Also, when copying/cutting the selected blocks into the clipboard, you can later paste the results into a new place when still using multiple cursors and each copied block will be pasted to the corresponding cursor. You can replace multiple blocks of text of various lengths by new ones. Pressing Esc will exit multiple cursors mode and will leave you with your first original single cursor.Īs of IntelliJ IDEA 14.1, you can not only insert multiple carets, but you can also select multiple parts of the text and then start typing. Unlike column selection, these cursors can be anywhere and don't need to be vertically aligned. When holding Alt + Shift (or ⌥ + ⇧ on Mac), clicking on a location creates a new cursor on that location in addition to all the already existing cursors. This is possible since IDEA version 13.1. In other situations, you need to stick to proper multiple cursor support. While the column selection mode is useful, it is limited to cases where places you need to edit are vertically aligned, which may not usually be the case.
While still holding Ctrl, you can press ↑ and ↓ arrows to clone cursor to the line above or bellow. The commands are issued by pressing Ctrl (or ⌥ on Mac), then pressing it again and not releasing. The same functionality of creating new cursors as with Shift + arrows can be achieved by Clone caret above and Clone caret bellow commands. When in column selection mode and holding Shift, you can extend cursor to the line above/bellow by using ↑ or ↓ keys. You can exit column selection mode by using Esc key.Ĭolumn selection mode can be also used with keyboard only. This feature can be toggled using Edit → Column selection. Note that after I used End key (go to the end of the line), the cursor was properly placed at the end of each line even if the cursors were no longer vertically aligned. You can then move the cursor, as usual, using the arrow keys and even commands like Home or End. It allows you to select a block of text and then start typing with multiple cursors starting on each selected line at the beginning of the selected block. This feature is the oldest one, which was available even before the introduction of the proper multiple cursors support. IntelliJ IDEA supports having multiple cursors at once, meaning you can type and edit at multiple locations at the same time. Sometimes it is useful to edit multiple places in a file at once, which can save you precious time and increase your productivity.
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