How to avoid multi cursor on wrapped lines in VS Code?
QUESTION:
I have turned on wordWrap in VSCode, so that lines are wrapped if I resize the window.
If I want to comment out some code or text, I usually just move the cursor to the beginning of the first line of the block of code, use ctrl+shift+down to add cursors, and type the // or # etc..
The problem with wordWrap is that I do not only get cursors in the beginning of each actual line, but in the beginning of every line as it is displayed at the moment in the editor.
Assume the document:
1 This is the first line.
2 Second line.
which might be wrapped as follows:
1 This is the first
line.
2 Second line.
So if I use the method above and add % I would get:
1 %This is the first
%line.
2 %Second line.
But what I want is the following:
1 %This is the first
line.
2 %Second line.
Otherwise, I have a % in the middle of the line, just because I resize the editor window...
At the moment, I actually turn off wordWrap to achieve this, but I hope there is a better way?
PLEASE NOTE:
For adding comments, it is actually way simpler to use ctrl + / or shift + alt + a.
But maybe the question is still interesting for other cases.
visual-studio-code vscode-settings
asked Nov 13 at 14:17
Fabian
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QUESTION:
I have turned on wordWrap in VSCode, so that lines are wrapped if I resize the window.
If I want to comment out some code or text, I usually just move the cursor to the beginning of the first line of the block of code, use ctrl+shift+down to add cursors, and type the // or # etc..
The problem with wordWrap is that I do not only get cursors in the beginning of each actual line, but in the beginning of every line as it is displayed at the moment in the editor.
Assume the document:
1 This is the first line.
2 Second line.
which might be wrapped as follows:
1 This is the first
line.
2 Second line.
So if I use the method above and add % I would get:
1 %This is the first
%line.
2 %Second line.
But what I want is the following:
1 %This is the first
line.
2 %Second line.
Otherwise, I have a % in the middle of the line, just because I resize the editor window...
At the moment, I actually turn off wordWrap to achieve this, but I hope there is a better way?
PLEASE NOTE:
For adding comments, it is actually way simpler to use ctrl + / or shift + alt + a.
But maybe the question is still interesting for other cases.
visual-studio-code vscode-settings
asked Nov 13 at 14:17
Fabian
87112
add a comment |
QUESTION:
I have turned on wordWrap in VSCode, so that lines are wrapped if I resize the window.
If I want to comment out some code or text, I usually just move the cursor to the beginning of the first line of the block of code, use ctrl+shift+down to add cursors, and type the // or # etc..
The problem with wordWrap is that I do not only get cursors in the beginning of each actual line, but in the beginning of every line as it is displayed at the moment in the editor.
Assume the document:
1 This is the first line.
2 Second line.
which might be wrapped as follows:
1 This is the first
line.
2 Second line.
So if I use the method above and add % I would get:
1 %This is the first
%line.
2 %Second line.
But what I want is the following:
1 %This is the first
line.
2 %Second line.
Otherwise, I have a % in the middle of the line, just because I resize the editor window...
At the moment, I actually turn off wordWrap to achieve this, but I hope there is a better way?
PLEASE NOTE:
For adding comments, it is actually way simpler to use ctrl + / or shift + alt + a.
But maybe the question is still interesting for other cases.
visual-studio-code vscode-settings
asked Nov 13 at 14:17
Fabian
87112
QUESTION:
I have turned on wordWrap in VSCode, so that lines are wrapped if I resize the window.
If I want to comment out some code or text, I usually just move the cursor to the beginning of the first line of the block of code, use ctrl+shift+down to add cursors, and type the // or # etc..
The problem with wordWrap is that I do not only get cursors in the beginning of each actual line, but in the beginning of every line as it is displayed at the moment in the editor.
Assume the document:
1 This is the first line.
2 Second line.
which might be wrapped as follows:
1 This is the first
line.
2 Second line.
So if I use the method above and add % I would get:
1 %This is the first
%line.
2 %Second line.
But what I want is the following:
1 %This is the first
line.
2 %Second line.
Otherwise, I have a % in the middle of the line, just because I resize the editor window...
At the moment, I actually turn off wordWrap to achieve this, but I hope there is a better way?
PLEASE NOTE:
For adding comments, it is actually way simpler to use ctrl + / or shift + alt + a.
But maybe the question is still interesting for other cases.
visual-studio-code vscode-settings
visual-studio-code vscode-settings
asked Nov 13 at 14:17
Fabian
87112
asked Nov 13 at 14:17
Fabian
87112
edited Nov 16 at 10:33
asked Nov 13 at 14:17
Fabian
87112
asked Nov 13 at 14:17
Fabian
87112
asked Nov 13 at 14:17
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Follow the next steps:
Alt+Shift+ito put a cursor on every selected line
Cmd/Ctrl+←to move all cursors to the beginning of the [wrapped] lines
Cmd/Ctrl+←(again) to move all cursors to the actual beginning of the [wrapped] lines
Enjoy! 🙂
answered Nov 14 at 23:50
Javier Ferrer González
1,87121514
Thanks. Pretty close to what I wanted ;) I guess the arrow left key is the home or Pos1 key. Then it works, but without ctrl, otherwise the cursor jumps to the beginning of the document. Only problem is if one cursor is already in the beginning of a line and other cursors are in the middle of a line. Then pressing home key repeatedly makes the cursors jump between the first letter of the line and the actual first column of that line and since the cursors start in different positions, some are at the first character and others at column 1. Only relevant if the lines are indented.
