How to Add tab space to multilple line at the same time in any text editor

Question

If you select a text you can add multiple tab spaces to the all lines simultaneously.

Answer 1

For that you must select the n lines of the code and press the key tab. If you want remove the tab spaces should select the text and press shift+tab.

I was programming in my job and I accidentally discovered this in the IDE eclipse. I test the same process in the Sublime Text and Geany and it works too.

Y suposse and pressume that works for the most of text editor

Answer 2

I can confirm the answer from kelgwiin for sublime text.

Depending on your platform you could also do the following in sublime text:

Linux: Hold shift and the right mouse button, then move the mouse up or down to make a column selection.

Windows + OS X: Simply hold down the mousewheel and move your mouse up and and down to select the columns.

Hope this helps!