How can I directly select text within parantheses in vim when cursor is outside them?

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on the next sentence for instance,

---> delete character under the cursor (short for "dl")

when my cursor is at the very start, vi" directly selects dl

However, the same does not apply when I enter vi(

it only works when I move the cursor on top of (, like f(

is this the nature of vim or am I missing something??

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Here in neovim 0.8 if I type vi( it will jump and start visual selection as you want.

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