Column selection like Visual Studio

Question

Is it possible selecting multi-line columns like Visual Studio (or Notepad++ or other text editor)?

If I press shift+Alt buttons and move the arrows button the behavior of Visual Studio code is different from the other text editor.

Thanks!

Answer 1

v1.43 brought what you are looking for in a new "Column Selection Mode". Demo:

See https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/91249:

While this is checked, selecting with the mouse will create a column selection and Shift+arrow keys and Shift+Page Up/Down keys will also create column selection.

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Also https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/91361 which would act as a toggle for preexisting selections when enabling/disabling Column Selection Mode. So a current selection would be modified to a column selection (including multiple cursors) when enabling the mode and vice-versa.

And https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/91362 where enabling the Column Selection Mode would be indicated in the Status Bar.

See https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_43#_column-selection-mode

You can also disable Column Selection mode from the Status bar.