources.includes(source)) {
-        let newText: string;
+        let text: string;
         let range: Range;
 
         if (this.type === "swap") {
-          newText = destination.selection.editor.document.getText(
+          text = destination.selection.editor.document.getText(
             destination.selection.selection
           );
           range = source.selection.selection;
-        } else {
-          // NB: this.type === "move"
-          newText = "";
-          range = performInsideOutsideAdjustment(source, "outside").selection
-            .selection;
+        }
+        // NB: this.type === "move"
+        else {
+          text = "";
+          range = performOutsideAdjustment(source).selection.selection;
         }
 
         usedSources.push(source);
         result.push({
-          isSource: true,
+          range,
+          text,
           editor: source.selection.editor,
           originalSelection: source,
-          range,
-          text: newText,
+          isSource: true,
         });
       }
 
@@ -206,15 +181,13 @@ class BringMoveSwap implements Action {
         thatMark
           .filter(({ isSource }) => isSource)
           .map(({ typedSelection }) => typedSelection),
-        decorationTypes.sourceStyle,
-        decorationTypes.sourceLineStyle
+        decorationTypes.sourceStyle
       ),
       displayPendingEditDecorations(
         thatMark
           .filter(({ isSource }) => !isSource)
           .map(({ typedSelection }) => typedSelection),
-        decorationTypes.destinationStyle,
-        decorationTypes.destinationLineStyle
+        decorationTypes.destinationStyle
       ),
     ]);
   }
diff --git a/src/actions/CopyLines.ts b/src/actions/CopyLines.ts
index f460a4380a..7c5e846a75 100644
--- a/src/actions/CopyLines.ts
+++ b/src/actions/CopyLines.ts
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ class CopyLines implements Action {
   async run([targets]: [TypedSelection[]]): Promise<ActionReturnValue> {
     await displayPendingEditDecorations(
       targets,
-      this.graph.editStyles.referenced,
-      this.graph.editStyles.referencedLine
+      this.graph.editStyles.referenced
     );
 
     const thatMark = flatten(
diff --git a/src/actions/Find.ts b/src/actions/Find.ts
index 21d2d0fac7..703a59a50a 100644
--- a/src/actions/Find.ts
+++ b/src/actions/Find.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,14 @@ export class FindInFiles implements Action {
   async run([targets]: [TypedSelection[]]): Promise<ActionReturnValue> {
     ensureSingleTarget(targets);
 
-    const { returnValue: query, thatMark } =
-      await this.graph.actions.getText.run([targets]);
+    const {
+      returnValue: [query],
+      thatMark,
+    } = await this.graph.actions.getText.run([targets]);
 
-    await commands.executeCommand("workbench.action.findInFiles", { query });
+    await commands.executeCommand("workbench.action.findInFiles", {
+      query,
+    });
 
     return { returnValue: null, thatMark };
   }
diff --git a/src/actions/GetText.ts b/src/actions/GetText.ts
index 106d2bb56c..dc335b872e 100644
--- a/src/actions/GetText.ts
+++ b/src/actions/GetText.ts
@@ -16,24 +16,21 @@ export default class GetText implements Action {
 
   async run(
     [targets]: [TypedSelection[]],
-    showDecorations = true
+    { showDecorations = true } = {}
   ): Promise<ActionReturnValue> {
     if (showDecorations) {
       await displayPendingEditDecorations(
         targets,
-        this.graph.editStyles.referenced,
-        this.graph.editStyles.referencedLine
+        this.graph.editStyles.referenced
       );
     }
 
-    const text = targets
-      .map((target) =>
-        target.selection.editor.document.getText(target.selection.selection)
-      )
-      .join("\n");
+    const returnValue = targets.map((target) =>
+      target.selection.editor.document.getText(target.selection.selection)
+    );
 
     return {
-      returnValue: text,
+      returnValue,
       thatMark: targets.map((target) => target.selection),
     };
   }
diff --git a/src/actions/InsertEmptyLines.ts b/src/actions/InsertEmptyLines.ts
index 92d988bfc2..4526647e8c 100644
--- a/src/actions/InsertEmptyLines.ts
+++ b/src/actions/InsertEmptyLines.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class InsertEmptyLines implements Action {
     displayPendingEditDecorations(
       targets,
       this.graph.editStyles.referenced,
-      this.graph.editStyles.referencedLine
     );
 
