SyncEdit

A Visual Studio Code extension that replicates Delphi's SyncEdit feature.

日本語での説明は README.ja.md をご覧ください。

Overview

SyncEdit detects words that appear multiple times within a selected range and allows you to edit all instances at once using multi-cursor editing.
It brings the Delphi-style synchronized editing experience to VSCode.

Demo

Features

• Detects words that appear more than once within the selected range
• Places multi-cursors at all occurrences
• Simultaneous editing of all matching words
• Highlights target words with color and the selected region with background
• Customizable and theme-based color presets
• Press Tab to switch to the next repeated word
• Cancel SyncEdit with ESC, mouse click, or moving the cursor outside the selection

Commands

All keybindings can be changed in settings.

Extension Settings (settings.json)

"syncEdit.colorPreset": "custom",
"syncEdit.wordTextColor": "#ff3399",
"syncEdit.regionBackgroundColor": "#264f78aa"

• colorPreset: choose from "fun", "dark", "light", "high-contrast"
• "custom" allows custom color settings below to take effect
• Colors should be in RGBA format (e.g. #ff0000cc)

Localization

• 🇯🇵 Japanese
• 🇺🇸 English
  The UI will switch automatically based on your VSCode display language.

License

MIT

Author

piksware