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That's incredible. From the website it looks like a Windows-oriented tool. If it weren't for your product I wouldn't have even guessed they had a Mac version.

That's incredible. From the website it looks like a Windows-oriented tool. If it weren't for your product I wouldn't have even guessed they had a Mac version. I bet they'd do much better with adoption if they customized their homepage screenshots to the platform viewing the page… For others curious about Column Mode, here's their link with a nice video: https://www.ultraedit.com/support/tutorials-power-tips/ultraedit/column-mode.html https://www.ultraedit.com/support/tutorials-power-tips/ultra... Apparently in VS Code you can do similar things: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/codebasics#_column-box-selection https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/codebasics#_column... 1. Hold ⇧⌥ and drag for box select. 2. Press ⇧⌥⌘↓ for "column select down" 3. Run "Toggle column selection mode" and ⇧↓. (Still looks like UltraEdit has some very powerful features for manipulating text in columns, like aligning whitespace). TIL. Looks great!

kwanbix 5y ago
It could be because they started as a Windows only product, then they produced a Linux version, and finally the Mac version. I have only used the Windows/Linux versions. By the way, with one license you can use all 3 platforms. I actually use the Portable Windows version, for when the company I work for won't allow me to install software :)
- erwincoumans 5y ago
  Indeed, I purchased a perpetual Ultraedit license for Windows, Mac and Linux many years ago. I like the hex editing, huge file support, column editing.
bradstewart 5y ago
In VSCode you can also middle-click (the scroll wheel on a mouse) and drag to do column select.
- kwanbix 5y ago
  But what I lick of UE is that you can do everything with your keyboard, no need to use the mouse.
  - artimaeis 5y ago
    The same is true of the "column edit" functionality in VS Code. I don't think there's anything that requires the mouse, especially since from the keyboard you can invoke the command window to run any function.
    - kwanbix 5y ago
      But VS Code is what, 3 or 5 years old? When I was searching for a text editor, this was 20~25 years ago!
      - bradstewart 5y ago
        For sure. I was more pointing out a feature I find helpful (and one I didn't know about for a while) than trying to "convert" you. Use what works for you!
exhilaration 5y ago
In Notepad++ you would just alt+drag, no need to enable a special mode. It looks pretty much exactly like what's in that video.
- jacekm 5y ago
  Or alt+shift+arrows if you don't want to use mouse.

kwanbix 5y ago

It could be because they started as a Windows only product, then they produced a Linux version, and finally the Mac version. I have only used the Windows/Linux versions. By the way, with one license you can use all 3 platforms. I actually use the Portable Windows version, for when the company I work for won't allow me to install software :)

erwincoumans 5y ago
Indeed, I purchased a perpetual Ultraedit license for Windows, Mac and Linux many years ago. I like the hex editing, huge file support, column editing.

bradstewart 5y ago

In VSCode you can also middle-click (the scroll wheel on a mouse) and drag to do column select.

kwanbix 5y ago
But what I lick of UE is that you can do everything with your keyboard, no need to use the mouse.
- artimaeis 5y ago
  The same is true of the "column edit" functionality in VS Code. I don't think there's anything that requires the mouse, especially since from the keyboard you can invoke the command window to run any function.
  - kwanbix 5y ago
    But VS Code is what, 3 or 5 years old? When I was searching for a text editor, this was 20~25 years ago!
    - bradstewart 5y ago
      For sure. I was more pointing out a feature I find helpful (and one I didn't know about for a while) than trying to "convert" you. Use what works for you!

exhilaration 5y ago

In Notepad++ you would just alt+drag, no need to enable a special mode. It looks pretty much exactly like what's in that video.

jacekm 5y ago
Or alt+shift+arrows if you don't want to use mouse.