Friday, August 19, 2011

Alt-Click-Drag

Alt-Click-Drag a selection in Visual Studio to select common things vertically without selecting everything in given lines of code



Addendum 5/9/2013: Alt-Click-Drag should really be Alt-Ctrl-Drag. Hold Alt and Ctrl together to obtain this effect. Drag the mouse while holding the two keys.

 
 

Addendum 9/19/2019: It's back to being Alt-Click-Drag anymore in Visual Studio 2019. You don't hold Ctrl anymore.

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2 comments:

  1. UnknownMay 9, 2013 at 7:45 AM

    Is there a keyboard shortcut for that?

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  2. jaeschkeMay 9, 2013 at 8:19 AM

    Hi there. This blog posting is just bad. To obtain this effect you will want to hold both Ctrl and Alt and then drag out a selection. Alt-Click-Drag should have read: "Alt-Ctrl-Drag"

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