– Fabian
Nov 15 at 8:35
Nope, the←key is not theHomeone. Here you have an image 🙂
– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 10:37
ok :) but that is just the normal jump over one word instead of one character?
– Fabian
Nov 16 at 12:06
Sorry, my bad 😅. In MacOS the behaviour ofCmd+←moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line instead of jumping over one word. You're right, in Windows/Linux it would beCtrl+homein order to jump to the beginning of the line
– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 13:21
What you ask in your first comment about jumping to the actual first column instead of the beginning of the text, that's the reason why I suggested to execute 2 times theCmd+←shortcut. I don't know if in Windows/Linux it would be the same typingCtrl+hometwo times. Could you confirm me that in order to edit my response and let it be accepted? 🙂
– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 13:23
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Follow the next steps:
Alt+Shift+ito put a cursor on every selected line
Cmd/Ctrl+←to move all cursors to the beginning of the [wrapped] lines
Cmd/Ctrl+←(again) to move all cursors to the actual beginning of the [wrapped] lines
Enjoy! 🙂
answered Nov 14 at 23:50
Javier Ferrer González
1,87121514
Thanks. Pretty close to what I wanted ;) I guess the arrow left key is the home or Pos1 key. Then it works, but without ctrl, otherwise the cursor jumps to the beginning of the document. Only problem is if one cursor is already in the beginning of a line and other cursors are in the middle of a line. Then pressing home key repeatedly makes the cursors jump between the first letter of the line and the actual first column of that line and since the cursors start in different positions, some are at the first character and others at column 1. Only relevant if the lines are indented.
– Fabian
Nov 15 at 8:35
Nope, the←key is not theHomeone. Here you have an image 🙂
– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 10:37
ok :) but that is just the normal jump over one word instead of one character?
– Fabian
Nov 16 at 12:06
Sorry, my bad 😅. In MacOS the behaviour ofCmd+←moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line instead of jumping over one word. You're right, in Windows/Linux it would beCtrl+homein order to jump to the beginning of the line
– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 13:21
What you ask in your first comment about jumping to the actual first column instead of the beginning of the text, that's the reason why I suggested to execute 2 times theCmd+←shortcut. I don't know if in Windows/Linux it would be the same typingCtrl+hometwo times. Could you confirm me that in order to edit my response and let it be accepted? 🙂
– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 13:23
add a comment |
Follow the next steps:
Alt+Shift+ito put a cursor on every selected line
Cmd/Ctrl+←to move all cursors to the beginning of the [wrapped] lines
Cmd/Ctrl+←(again) to move all cursors to the actual beginning of the [wrapped] lines
Enjoy! 🙂
answered Nov 14 at 23:50
Javier Ferrer González
1,87121514
Thanks. Pretty close to what I wanted ;) I guess the arrow left key is the home or Pos1 key. Then it works, but without ctrl, otherwise the cursor jumps to the beginning of the document. Only problem is if one cursor is already in the beginning of a line and other cursors are in the middle of a line. Then pressing home key repeatedly makes the cursors jump between the first letter of the line and the actual first column of that line and since the cursors start in different positions, some are at the first character and others at column 1. Only relevant if the lines are indented.
– Fabian
Nov 15 at 8:35
Nope, the←key is not theHomeone. Here you have an image 🙂
– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 10:37
ok :) but that is just the normal jump over one word instead of one character?
– Fabian
Nov 16 at 12:06
Sorry, my bad 😅. In MacOS the behaviour ofCmd+←moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line instead of jumping over one word. You're right, in Windows/Linux it would beCtrl+homein order to jump to the beginning of the line
– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 13:21
What you ask in your first comment about jumping to the actual first column instead of the beginning of the text, that's the reason why I suggested to execute 2 times theCmd+←shortcut. I don't know if in Windows/Linux it would be the same typingCtrl+hometwo times. Could you confirm me that in order to edit my response and let it be accepted? 🙂
– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 13:23
add a comment |
Follow the next steps:
Alt+Shift+ito put a cursor on every selected line
Cmd/Ctrl+←to move all cursors to the beginning of the [wrapped] lines
Cmd/Ctrl+←(again) to move all cursors to the actual beginning of the [wrapped] lines
Enjoy! 🙂
answered Nov 14 at 23:50
Javier Ferrer González
1,87121514
Follow the next steps:
Alt+Shift+ito put a cursor on every selected line
Cmd/Ctrl+←to move all cursors to the beginning of the [wrapped] lines
Cmd/Ctrl+←(again) to move all cursors to the actual beginning of the [wrapped] lines
Enjoy! 🙂
answered Nov 14 at 23:50
Javier Ferrer González
1,87121514
answered Nov 14 at 23:50
Javier Ferrer González
1,87121514
answered Nov 14 at 23:50
Javier Ferrer González
1,87121514
answered Nov 14 at 23:50
Javier Ferrer González
1,87121514
1,87121514
Thanks. Pretty close to what I wanted ;) I guess the arrow left key is the home or Pos1 key. Then it works, but without ctrl, otherwise the cursor jumps to the beginning of the document. Only problem is if one cursor is already in the beginning of a line and other cursors are in the middle of a line. Then pressing home key repeatedly makes the cursors jump between the first letter of the line and the actual first column of that line and since the cursors start in different positions, some are at the first character and others at column 1. Only relevant if the lines are indented.
