<![CDATA[Right-mouse-button-drag to block-select text]]>I really love the feature in SlickEdit where I can click and hold the right-mouse-button and drag to select a block selection (the same functionality as left mouse button for regular selections). I can’t figure out how to customize N++ to do this. Anybody have an idea, is this possible?

Thanks in advance!

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/11733/right-mouse-button-drag-to-block-select-textRSS for NodeWed, 15 Jul 2026 10:53:43 GMTMon, 02 May 2016 20:07:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Right-mouse-button-drag to block-select text on Sat, 07 May 2016 11:42:08 GMT]]>Sometimes you just have to learn new things. Especially when those new things are free. :)

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/15848https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/15848Sat, 07 May 2016 11:42:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Right-mouse-button-drag to block-select text on Sat, 07 May 2016 07:23:37 GMT]]>Thank you for the response, yes I know about alt-left mouse button. I also know about using alt-shift-arrow keys, but the right mouse button block select is what I’m used to and it is so convenient (it doesn’t do anything useful at the moment).

And yes, I mean rectangular selection, but the Notepad++ documentation actually calls this “column mode”.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/15847https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/15847Sat, 07 May 2016 07:23:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Right-mouse-button-drag to block-select text on Mon, 02 May 2016 21:01:48 GMT]]>@Scott-Gartner If by “block” you mean a rectangular selection, then try <Alt>+<Left Mouse drag>.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/15767https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/15767Mon, 02 May 2016 21:01:48 GMT