     const edits = await runForEachEditor(
diff --git a/src/actions/Paste.ts b/src/actions/Paste.ts
index 69ed99e16f..3329c9eb89 100644
--- a/src/actions/Paste.ts
+++ b/src/actions/Paste.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export default class Paste implements Action {
     await displayPendingEditDecorations(
       targets,
       this.graph.editStyles.pendingModification0,
-      this.graph.editStyles.pendingLineModification0
     );
 
     const text = await env.clipboard.readText();
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ export default class Paste implements Action {
     await displayPendingEditDecorations(
       thatMark.map(({ typedSelection }) => typedSelection),
       this.graph.editStyles.pendingModification0,
-      this.graph.editStyles.pendingLineModification0
     );
 
     return { returnValue: null, thatMark };
diff --git a/src/actions/ReplaceWithText.ts b/src/actions/ReplaceWithText.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be08ebdf4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/actions/ReplaceWithText.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import {
+  Action,
+  ActionPreferences,
+  ActionReturnValue,
+  Graph,
+  TypedSelection,
+} from "../Types";
+import displayPendingEditDecorations from "../editDisplayUtils";
+import { runForEachEditor } from "../targetUtils";
+import { flatten, zip } from "lodash";
+import { maybeAddDelimiter } from "../getTextWithPossibleDelimiter";
+import { performEditsAndUpdateSelections } from "../updateSelections";
+
+export default class implements Action {
+  targetPreferences: ActionPreferences[] = [{ insideOutsideType: null }];
+
+  constructor(private graph: Graph) {
+    this.run = this.run.bind(this);
+  }
+
+  async run(
+    [targets]: [TypedSelection[]],
+    texts: string[]
+  ): Promise<ActionReturnValue> {
+    await displayPendingEditDecorations(
+      targets,
+      this.graph.editStyles.pendingModification0
+    );
+
+    // Broadcast single text for each target
+    if (texts.length === 1) {
+      texts = Array(targets.length).fill(texts[0]);
+    }
+
+    if (targets.length !== texts.length) {
+      throw new Error("Targets and texts must have same length");
+    }
+
+    const edits = zip(targets, texts).map(([target, text]) => ({
+      editor: target!.selection.editor,
+      range: target!.selection.selection,
+      text: maybeAddDelimiter(text!, target!),
+    }));
+
+    const thatMark = flatten(
+      await runForEachEditor(
+        edits,
+        (edit) => edit.editor,
+        async (editor, edits) => {
+          const [updatedSelections] = await performEditsAndUpdateSelections(
+            editor,
+            edits,
+            [targets.map((target) => target.selection.selection)]
+          );
+
+          return updatedSelections.map((selection) => ({
+            editor,
+            selection,
+          }));
+        }
+      )
+    );
+
+    return { returnValue: null, thatMark };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/actions/Scroll.ts b/src/actions/Scroll.ts
index 6fb720b4d5..b7fce93a00 100644
--- a/src/actions/Scroll.ts
+++ b/src/actions/Scroll.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Scroll implements Action {
 
     await displayDecorationsWhileRunningFunc(
       targets.map((target) => target.selection),
-      this.graph.editStyles.referencedLine,
+      this.graph.editStyles.referenced.line,
       scrollCallback,
       showAdditionalHighlightBeforeScroll
     );
diff --git a/src/actions/SetBreakpoint.ts b/src/actions/SetBreakpoint.ts
index c27d26af21..2a420d6f65 100644
--- a/src/actions/SetBreakpoint.ts
+++ b/src/actions/SetBreakpoint.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ export default class SetBreakpoint implements Action {
   ]): Promise<ActionReturnValue> {
     await displayPendingEditDecorations(
       targets,
-      this.graph.editStyles.referenced,
-      this.graph.editStyles.referencedLine
+      this.graph.editStyles.referenced
     );
 
     const lines = targets.flatMap((target) => {
diff --git a/src/actions/copy.ts b/src/actions/copy.ts
index 33b01292ef..e082c4bfe2 100644
--- a/src/actions/copy.ts
+++ b/src/actions/copy.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ export default class Copy implements Action {
     const { returnValue, thatMark } = await this.graph.actions.getText.run([
       targets,
     ]);
+    const text = returnValue.join("\n");
 
