Select Next Occurrence

This extension makes it possible to select multiple occurrences of a selected text for simultaneous editing with multiple cursors. Provides the most common multi-editing features.

Aims to replicate the multi-editing features of Sublime Text/Visual Studio Code for faster coding.

Changelog

What differs this from the built-in multi-edit of VS 2019?

Feature	Select Next Occurrence	Visual Studio
Multiple cursors	Yes	Yes
Can undo cursor	Yes	Yes
Can select all occurrences	Yes	Yes
Can skip occurrence	Yes	Yes
Can select backwards/up	Yes	No
Can add caret above/below	Yes	No
Can add caret by mouse	Yes	No
Can convert selection to carets	Yes	No
Can search both case insensitive and exact	Yes	No, only exact
Multi copy/paste across files and to external programs	Yes	No
Supports VS 2019	Yes	Yes
Supports VS 2017	Yes	From v15.8
Supports VS 2015	Yes	No
Multi-cursor IntelliSense	No	No

Features

Select next occurrence of current selection
Select next exact occurrence (overrides Find-dialog)
Select previous occurrence
Select previous exact occurrence (overrides Find-dialog)
Select all occurrences
Convert a selection into multiple cursors
Skip occurrence
Undo occurrence
Add caret above/below
Use multiple carets to edit
Add carets by mouse-clicking, press ALT and click to add a new caret or to remove caret/selection at clicked position
Copy/paste multiple selections, also to external programs

Options

Toggle case-sensitive search by using the "Match case" setting from the find-dialog (Ctrl+F)
Toggle match-whole word search by using the "Match whole word" setting from the find-dialog (Ctrl+F)
Options-dialog: Add cursors by mouse-clicking - true by default
Options-dialog: Keep caret on first entry - false by default, activates behaviour to keep caret on first entry when pressing escape

Key-bindings

Go to Tools -> Options -> Keyboard and search for these command names to edit at your choice. Make sure the Use new shortcut in is set to: Text Editor

Command (prefix SelectNextOccurrence.)	Recommendation
SelectNextOccurrence	Ctrl+D
SelectNextExactOccurrence
SelectPreviousOccurrence	Ctrl+E
SelectPreviousExactOccurrence
SelectAllOccurrences	Ctrl+K, Ctrl+A
SkipOccurrence	Ctrl+K, Ctrl+D
UndoOccurrence	Ctrl+U
AddCaretAbove	Ctrl+Alt+Up
AddCaretBelow	Ctrl+Alt+Down
ConvertSelectionToMultipleCursors	Ctrl+Shift+I or Alt+Shift+I (vscode))

Troubleshooting

Nothing happens when pressing assigned keys

Check that the key-bindings are correct and that the Use new shortcut in is set to: Text Editor.

Nothing happens when ALT + left-clicking mouse button to add new caret, multiple edits are unresponsive

There is a possibility that other plugins use this functionality too, and a conflict occurs. Please check for other installed plugins with this feature and try to disable.

Copy/cut multiple occurrences doesnt work as expected

There is a conflict with the extension Copy As Html, if you have this enabled, try to disable it and see if this helps.

Donations

This is absolutely 100% free, a review or a Github star is much appreciated. If you still would like to support me for whatever reason, I'd accept a donation at https://www.paypal.me/thomaswelen

Happy coding

Select Next Occurrence

Thomas Welén

Select Next Occurrence

What differs this from the built-in multi-edit of VS 2019?

Features

Options

Key-bindings

Troubleshooting

Donations