diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/javascript/config.toml b/crates/zed/src/languages/javascript/config.toml
index 8f4670388e..0435f96c92 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/javascript/config.toml
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/javascript/config.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ brackets = [
     { start = "`", end = "`", close = true, newline = false, not_in = ["comment", "string"] },
     { start = "/*", end = " */", close = true, newline = false, not_in = ["comment", "string"] },
 ]
+word_characters = ["$", "#"]
 
 [overrides.element]
 line_comment = { remove = true }
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/tsx/config.toml b/crates/zed/src/languages/tsx/config.toml
index 234dc6b013..63d1f85e64 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/tsx/config.toml
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/tsx/config.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ brackets = [
     { start = "`", end = "`", close = true, newline = false, not_in = ["string"] },
     { start = "/*", end = " */", close = true, newline = false, not_in = ["string", "comment"] },
 ]
+word_characters = ["#", "$"]
 
 [overrides.element]
 line_comment = { remove = true }
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/typescript/config.toml b/crates/zed/src/languages/typescript/config.toml
index a2b764d9fe..2fad1f13e1 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/typescript/config.toml
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/typescript/config.toml
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ brackets = [
     { start = "`", end = "`", close = true, newline = false, not_in = ["string"] },
     { start = "/*", end = " */", close = true, newline = false, not_in = ["string", "comment"] },
 ]
+word_characters = ["#", "$"]