-    await env.clipboard.writeText(returnValue);
+    await env.clipboard.writeText(text);
 
     return { returnValue: null, thatMark };
   }
diff --git a/src/actions/cut.ts b/src/actions/cut.ts
index bcf0b3ae92..c3b94d0d75 100644
--- a/src/actions/cut.ts
+++ b/src/actions/cut.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import {
   Graph,
   TypedSelection,
 } from "../Types";
-import { performInsideOutsideAdjustment } from "../performInsideOutsideAdjustment";
+import {
+  performInsideAdjustment,
+  performOutsideAdjustment,
+} from "../performInsideOutsideAdjustment";
 
 export default class Cut implements Action {
   targetPreferences: ActionPreferences[] = [{ insideOutsideType: null }];
@@ -15,14 +18,10 @@ export default class Cut implements Action {
   }
 
   async run([targets]: [TypedSelection[]]): Promise<ActionReturnValue> {
-    await this.graph.actions.copy.run([
-      targets.map((target) => performInsideOutsideAdjustment(target, "inside")),
-    ]);
+    await this.graph.actions.copy.run([targets.map(performInsideAdjustment)]);
 
     const { thatMark } = await this.graph.actions.delete.run([
-      targets.map((target) =>
-        performInsideOutsideAdjustment(target, "outside")
-      ),
+      targets.map(performOutsideAdjustment),
     ]);
 
     return {
diff --git a/src/actions/delete.ts b/src/actions/delete.ts
index 4645bd5684..fab12244b3 100644
--- a/src/actions/delete.ts
+++ b/src/actions/delete.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ export default class Delete implements Action {
     await displayPendingEditDecorations(
       targets,
       this.graph.editStyles.pendingDelete,
-      this.graph.editStyles.pendingLineDelete
     );
 
     const thatMark = flatten(
diff --git a/src/actions/index.ts b/src/actions/index.ts
index b69217091a..30fcdf6f9c 100644
--- a/src/actions/index.ts
+++ b/src/actions/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
 } from "./InsertEmptyLines";
 import GetText from "./GetText";
 import { FindInFiles } from "./Find";
+import ReplaceWithText from "./ReplaceWithText";
 import { CopyLinesUp, CopyLinesDown } from "./CopyLines";
 import SetBreakpoint from "./SetBreakpoint";
 
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ class Actions implements ActionRecord {
   move = new Move(this.graph);
   outdentLines = new OutdentLines(this.graph);
   paste = new Paste(this.graph);
+  replaceWithText = new ReplaceWithText(this.graph);
   scrollToBottom = new ScrollToBottom(this.graph);
   scrollToCenter = new ScrollToCenter(this.graph);
   scrollToTop = new ScrollToTop(this.graph);
diff --git a/src/actions/wrap.ts b/src/actions/wrap.ts
index bedb23b08b..d64d5263c9 100644
--- a/src/actions/wrap.ts
+++ b/src/actions/wrap.ts
@@ -51,11 +51,12 @@ export default class Wrap implements Action {
           );
 
           editor.setDecorations(
-            this.graph.editStyles.justAdded,
+            this.graph.editStyles.justAdded.token,
             updatedSelections
           );
           await decorationSleep();
-          editor.setDecorations(this.graph.editStyles.justAdded, []);
+
+          editor.setDecorations(this.graph.editStyles.justAdded.token, []);
 
           return targets.map((target, index) => {
             const start = updatedSelections[index * 2].start;
diff --git a/src/editDisplayUtils.ts b/src/editDisplayUtils.ts
index 9291b8b624..367887d1a8 100644
--- a/src/editDisplayUtils.ts
+++ b/src/editDisplayUtils.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { TypedSelection, SelectionWithEditor } from "./Types";
 import { isLineSelectionType } from "./selectionType";
 import { promisify } from "util";
 import { runOnTargetsForEachEditor, runForEachEditor } from "./targetUtils";
+import { EditStyle } from "./editStyles";
 
 const sleep = promisify(setTimeout);
 
