Multiline column copy paste in VS Code

Question

Is it possible to do pasting in multiline editing (cursor |):

text1 = [|] text2 = [|] text3 = [|] text4 = [|] 

Assuming I have pasted the following lines:

val1 val2 val3 val4 

I would like to have this result:

text1 = [val1] text2 = [val2] text3 = [val3] text4 = [val4] 

What actually happens is that the clipboard content is pasted four times, once for each cursor.

Something like mentioned in this answer, but instead of typing simply pasting: https://stackoverflow.com/a/30039968/1374488

Answer 1

Use column-edit instead of the multi-line edit mode:

1. Click the end of the source text.
2. Shift Alt, click the beginning.
3. Copy.
4. Click the end of the destination text.
5. Shift Alt, click the beginning.
6. Paste.