[TxMt] Re: Column Selections

Adimir Colen adimircolen at gmail.com
Thu Apr 28 22:19:20 UTC 2011


Thanks, after trying a few times, began to work.

-- 
Adimir Colen
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On quinta-feira, 28 de abril de 2011 at 18:45, Dru Kepple wrote: 
> On Apr 28, 2011, at 2:00 PM, Adimir wrote:
> 
> What is the shortcut to select columns (block) of text?
> I'm using ⌥ and selecting with the mouse, but I would only use the keyboard.
> 
> 
> You can select a linear selection as normal (with the keyboard) and then just tap the option key. It will turn the linear selection into a columnar selection by using the start and end points of the linear selection as opposing corners of the block. Tap again to go back.
> 
> That is probably my favorite-yet-obscure TextMate feature.
> 
> And it's truly painful when I realize (too late, after muscle memory did its thing) that it's not a universal feature that all text editors have.
> 
> +dru
> 
> 
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