– Fabian
Nov 15 at 8:35
Nope, the←key is not theHomeone. Here you have an image 🙂
– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 10:37
ok :) but that is just the normal jump over one word instead of one character?
– Fabian
Nov 16 at 12:06
Sorry, my bad 😅. In MacOS the behaviour ofCmd+←moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line instead of jumping over one word. You're right, in Windows/Linux it would beCtrl+homein order to jump to the beginning of the line
– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 13:21
What you ask in your first comment about jumping to the actual first column instead of the beginning of the text, that's the reason why I suggested to execute 2 times theCmd+←shortcut. I don't know if in Windows/Linux it would be the same typingCtrl+hometwo times. Could you confirm me that in order to edit my response and let it be accepted? 🙂
– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 13:23
add a comment |
Thanks. Pretty close to what I wanted ;) I guess the arrow left key is the home or Pos1 key. Then it works, but without ctrl, otherwise the cursor jumps to the beginning of the document. Only problem is if one cursor is already in the beginning of a line and other cursors are in the middle of a line. Then pressing home key repeatedly makes the cursors jump between the first letter of the line and the actual first column of that line and since the cursors start in different positions, some are at the first character and others at column 1. Only relevant if the lines are indented.
– Fabian
Nov 15 at 8:35
Nope, the←key is not theHomeone. Here you have an image 🙂
– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 10:37
ok :) but that is just the normal jump over one word instead of one character?
– Fabian
Nov 16 at 12:06
Sorry, my bad 😅. In MacOS the behaviour ofCmd+←moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line instead of jumping over one word. You're right, in Windows/Linux it would beCtrl+homein order to jump to the beginning of the line
– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 13:21
What you ask in your first comment about jumping to the actual first column instead of the beginning of the text, that's the reason why I suggested to execute 2 times theCmd+←shortcut. I don't know if in Windows/Linux it would be the same typingCtrl+hometwo times. Could you confirm me that in order to edit my response and let it be accepted? 🙂
– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 13:23
Thanks. Pretty close to what I wanted ;) I guess the arrow left key is the home or Pos1 key. Then it works, but without ctrl, otherwise the cursor jumps to the beginning of the document. Only problem is if one cursor is already in the beginning of a line and other cursors are in the middle of a line. Then pressing home key repeatedly makes the cursors jump between the first letter of the line and the actual first column of that line and since the cursors start in different positions, some are at the first character and others at column 1. Only relevant if the lines are indented.
– Fabian
Nov 15 at 8:35
Thanks. Pretty close to what I wanted ;) I guess the arrow left key is the home or Pos1 key. Then it works, but without ctrl, otherwise the cursor jumps to the beginning of the document. Only problem is if one cursor is already in the beginning of a line and other cursors are in the middle of a line. Then pressing home key repeatedly makes the cursors jump between the first letter of the line and the actual first column of that line and since the cursors start in different positions, some are at the first character and others at column 1. Only relevant if the lines are indented.
– Fabian
Nov 15 at 8:35
Nope, the
← key is not the Home one. Here you have an image 🙂– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 10:37
Nope, the
← key is not the Home one. Here you have an image 🙂– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 10:37
ok :) but that is just the normal jump over one word instead of one character?
– Fabian
Nov 16 at 12:06
ok :) but that is just the normal jump over one word instead of one character?
– Fabian
Nov 16 at 12:06
Sorry, my bad 😅. In MacOS the behaviour of
Cmd+← moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line instead of jumping over one word. You're right, in Windows/Linux it would be Ctrl+home in order to jump to the beginning of the line– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 13:21
Sorry, my bad 😅. In MacOS the behaviour of
Cmd+← moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line instead of jumping over one word. You're right, in Windows/Linux it would be Ctrl+home in order to jump to the beginning of the line– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 13:21
What you ask in your first comment about jumping to the actual first column instead of the beginning of the text, that's the reason why I suggested to execute 2 times the
Cmd+← shortcut. I don't know if in Windows/Linux it would be the same typing Ctrl+home two times. Could you confirm me that in order to edit my response and let it be accepted? 🙂– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 13:23
What you ask in your first comment about jumping to the actual first column instead of the beginning of the text, that's the reason why I suggested to execute 2 times the
Cmd+← shortcut. I don't know if in Windows/Linux it would be the same typing Ctrl+home two times. Could you confirm me that in order to edit my response and let it be accepted? 🙂– Javier Ferrer González
Nov 16 at 13:23
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