<![CDATA[How can I mark a column with the keyboard?]]>Hi all.
I want to mark text in certain columns.
I can do this by holding down the Alt key whilie marking text with the mouse
OR
I can use the Shift+Alt key with the keyboard.

I am usually working with large files with + 10 000 rows so I want to be able to use the key
combination Ctrl + Shift+ Down arrow to mark all rows in a specific column.

I guess that I should press Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Downarrow but that does not work.

Any ideas??

BR Måns

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/13025/how-can-i-mark-a-column-with-the-keyboardRSS for NodeThu, 16 Jul 2026 22:43:17 GMTMon, 02 Jan 2017 09:59:17 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How can I mark a column with the keyboard? on Mon, 02 Jan 2017 14:47:57 GMT]]>Thanks a lot. It´s working :-)

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/20515https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/20515Mon, 02 Jan 2017 14:47:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I mark a column with the keyboard? on Mon, 02 Jan 2017 13:31:13 GMT]]>@Måns-Thelander

The way to handle that is to use the Begin/End Select feature. Go to one end of where you want your desired selection to be. Invoke Begin/End Select (via Edit menu or shortcut keycombo). Move to the other end of the desired selection and invoke the command again. To get a column-selection, I use Shift+Alt+“an-arrow” to highlight one character (the last one in the desired selection) in a column-block BEFORE invoking the second Begin/End Select; otherwise you get a stream block which isn’t what you’ve said you wanted.

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