Does Visual Studio (any version) offer the ability to select text in either a block or select several snippets at once, to either change or delete? To be clear I'm referring to the actual text-editor interface.
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See my other answer for simultaneous multi-edits: http://stackoverflow.com/a/19532887/244353 – Mrchief Oct 23 '13 at 04:38
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you can certainly do block selection by hold down the Alt key while doing a selection
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I *think* the OP is asking for multiple selections (e.g., multiple blocks or multiple "normal" selections). But I might be wrong. – Mark Wilkins Jan 06 '11 at 20:44
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1@Mark I was asking about both, actually. BTW...what is an OP? Hopefully not an insult. – Doug Chamberlain Jan 06 '11 at 21:26
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Block selection exists in VS2010. http://scottcate.com/tricks/503/ For more advanced scenarios (making changes to multiple independent selections) check out VsVim or ViEmu – Omer Raviv Jan 07 '11 at 11:09
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@Doug, As Robert pointed out, I meant it as "original poster". I think have seen it used to mean "original post". And I puzzled over that acronym for a while too. – Mark Wilkins Jan 07 '11 at 12:56
