Select Text in vertical in Matlab text Editor

Question

Is there a way for selecting text in vertical in Matlab Text Editor? What I mean is something equivalent to Alt+Shift in Atom text editor for example:

Even a hack is appreciated. What I do normally (when I need this functionality) is to open the same text-file with Atom. But, of course, to be able to modify inside the same Matlab can make me save time.

Answer 1

Starting from MATLAB version R2021b, not only the live editor, but also the editor allows column selection using the mouse while pressing the ALT-key (or the Option-key on MacOS).

A description of this feature can be found here: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/edit-and-format-code.html