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I have been using Visual Studio IDE and I use Box Selection a lot.
Is the same possible for Eclipse IDE?
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Block selection is available since Eclipse 3.5. or press Ctrl + 3 ( Cmd + 3 on Mac), type "toggle block" and select Toggle Block Selection command.
Solution for Eclipse:Hold Alt and press ↑ and ↓ . Alt + ↑ and ↓ will move an entire line up or down, so just move it back and you end up with the entire line selected.
You can enable and disable column editing mode via the keyboard shortcut ALT-SHIFT-A . Once enabled you can then use either the mouse to select a block of text, or the keyboard using SHIFT (like a normal keyboard select, except the selection will now be in a block).
Since Eclipse 3.5 there is a button called Block selection mode in the main toolbar or you could use its hotkey as well:
See a blog entry about block selection for more details.
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