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#1275 true multi caret editing

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nobody
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2019-04-04
2019-04-01
stax76
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Hello,

I would like to request full multi caret editing support like it works in Sublime Text and in Visual Studio Code.

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  • stax76

    stax76 - 2019-04-01

    I further examined scite and it seems it's amost there, I can set multiple carets with ctrl+mouse left click and can use then keys like left, right, end, ctrl+right etc to move the carets. I could't find a way to set multiple carets without mouse and get the same behavior.

     

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    • Neil Hodgson

      Neil Hodgson - 2019-04-02

      There's selection add next / each.

       
  • stax76

    stax76 - 2019-04-02

    That's a awesome feature and I overlooked it yesterday, at least as often as this I do following:

    https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/idea/488560/multi-caret-editing-shortcut-to-create-new-caret-u.html?childToView=489495#comment-489495

    Is this also supported? I wonder which editors invented simultaneous editing, it's super useful.

    I've not the best eye-sight and love the fat caret of Visual Studio Code.

     
    • Neil Hodgson

      Neil Hodgson - 2019-04-04

      Isn't that the same as rectangular selection?

       
  • stax76

    stax76 - 2019-04-04

    In scite I can do block selection with Shift+Alt+Up but as soon as a press left/right/end/pos1 the multi carets disappear, it's not what I expect and prefer but multiple carets should rather be removed explicitly only with the escape key.

     
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    • Neil Hodgson

      Neil Hodgson - 2019-04-04

      An option to allow left/right with rectangular selection may be reasonable if someone contributes an implementation.

       
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