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Is it possible selecting multi-line columns like Visual Studio (or Notepad++ or other text editor)?

If I press shift+Alt buttons and move the arrows button the behavior of Visual Studio code is different from the other text editor.

Thanks!

Ravi Makwana
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  • Does Ctrl-Shift-Alt-Down Arrow do what you want? – Mark Oct 10 '17 at 19:34
  • Yes it works but I must press esc button to exit from the multi columns editor. If you continue to write something it happens that all the rows previously selected are not deselcted. And this is the problem. I want to modify some rows up to the press of arrows key. – Nick Dominic Oct 12 '17 at 08:43

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v1.43 brought what you are looking for in a new "Column Selection Mode". Demo:

column selection mode demo

See https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/91249:

While this is checked, selecting with the mouse will create a column selection and Shift+arrow keys and Shift+Page Up/Down keys will also create column selection.

Also https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/91361 which would act as a toggle for preexisting selections when enabling/disabling Column Selection Mode. So a current selection would be modified to a column selection (including multiple cursors) when enabling the mode and vice-versa.

And https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/91362 where enabling the Column Selection Mode would be indicated in the Status Bar.

See https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_43#_column-selection-mode

You can also disable Column Selection mode from the Status bar.

Mark
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