Delve into the intricacies of Visual Studio Code with our in-depth tutorial. Explore multiple cursors, selections, and their utilization in different operating systems.
Key Insights
- The Visual Studio Code tutorial covers multiple cursors and selections.
- For placing multiple cursors, use Option-Click on a Mac or Alt-Click on Windows.
- For making multiple discontinuous selections, hold Option on Mac or Alt on Windows while dragging.
- Single discontinuous selection across multiple lines is made possible by holding Option-Shift on Mac or Alt-Shift on Windows while dragging.
- Multi-line cursors can be created using Cmd-Option on Mac or Ctrl-Alt on Windows, followed by the Up or Down Arrow keys.
- Multiple selections or cursors allow edits such as delete, type, paste, etc. Press Escape (esc) to return to one cursor.
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Multi-Cursor & Selection
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Multiple Cursors
Option-Click (Mac) or Alt-Click (Windows) places cursors anywhere.
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Multi-Line Cursor
Cmd-Option (Mac) or Ctrl-Alt (Windows) + Up/Down Arrow.
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Discontinuous Selections
Hold Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows) while dragging.
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Return to Single Cursor
Press Escape (esc) at any time.
Multiple Cursors & Selections
- Place multiple cursors: Option–Click (Mac) or ALT–Click (Windows)
- Multiple selections (discontinuous): Hold Option (Mac) or ALT (Windows) while dragging.
- To make a single discontinuous selection area across multiple lines: Hold Option–Shift (Mac) or ALT–Shift (Windows) while dragging.
- Create a multi-line cursor: Hold Cmd–Option (Mac) or CTRL–ALT (Windows) and then hit the Up or Down Arrow keys.
- If you have multiple selections or cursors, you can make edits: delete, type, paste, etc. Press Escape (esc) to return to one cursor.
