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Edit multiple lines at once

11 years ago • updated by 3 years ago • 2

The editor at the Microsoft Visual Studio is able to edit some lines at once.

ALT + Shift and then use the arrows to modify the markers. The you are able to edit this lines. It is very useful if you want to write something like this:

#define SAMPLE_IS_ENABLED

#define SAMPLE_OTHER

#define SAMPLE_NEXT

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5 years ago

I would suggest for a good approach on how to make this work really well take a look at TextMate. They use the option key. The implementation of this in TextMate is soo well done :) Hope to see the same functionality in Textastic :)

3 years ago

Or Sublime... or even the SQL editor of Microsoft Sql Server Management Studio..
They use the Option key (alt on Windows) in combination with the mouse: you hold click and drag vertically to "extend" the cursor. Then you can edit, select, delete text on multiple lines simultaneously !

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