@@ -17,19 +18,18 @@ export async function decorationSleep() {
 
 export default async function displayPendingEditDecorations(
   targets: TypedSelection[],
-  tokenStyle: TextEditorDecorationType,
-  lineStyle: TextEditorDecorationType
+  editStyle: EditStyle
 ) {
   await runOnTargetsForEachEditor(targets, async (editor, selections) => {
     editor.setDecorations(
-      tokenStyle,
+      editStyle.token,
       selections
         .filter((selection) => !isLineSelectionType(selection.selectionType))
         .map((selection) => selection.selection.selection)
     );
 
     editor.setDecorations(
-      lineStyle,
+      editStyle.line,
       selections
         .filter((selection) => isLineSelectionType(selection.selectionType))
         .map((selection) => {
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ export default async function displayPendingEditDecorations(
   await decorationSleep();
 
   await runOnTargetsForEachEditor(targets, async (editor) => {
-    editor.setDecorations(tokenStyle, []);
-    editor.setDecorations(lineStyle, []);
+    editor.setDecorations(editStyle.token, []);
+    editor.setDecorations(editStyle.line, []);
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/editStyles.ts b/src/editStyles.ts
index 7828bb0be1..7ced477e8a 100644
--- a/src/editStyles.ts
+++ b/src/editStyles.ts
@@ -1,80 +1,34 @@
 import * as vscode from "vscode";
 
-export default class EditStyles {
-  pendingDelete: vscode.TextEditorDecorationType;
-  pendingLineDelete: vscode.TextEditorDecorationType;
-  referenced: vscode.TextEditorDecorationType;
-  referencedLine: vscode.TextEditorDecorationType;
-  pendingModification0: vscode.TextEditorDecorationType;
-  pendingLineModification0: vscode.TextEditorDecorationType;
-  pendingModification1: vscode.TextEditorDecorationType;
-  pendingLineModification1: vscode.TextEditorDecorationType;
-  justAdded: vscode.TextEditorDecorationType;
+export class EditStyle {
+  token: vscode.TextEditorDecorationType;
+  line: vscode.TextEditorDecorationType;
 
-  constructor() {
-    this.pendingDelete = vscode.window.createTextEditorDecorationType({
-      backgroundColor: new vscode.ThemeColor(
-        "cursorless.pendingDeleteBackground"
-      ),
-      rangeBehavior: vscode.DecorationRangeBehavior.ClosedClosed,
-    });
-
-    this.pendingLineDelete = vscode.window.createTextEditorDecorationType({
-      backgroundColor: new vscode.ThemeColor(
-        "cursorless.pendingDeleteBackground"
-      ),
+  constructor(colorName: string) {
+    const options = {
+      backgroundColor: new vscode.ThemeColor(`cursorless.${colorName}`),
       rangeBehavior: vscode.DecorationRangeBehavior.ClosedClosed,
+    };
+    this.token = vscode.window.createTextEditorDecorationType(options);
+    this.line = vscode.window.createTextEditorDecorationType({
+      ...options,
       isWholeLine: true,
     });
+  }
+}
 
-    this.justAdded = vscode.window.createTextEditorDecorationType({
-      backgroundColor: new vscode.ThemeColor("cursorless.justAddedBackground"),
-      rangeBehavior: vscode.DecorationRangeBehavior.ClosedClosed,
-    });
-
-    this.referenced = vscode.window.createTextEditorDecorationType({
-      backgroundColor: new vscode.ThemeColor("cursorless.referencedBackground"),
-      rangeBehavior: vscode.DecorationRangeBehavior.ClosedClosed,
-    });
-
-    this.referencedLine = vscode.window.createTextEditorDecorationType({
-      backgroundColor: new vscode.ThemeColor("cursorless.referencedBackground"),
-      rangeBehavior: vscode.DecorationRangeBehavior.ClosedClosed,
-      isWholeLine: true,
-    });
-
-    this.pendingModification0 = vscode.window.createTextEditorDecorationType({
-      backgroundColor: new vscode.ThemeColor(
-        "cursorless.pendingModification0Background"
-      ),
-      rangeBehavior: vscode.DecorationRangeBehavior.ClosedClosed,
-    });
-
-    this.pendingLineModification0 = vscode.window.createTextEditorDecorationType(
-      {
-        backgroundColor: new vscode.ThemeColor(
-          "cursorless.pendingModification0Background"
-        ),
-        rangeBehavior: vscode.DecorationRangeBehavior.ClosedClosed,
-        isWholeLine: true,
-      }
-    );
-
-    this.pendingModification1 = vscode.window.createTextEditorDecorationType({
-      backgroundColor: new vscode.ThemeColor(
-        "cursorless.pendingModification1Background"
-      ),
-      rangeBehavior: vscode.DecorationRangeBehavior.ClosedClosed,
-    });
+export class EditStyles {
+  pendingDelete: EditStyle;
+  referenced: EditStyle;
+  pendingModification0: EditStyle;
+  pendingModification1: EditStyle;
+  justAdded: EditStyle;
 
