Remove columns from a file

[Alan Kilborn]

@PeterJones

My first thought was status bar as well, but in observing some of the “issue” discussion, there seems to be some opposition by the devs to ever altering what it shows.

I guess I mean by adding new fields; I have seen recent tweaks to the status bar for showing the current position – which is great for me as a PythonScript programmer, BTW – but some people have requested Zoom level on the status bar, which I find reasonable, and have been shot down, presumably because it would be a brand-new thing?

As an alternate to status bar, would it be reasonable to perhaps invert the colors of the line number margin, for example, in between “begin” and “end” select? I suppose not everyone has that margin turned on, although I find that unfathomable.

Uh oh, I think I just found a bug with Begin/End Select. It doesn’t restrict itself to the active tab – if you begin a select in one tab and end it in another, you get interesting results! :-)

[prahladmifour]

Hello,@Laurent
Please try these steps, To Remove columns from a file

Use Alt+Shift+navigation keys, or Alt+Shift+click to do a block select of just that column. Then simply press Del.

I hope this information will be useful to you.
Thank you.

[Alan Kilborn]

I created two new feature requests relating to keybinding for begin/end select functionality, related to some of the above discussion:

• Assign default shortcut keycombo of Ctrl+Shift+b to Begin/End Select command

• Add new example macro for Begin/End Select in column mode

[guy038]

Hi, @alan-kilborn,

Why didn’t you choose the Alt + B shortcut for the Begin/End Select command, in your GitHub feature request ?

It would match nicely with the Alt + Shift + B shortcut for your future macro !?

BR

guy038

[Alan Kilborn]

@guy038 said in Remove columns from a file:

Why didn’t you choose the Alt + B shortcut for the Begin/End Select command ?

It is a possible choice, certainly.

I didn’t choose it because to me, Alt + letter means I’m opening a main menu category, i.e., Alt+f drops the File menu, Alt+s drops the Search menu, etc.

And, if I have to press Alt, I usually have to “find the key”, whereas Shift and/or Ctrl are just more naturally located.

Actually, from long Notepad++ usage, Alt in combination with Shift – for column mode selecting – is an “easy find” as well. But Alt by itself is harder for me.

So if I’m going to make a feature request, I take advantage of that and suggest things that work well for me!