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enorl76
enorl76

Reputation: 2655

How to vertical select text in BeyondCompare text editor?

Visual Studio 2019/2022 text editor supports vertical selection using Alt+mouse_drag but I cant seem to figure out if BeyondCompare supports this in its editor or not.

Need to edit a bunch of lines to fix indentation

Upvotes: 2

Views: 286

Answers (1)

Chris Kennedy
Chris Kennedy

Reputation: 2899

Beyond Compare doesn't support vertical selection. It's on the feature request list for a future version but doesn't have a scheduled release date.

Search and replace is a possible workaround.

Example: To change two spaces of leading indentation to four spaces.

  1. Load a file in the Text Compare.
  2. Search > Replace.
  3. Click the .* button to enable regular expressions.
  4. Find what: ^ (carat followed by two spaces).
  5. Replace with: (four spaces).

Beyond Compare also provides commands to convert whitespace:

  • Edit > Convert File > Trim Trailing Whitespace.
  • Edit > Convert File > Leading Spaces to Tabs.
  • Edit > Convert File > Tabs to Spaces.

Upvotes: 2

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