How to make a column selection over the entire file?

Question

Is it possible to use a middle click or perhaps ( Ctrl + Alt + Up ) for a specific column in all lines in a long file? Currently, I click in the middle and then drag it to the end of the screen and wait for it to select all the rows.

In particular, for long files, how to choose one specific column for the entire file?

Answer 1

This should do it:

• Ctrl+A - select all.
• Ctrl+Shift+L - split the selection into lines.
• Then move all the cursors with left/right , select with Shift+left/right . Move all cursors to the beginning of the line using Home .

Answer 2

On Mac OS X, replace Ctrl with the CMD key. It will be so

CMD + A - select all. CMD + Shift + L - split the selection into lines. Then move all the cursors left / right, select with Shift + left / right. Move all cursors to the beginning of the line using Home.

Answer 3

OS X

You can click the following command and drag to create a selection of one or more columns of characters:

• Left mouse button + option
• Middle mouse button

To add an existing selection, hold command while doing the above.

To subtract from the existing selection, hold command + shift , doing the above

Window

You can click the following command and drag to create a selection of one or more columns of characters:

• Right mouse button + shift
• Middle mouse button

To add an existing selection, hold Ctrl while performing the above steps.

To subtract from an existing selection, hold Alt while doing the above.