vim feauture like in VS

Question

is there a feature in vim like in Visual Studio editor, called with

    Alt + Shift + Arrow keys combination,

to edit text?

Not sure this is what you are looking for, but did you look at [VsVim](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/59ca71b3-a4a3-46ca-8fe1-0e90e3f79329)? "It integrates the familier key binding experience of Vim directly into Visual Studio's editor." — Oded, Apr 06 '13 at 18:09
By the way - it would be much clearer if you actually explained what the `Alt + Shift + Arrow keys combination` actually does. — Oded, Apr 06 '13 at 18:11
@Бахрам Ходжаев See this [blog entry](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/zainnab/archive/2010/11/20/vim-emulation-vstipedit0080.aspx) — Dave Newman, Apr 06 '13 at 18:12

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Looks like you need blockwise Visual mode

Activate it pressing CONTROL-v while in command mode, then use movement keys (h,j,k,l) to select a block. This is the most basic visual block mode interactive selection method.

Check the help on this topic from within vim using :help visual-block

More advanced selection methods can be used. An example is described in this Vimcast

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Apr 06 '13 at 18:17

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Have you even read the question? – Bartek Banachewicz Apr 06 '13 at 18:18
I did. I also looked for the functionality of the Alt-Shift-Arrow keys in Visual Studio, and apparently (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1381730/what-is-the-command-for-block-select-in-visual-studio-2008) it serves the same purpose than visual block selection, am I wrong? – dawud Apr 06 '13 at 18:23
Bartek Banachewicz, yes, my english is bad – Бахрам Ходжаев Apr 06 '13 at 18:34

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

See this stackoverflow question:

How to Select Columns in Editors (Atom,Notepad++, Kate, VIM, Sublime, Textpad,etc) and IDEs (NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, Visual Studio, etc). It covers vim and pretty much every other IDE/editor and how to use "block wise selection" or "column selection".

As @dawud sugggested it's making use of Ctrl + v + arrow keys to select the columns in visual mode.

vim feauture like in VS

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