-    this.pendingLineModification1 = vscode.window.createTextEditorDecorationType(
-      {
-        backgroundColor: new vscode.ThemeColor(
-          "cursorless.pendingModification1Background"
-        ),
-        rangeBehavior: vscode.DecorationRangeBehavior.ClosedClosed,
-        isWholeLine: true,
-      }
-    );
+  constructor() {
+    this.pendingDelete = new EditStyle("pendingDeleteBackground");
+    this.justAdded = new EditStyle("justAddedBackground");
+    this.referenced = new EditStyle("referencedBackground");
+    this.pendingModification0 = new EditStyle("pendingModification0Background");
+    this.pendingModification1 = new EditStyle("pendingModification1Background");
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/getTextWithPossibleDelimiter.ts b/src/getTextWithPossibleDelimiter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52e1f56025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/getTextWithPossibleDelimiter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { TypedSelection } from "./Types";
+
+/** Get text from selection. Possibly add delimiter for positions before/after */
+export function getTextWithPossibleDelimiter(
+  source: TypedSelection,
+  destination: TypedSelection
+) {
+  const sourceText = source.selection.editor.document.getText(
+    source.selection.selection
+  );
+  return maybeAddDelimiter(sourceText, destination);
+}
+
+/** Possibly add delimiter for positions before/after */
+export function maybeAddDelimiter(
+  sourceText: string,
+  destination: TypedSelection
+) {
+  const { insideOutsideType, position } = destination;
+  const containingListDelimiter =
+    destination.selectionContext.containingListDelimiter;
+  return containingListDelimiter == null ||
+    position === "contents" ||
+    insideOutsideType === "inside"
+    ? sourceText
+    : destination.position === "after"
+    ? containingListDelimiter + sourceText
+    : sourceText + containingListDelimiter;
+}
diff --git a/src/graphConstructors.ts b/src/graphConstructors.ts
index c209e0fc21..cec34cfa8e 100644
--- a/src/graphConstructors.ts
+++ b/src/graphConstructors.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import Actions from "./actions";
-import EditStyles from "./editStyles";
+import { EditStyles } from "./editStyles";
 import { Graph } from "./Types";
 import { ConstructorMap } from "./makeGraph";
 
diff --git a/src/performInsideOutsideAdjustment.ts b/src/performInsideOutsideAdjustment.ts
index 2d4631d77d..2e616dd9d5 100644
--- a/src/performInsideOutsideAdjustment.ts
+++ b/src/performInsideOutsideAdjustment.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import update from "immutability-helper";
-import { Selection } from "vscode";
 import { InsideOutsideType, TypedSelection } from "./Types";
+import { updateTypedSelectionRange } from "./selectionUtils";
 
 export function performInsideOutsideAdjustment(
   selection: TypedSelection,
@@ -10,6 +9,17 @@ export function performInsideOutsideAdjustment(
     selection.insideOutsideType ?? preferredInsideOutsideType;
 
   if (insideOutsideType === "outside") {
+    if (selection.position !== "contents") {
+      const delimiterRange =
+        selection.position === "before"
+          ? selection.selectionContext.leadingDelimiterRange
+          : selection.selectionContext.trailingDelimiterRange;
+
+      return delimiterRange == null
+        ? selection
+        : updateTypedSelectionRange(selection, delimiterRange);
+    }
+
     const usedSelection =
       selection.selectionContext.outerSelection ??
       selection.selection.selection;
@@ -23,15 +33,16 @@ export function performInsideOutsideAdjustment(
         ? usedSelection.union(delimiterRange)
         : usedSelection;
 
