Okay, I think I get it to work as I expected now, but the steps are not very intuitive.
For example, let say I have text
//tbr
//tbr
//tbr
//tbr
//tbr
and I want to change it to //thebugslayer in column mode method, i have have to do following:
1. press Alt+Shift, right click top left "b", then bottom last "r"
2. press Delete
3. press Alt+Shift, right click top left "t", then bottom last "t" (forms a invisible rect)
4. press Alt+c, in the prompt dialog type in "hebugslayer" in the text box, click okay button.
I think step 3 is redundant and and can be remove. and step 4 is little clumsy. If we can "edit" immediately after step 1, it's much smoother.
Does anyone find this useful? Can we add in as a feature request for this?
thanks,
tbs
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The menu Edit column edit gives me a prompt for insert text only. What happen if I want to delete?
I was more hoping for where I can "edit" the selected columns. "Edit" meaning like I can type into it, or backspace etc... all at once in a column that's selected.
I searched through the help file, and it's not supported. I wish this feature will be added in the future.
tbs.
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Can N++ do more than just SELECT in column mode? I can't seem to insert text in this mode.
I used to editor where you can type after you selected column text, the editor will remove the selected and start repeating each char key per COLUMN. Can N++ do this?
Thanks,
tbs
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I just tried (v. 5.1 Unicode) and there seems to be a bug in that it just replaces every character selected with the character you type (so typing "hello" with a 10x5 area selected will replace the 50 characters with 'h', then 'e', then 'l', etc.).
I believe that the behavior that you suggest is the expected behavior, though.
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Does this program have Column Mode functionality?
Okay, I think I get it to work as I expected now, but the steps are not very intuitive.
For example, let say I have text
//tbr
//tbr
//tbr
//tbr
//tbr
and I want to change it to //thebugslayer in column mode method, i have have to do following:
1. press Alt+Shift, right click top left "b", then bottom last "r"
2. press Delete
3. press Alt+Shift, right click top left "t", then bottom last "t" (forms a invisible rect)
4. press Alt+c, in the prompt dialog type in "hebugslayer" in the text box, click okay button.
I think step 3 is redundant and and can be remove. and step 4 is little clumsy. If we can "edit" immediately after step 1, it's much smoother.
Does anyone find this useful? Can we add in as a feature request for this?
thanks,
tbs
There is a column editor (menu Edit) and a column selection (Alt+left mouse key).
Hi Jan,
The menu Edit column edit gives me a prompt for insert text only. What happen if I want to delete?
I was more hoping for where I can "edit" the selected columns. "Edit" meaning like I can type into it, or backspace etc... all at once in a column that's selected.
I searched through the help file, and it's not supported. I wish this feature will be added in the future.
tbs.
Hi,
Can N++ do more than just SELECT in column mode? I can't seem to insert text in this mode.
I used to editor where you can type after you selected column text, the editor will remove the selected and start repeating each char key per COLUMN. Can N++ do this?
Thanks,
tbs
I just tried (v. 5.1 Unicode) and there seems to be a bug in that it just replaces every character selected with the character you type (so typing "hello" with a 10x5 area selected will replace the 50 characters with 'h', then 'e', then 'l', etc.).
I believe that the behavior that you suggest is the expected behavior, though.
press <ALT> key and mouse click/drag to select columns to edit.
Alt click first 'b', alt drag to last 'r', and then just type away. Easier, ain't it?
CChris