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    • Måns ThelanderM
      Måns Thelander
      last edited by

      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

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      • Scott SumnerS
        Scott Sumner @Måns Thelander
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        @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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        • Måns ThelanderM
          Måns Thelander
          last edited by

          Thanks a lot. It´s working :-)

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