Multi-cursor code editing: An animated introduction

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• HyperfocusSurfer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  <C-v>4j:s/element/container/g 🤷

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• raina@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  In VSCode, you can enable multiple cursors by clicking on the desired positions while holding down Alt/Option. I think they’re enabled by default when making block selections (CBA to remember the modifiers you have to press while drawing a selection with the mouse). And to cover a whole file, first use Find to find the thing you want to change, then hit Alt/Option+Enter to select every instance of the subject string. Now any edit you make will affect every instance.

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• Qubbe@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Or Sublime Text

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• 404@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Or just use an editor built on this concept, like Helix.

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