Does Visual Studio Code have box select multi-line edit

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I heard Microsoft released a new editor called Visual Studio Code and it looks pretty good  One key feature that I need is multi-line edit and I can t seem to find anything about it having it

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For multiple select in Visual Studio Code  hold down the Alt key and starting clicking wherever you want to edit   Visual Studio Code supports multiple line edit

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On Windows it s holding down Alt while box selecting  Once you have your selection then attempt your edit

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Press Ctrl Alt Down or Ctrl Alt Up to insert cursors below or above

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Box Selecting  Windows  amp  Linux  Shift   Alt    Mouse Left Button    macOS  Shift   option    Click   Esc to exit selection   MacOS  Shift   Alt Option   Command    arrow key

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The shortcuts I use in Visual Studio for multiline  aka box  select are Shift   Alt   up down left right  To create this in Visual Studio Code you can add these keybindings to the keybindings json file  menu File  rarr  Preferences  rarr  Keyboard shortcuts       key    shift alt down    command    editor action insertCursorBelow                                     when    editorTextFocus        key    shift alt up    command    editor action insertCursorAbove                                     when    editorTextFocus        key    shift alt right    command    cursorRightSelect                                         when    editorTextFocus        key    shift alt left    command    cursorLeftSelect                                         when    editorTextFocus

[visual-studio-code] Does Visual Studio Code have box select/multi-line edit?

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