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2006-07-25
2012-11-13
  • Nobody/Anonymous

    Is it possible to select text in column mode?

     
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      support ??

       
      • Don HO

        Don HO - 2006-08-16

        Search??

         
    • Greg Bullock

      Greg Bullock - 2006-07-25

      Alt - <left-mouse-drag>

      or

      Alt - Shift - <up/down cursor>

      Regards.
      Greg

       
      • Nobody/Anonymous

        That's why these need to be added to a menu somewhere - it will stop these regular column mode questions.... :)

         
        • Nobody/Anonymous

          Yes. Alt + left Mouse works to select a column.

          But the column-mode in UltraEdit is more powerful.
          When I activated the column-mode in ultraEdit it is also possible to add the same text for all Columns

          Example:

          In the file I have a lot of lines with numbers and want to add the same text before (or after) all lines

          123
          234
          ...

          The Result:

          00123
          00234

          I hope that the developes of notepad++ improve the column-mode in notepad++.
          This feature is the only reason why I use ultraEdit.

           
          • Nobody/Anonymous

            I'm with you - column mode is the only reason I bring up UltraEdit over Notepad++

             
          • Nobody/Anonymous

            This also works (in a somewhat weird way):

            you have:

            123
            456

            now change to:
            00123
            456

            and mark (with alt-key) the two 00 and down to the line below

            then choose plugins/TextFX Edit/fill down insert - and voilá.

             
        • pshute

          pshute - 2007-03-09

          > That's why these need to be added to a menu somewhere - it will stop these regular column mode questions.... :)

          A lot of forums deal with this issue by posting the FAQ to the forum once a week.  No excuses for not knowing about it then.

          A help system would be nice.  The current documentation is a bit scattered. I think most people looking for a column mode would look in the help if it existed.

           
      • Nobody/Anonymous

        thankyou

         
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2009-10-28

    Yes. Alt-Shift-Arrow keys or Alt + left mouse click

     
  • cchris

    cchris - 2009-10-28

    For the record, help about column editing is available (http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/notepad-plus/index.php?title=Column_Editing). I'll dare to say that globally this online doc is exhaustive.

    Please report if it need to be augmented, amended, renamed or reorganised. Or do it yourself. When checking in the wiki with a SF id for the first time ever, please wait a couple days for editor rights to be active. This is how SF works, I cannot change it.

    CChris