[Steve Shreeve (shreeve)]

In conjunction with setting editor.multiCursorModifier to ctrlCmd, this yields a much more natural alt+click experience. The goofier shift+alt+click that is the default uses the prior cursor position as the start point of the column selection.

See #66444 - Resolve the column selection conversation

[Robert Dailey (rcdailey)]

This won't fix the issue with blank lines though....

[Matt Sephton (gingerbeardman)]

This won't fix the issue with blank lines though....

Robert Dailey (@rcdailey) it's an improvement on than the current behaviour and for that I say: thanks! Steve Shreeve (@shreeve)

[Samuel (hollowstrawberry)]

You're a godsend. I hope they accept the PR, as it's been long enough (3 years) of unintuitive, non-standard, non-customizable controls for column selection.

[Steve Shreeve (shreeve)]

This won't fix the issue with blank lines though....

Robert Dailey (@rcdailey) - What is the specific issue with the blank lines?

[Matt Sephton (gingerbeardman)]

This won't fix the issue with blank lines though.... ...

Steve Shreeve (@shreeve) the rectangular selection doesn't select past the end of a line, it needs to support "virtual white space" it's not a separate issue but rather just mentioned in the big one about alt-select

[Steve Shreeve (shreeve)]

This is how it's handled in Sublime Text:

Here's how it's handled in VS Code:

[Robert Dailey (rcdailey)]

The issue is if you copy and past the code, the blank lines are removed. They should not be.

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On Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 4:01 AM Steve Shreeve ***@***.***> wrote: This is how it's handled in Sublime Text: [image: sublime-column-selection] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/142875/51241100-55cff380-193a-11e9-9fea-e7100445ac35.gif> Here's how it's handled in VS Code: [image: vscode-column-selection] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/142875/51241327-cbd45a80-193a-11e9-8bc0-392cb3b63d27.gif> — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#66445 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABr6dl5_-PzJdbqtOgt63AYyWnM0MykIks5vDviBgaJpZM4Z9FZ1> .

[Steve Shreeve (shreeve)]

Ah! I see what you mean now. Ok, I can look into this as well. — On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 5:34 AM Robert Dailey <notifications@github.com> wrote:

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The issue is if you copy and past the code, the blank lines are removed. They should not be. On Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 4:01 AM Steve Shreeve ***@***.***> wrote: > This is how it's handled in Sublime Text: > > [image: sublime-column-selection] > < https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/142875/51241100-55cff380-193a-11e9-9fea-e7100445ac35.gif > > > Here's how it's handled in VS Code: > > [image: vscode-column-selection] > < https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/142875/51241327-cbd45a80-193a-11e9-8bc0-392cb3b63d27.gif > > > — > You are receiving this because you were mentioned. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#66445 (comment)>, > or mute the thread > < https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABr6dl5_-PzJdbqtOgt63AYyWnM0MykIks5vDviBgaJpZM4Z9FZ1 > > . > — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#66445 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAIuG7A9VBjt8UJFeYs4UeG8ouajQlGyks5vDxxLgaJpZM4Z9FZ1> .

[Steve Shreeve (shreeve)]

In the spirit of clean enhancements to the usability of VS Code, can Isidor Nikolic (@isidorn), João Moreno (@joaomoreno), and Benjamin Pasero (@bpasero) take a look at this PR?

It resolves a long standing (more than three years old) request to fix the column selection: See #66444 - Resolve the column selection conversation

[Steve Shreeve (shreeve)]

Adding alexandrudima, to see if he can help.

[Isidor Nikolic (isidorn)]

Steve Shreeve (@shreeve) pinging vscode engineers on issues in hope that we will fix it does not really make sense so please stop doing that.
alexandrudima probably has a good reason why he did not implement this feature thus far and he can comment on the PR when he finds time.

[Steve Shreeve (shreeve)]

No worries. Thanks.

[Alexandru Dima (alexdima)]

👍 This works great and is blatantly simple! Thank you!