loop through multiple selections and edit individually in vscode

Question

In sublime text I used to use a shortcut that allowed me to tab through my multi selection and edit each element individually.

for example I would cmd+d a word then the shortcut would allow me to tab through each selection and edit them individually.

I haven't used sublime text in a month since I switched and can't even remember the shortcut I used to find the name of that action. so I don't even know if it was a plugin or a built in short cut.

is there a similar shortcut in vscode?

Answer 1

You can multi-select in VSCode using alt+click
(can be changed to cmd+click in "Selection -> Switch to Cmd+Click for Multi-Cursor").

To tab through your selections install the tab-through-selections extension and then use cmd+shift+u to start iterating (alternativley ctrl in Windows), then:

• tab to go to the next selection
• shift+tab to go to the previous selection
• click anywhere to cancel iterating

Hope this helps :)