diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/javascript/config.toml b/crates/zed/src/languages/javascript/config.toml
index 8f4670388edc40e4ff9a1bf068d4e2b945000bb2..0435f96c921fb28843e08078e34c2cebc1c33cdd 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 234dc6b01326a8398b5ab5dfbdfec93a37d910ad..63d1f85e643cf2c19b6b43f5f86ae89976b7bd74 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 a2b764d9fe38e3058adfbdf292c52f667acae264..2fad1f13e182c52e2886e459fd0efa6fb673a7d6 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 = ["#", "$"]