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Multi Edit Mode

Multi Edit Mode

Mads Kristensen

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Simultaneously edit in more than one location in the editor If you've ever ran into a case where you wanted to quickly change variable names or multiple loop conditions - you can use this extension t
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Simultaneously edit in more than one location in the editor

If you've ever ran into a case where you wanted to quickly change variable names or multiple loop conditions - you can useMulti Select Mode to set virtual carets that all behave the same.

Multi Edit Mode

How to use

ALT+Click on different locations in your code to set multiple carets, and then type as you normally would.

Features

  • Better integration with Ctrl+Alt+Drag (column selection mode)
  • Support for all languages
  • Typing
  • Pressing Enter / Backspacing / Deleting
  • TABing, Shift-Tabbing
  • Moving the caret around using the keyboard
  • Pasting
  • Intersected carets are removed
  • Undo-ing

What isn't supported:

  • Multiple selections
  • Virtual Spaces

Contribute

Feel free to suggest new languages not currently supported by this extension on theissue tracker. If you know a TextMate bundle that would work, then remember to add a link to that as well.

Check out the contribution guidelines if you want to contribute to this project.

For cloning and building this project yourself, make sure to install the Extensibility Tools 2015 extension for Visual Studio which enables some features used by this project.

License

Apache 2.0

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