Reputation: 22011

Visual Studio Alt-Copy in Eclipse

Visual Studio has the ability to copy arbitrary blocks of text (not across lines) by holding the alt-key...Is there anything similar in Eclipse?

Thxs.

Upvotes: 3

Answers (3)

Reputation: 28586

For Eclipse 3.5 M5 and above, the block selection mode can be toggled using the toolbar icon highlighted bellow

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or using the shortcut key Alt+Shift+A.

Upvotes: 0

Reputation: 46463

Yep - Look for the "Toggle Block Selection" command (Alt+Shift+A). That switches the editor between column mode and line mode.

You can make rectangular selections and even type on several lines at once. Very handy.

Upvotes: 2

Reputation: 755457

The feature you are looking for is known as Block Selection and is available in Eclipse since 3.5. Here is a blog article detailing it's usage

Upvotes: 0