Shift + Alt + Cursor Keys
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Any ideas how to select a block of text with the cursor keys, similar to Notepad++ and Visual Studio?
I'm aware you can do Alt + Drag to select a block of text, but I'd like to do it with the cursor keys.
Thanks in advance,
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Hi there,
Edit | Column Selection Mode
cheers
This is the perfect example on how to destroy a editing feature. In VS code AND notepad++ and many many others, Ctrl+shift+right/down key starts a multirow square selection. Going back up/left shrinks it, as any normal human being would expect. But no, you had to do it more complicated so I have to cross my fingers on the keyboard and destroy years of muscle memory, just to use your IDE.
Alt+Shift+Arrows keys shortcut.
Please how is this not implemented?
This is one of the most useful features in the world of development.
Making redundant tasks simple and easy.
SSMS text editor was my favorite.
Shift+Arrow keys can be used for vertical and horizontal selection after setting the column selection mode(⌘Сmd⇧Shift+08 or Alt+Shift+Insert). https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/multicursor.html#column_selection
If you feel this has some disadvantages or does not work well in any other user situations, we would appreciate your feature suggestions in http://youtrack.jetbrains.net/issues/IDEA
We highly appreciate your feedback.
Jetbrains Webstorm is NOT the most known or used IDE , that title belongs to Microsoft Visual studio, so, if you want to survive in the market and not be that “it would be nice to use,but it has issues” IDE, than you would better conform yourself to the most known key combinations the users of Visual studio expect. Do you remember Borland C? Does anyone? .. Exactly my point!