vscode-sticky-selection
This extension provides a "Sticky Selection" mode (similar to the "Region" in Emacs) with support for multiple cursors and multiple tabs.
Commands
This extension provides the following commands:
sticky-selection.enterStickySelectionMode: Enter Sticky Selection mode.sticky-selection.exitStickySelectionMode: Exit Sticky Selection mode.sticky-selection.exitStickySelectionModePreserving: Exit Sticky Selection mode while preserving the current selection.
Keybindings
This extension provides the following keybindings:
| Key |
Description |
ctrl+space |
Enter Sticky Selection mode. |
escape |
Exit Sticky Selection mode if there are no multiple selections created by multiple cursors. |
By default, ctrl+space is assigned to the editor.action.triggerSuggest command. To disable this default behavior, modify the keybindings.json file as follows:
[
{
"key": "ctrl+space",
"command": "-editor.action.triggerSuggest",
"when": "editorHasCompletionItemProvider && textInputFocus && !editorReadonly && !suggestWidgetVisible"
},
{
"key": "ctrl+space",
"command": "-toggleSuggestionDetails",
"when": "suggestWidgetHasFocusedSuggestion && suggestWidgetVisible && textInputFocus"
}
]
When the editor is in Sticky Selection mode, movement keys are reassigned to the cursor*Select commands as follows:
| Key |
Description |
OS |
right |
Execute cursorRightSelect. |
|
left |
Execute cursorLeftSelect. |
|
down |
Execute cursorDownSelect. |
|
up |
Execute cursorUpSelect. |
|
ctrl+f |
Execute cursorRightSelect. |
macOS |
ctrl+b |
Execute cursorLeftSelect. |
macOS |
ctrl+n |
Execute cursorDownSelect. |
macOS |
ctrl+p |
Execute cursorUpSelect. |
macOS |
end |
Execute cursorEndSelect. |
|
home |
Execute cursorHomeSelect. |
|
cmd+right |
Execute cursorEndSelect. |
macOS |
cmd+left |
Execute cursorHomeSelect. |
macOS |
ctrl+e |
Execute cursorLineEndSelect. |
macOS |
ctrl+a |
Execute cursorLineStartSelect. |
macOS |
ctrl+end |
Execute cursorBottomSelect. |
Windows |
ctrl+home |
Execute cursorTopSelect. |
Windows |
cmd+down |
Execute cursorBottomSelect. |
macOS |
cmd+up |
Execute cursorTopSelect. |
macOS |
pagedown |
Execute cursorPageDownSelect. |
|
pageup |
Execute cursorPageUpSelect. |
|
alt+right |
Execute cursorWordEndRightSelect. |
macOS |
alt+left |
Execute cursorWordLeftSelect. |
macOS |
ctrl+alt+right |
Execute cursorWordPartRightSelect. |
macOS |
ctrl+alt+left |
Execute cursorWordPartLeftSelect. |
macOS |
For Emacs users, ctrl+v and alt+v can be configured to perform the page-down and page-up actions by modifying the keybindings.json file as follows:
[
{
"key": "ctrl+v",
"command": "cursorPageDown",
"when": "textInputFocus"
},
{
"key": "ctrl+v",
"command": "cursorPageDownSelect",
"when": "editorTextFocus && inStickySelectionMode"
},
{
"key": "alt+v",
"command": "cursorPageUp",
"when": "textInputFocus"
},
{
"key": "alt+v",
"command": "cursorPageUpSelect",
"when": "editorTextFocus && inStickySelectionMode"
}
]
In this way, other movement keys can also be supported, including those from third-party extensions.
By default, the editor does not exit Sticky Selection mode after performing actions like cut and paste. To configure the editor to exit Sticky Selection mode after these actions, pass them as arguments to the sticky-selection.exitStickySelectionMode command, as follows:
[
{
"key": "cmd+x",
"command": "sticky-selection.exitStickySelectionMode",
"args": {
"command": "editor.action.clipboardCutAction",
"delay": 100
},
"when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly && inStickySelectionMode"
},
{
"key": "cmd+c",
"command": "sticky-selection.exitStickySelectionMode",
"args": {
"command": "editor.action.clipboardCopyAction",
"delay": 100
},
"when": "editorTextFocus && inStickySelectionMode"
},
{
"key": "cmd+v",
"command": "sticky-selection.exitStickySelectionMode",
"args": {
"command": "editor.action.clipboardPasteAction",
"delay": 100
},
"when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly && inStickySelectionMode"
}
]
Similarly, you can configure other keys, such as backspace and delete, to exit Sticky Selection mode.
