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The edit menu shows that the shortcut for Column Selection Mode is Shift+Command+* when using the default keymap. Shift+Command+* does not toggle Column Selection Mode.
Am I incorrect in thinking Shift+Command+* is the same as Shift+Command+8 (numeric 8 key) the same thing?
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You can do column editing using the Edit | Column Selection Mode . The shortcut to turn it on/off is Alt + Shift + Insert . You navigate with arrow keys to select blocks of text.
Column Selection Mode is a great way to modify multiple lines of code at the same time. Watch this short clip and learn how to take advantage of this great shortcut.
Toggle between normal and column selection modesPress Alt+Shift+Insert . From the main menu, choose Edit | Column Selection Mode. From the context menu of the editor, choose Column Selection Mode.
First press ctrl (press and release), then press ctrl+arrows to do the vertical selection.
Open Preferences | Keymap and add the keyboard shortcut for this action to see what is the actual key code specific to your keyboard layout:
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