-    return update(selection, {
-      selection: {
-        selection: (s) =>
-          s.isReversed
-            ? new Selection(range.end, range.start)
-            : new Selection(range.start, range.end),
-      },
-    });
+    return updateTypedSelectionRange(selection, range);
   }
 
   return selection;
 }
+
+export function performInsideAdjustment(selection: TypedSelection) {
+  return performInsideOutsideAdjustment(selection, "inside");
+}
+
+export function performOutsideAdjustment(selection: TypedSelection) {
+  return performInsideOutsideAdjustment(selection, "outside");
+}
diff --git a/src/processTargets.ts b/src/processTargets.ts
index 551496b681..d5cdb968d9 100644
--- a/src/processTargets.ts
+++ b/src/processTargets.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { concat, range, zip } from "lodash";
 import update from "immutability-helper";
 import { SyntaxNode } from "web-tree-sitter";
-import * as vscode from "vscode";
-import { Selection, Range, Position } from "vscode";
+import { Selection, Range, Position, Location } from "vscode";
 import { nodeMatchers } from "./languages";
 import {
   Mark,
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   SelectionWithEditor,
   Target,
   TypedSelection,
+  Modifier,
 } from "./Types";
 import { performInsideOutsideAdjustment } from "./performInsideOutsideAdjustment";
 import { SUBWORD_MATCHER } from "./constants";
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ function transformSelection(
       return [{ selection, context: {} }];
     case "containingScope":
       var node: SyntaxNode | null = context.getNodeAtLocation(
-        new vscode.Location(selection.editor.document.uri, selection.selection)
+        new Location(selection.editor.document.uri, selection.selection)
       );
 
       const nodeMatcher =
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ function createTypedSelection(
   selection: SelectionWithEditor,
   selectionContext: SelectionContext
 ): TypedSelection {
-  const { selectionType, insideOutsideType, position } = target;
+  const { selectionType, insideOutsideType, position, modifier } = target;
   const { document } = selection.editor;
 
   switch (selectionType) {
@@ -314,7 +314,11 @@ function createTypedSelection(
         selectionType,
         position,
         insideOutsideType,
-        selectionContext: getTokenSelectionContext(selection, selectionContext),
+        selectionContext: getTokenSelectionContext(
+          selection,
+          modifier,
+          selectionContext
+        ),
       };
 
     case "line": {
@@ -445,6 +449,7 @@ function performPositionAdjustment(
 
 function getTokenSelectionContext(
   selection: SelectionWithEditor,
+  modifier: Modifier,
   selectionContext: SelectionContext
 ): SelectionContext {
   if (!isSelectionContextEmpty(selectionContext)) {
@@ -482,19 +487,20 @@ function getTokenSelectionContext(
         )
       : null;
 
-  // Didn't find any delimiters
-  if (leadingDelimiterRange == null && trailingDelimiterRange == null) {
-    return selectionContext;
+  if (
+    leadingDelimiterRange != null ||
+    trailingDelimiterRange != null ||
+    modifier.type !== "subpiece"
+  ) {
+    return {
+      isInDelimitedList: true,
+      containingListDelimiter: " ",
+      leadingDelimiterRange,
+      trailingDelimiterRange,
+    };
   }
 
-  return {
-    isInDelimitedList: true,
-    containingListDelimiter: document.getText(
-      (trailingDelimiterRange ?? leadingDelimiterRange)!
-    ),
-    leadingDelimiterRange,
-    trailingDelimiterRange,
-  };
+  return selectionContext;
 }
 
 // TODO Clean this up once we have rich targets and better polymorphic
diff --git a/src/selectionUtils.ts b/src/selectionUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f3d209e8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/selectionUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { Range, Selection, Position } from "vscode";
+import update from "immutability-helper";
+import { TypedSelection } from "./Types";
+
+export function selectionFromRange(
+  range: Range,
+  isReversed: boolean
+): Selection {
+  const { start, end } = range;
+  return isReversed ? new Selection(end, start) : new Selection(start, end);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns a copy of the given typed selection so that the new selection has the new given range
+ * preserving the direction of the original selection
+ *
+ * @param selection The original typed selection to Update
+ * @param range The new range for the given selection
+ * @returns The updated typed selection
+ */
+export function updateTypedSelectionRange(
+  selection: TypedSelection,
+  range: Range
+): TypedSelection {
+  return update(selection, {
+    selection: {
+      selection: () =>
+        selectionFromRange(range, selection.selection.selection.isReversed),
+    },
+  });
+}