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Improvement to multi-line editing

Posted: 14.12.2019 12:45
by dhealey
I have a small usability issue with multi-line editing.

If I highlight a word using my keyboard, moving the cursor from the start of the word to the end of the word and then hit a shortcut key to select other instances of the word, multi-line editing works just fine.

But if I highlight starting from the end of the word and going to the start any subsequent selections I make using the shortcut key will place the cursor at the end of the word not the beginning. This slows down editing because before I can start making a change I first have to move both cursors to the end of the word and then back to where I want to edit.

I think it would be better if the caret always matches the position in the initial word/phrase that was selected.
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Posted: 14.12.2019 18:39
by Alexey
What commnd do you call to select all word instances? do you use plugin "Highlight Occurences" and its command "Select all"?

Posted: 14.12.2019 18:56
by Alexey
Ok, found that it was Ctrl-Shift-D command, fixed it now.

Posted: 16.12.2019 15:33
by dhealey
Excellent, looking forward to the update :) Thank you!

Posted: 16.12.2019 19:23
by Alexey