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The demo is impressive for something running on a browser. > Planned Features > > ... > Multi-cursor support > ... I can't live w

The demo is impressive for something running on a browser. > Planned Features > > ... > Multi-cursor support > ... I can't live without that though. SublimeText spoiled me, my editing flow is heavily based on multiple cursors.

SpartanJ 4y ago
Author here: I guess this is gonna be one of the most requested features. It will come sooner than later, but it's not a feature I use very often, that's probably the only reason it's not implemented yet.
- alganet 4y ago
  I'll keep it on my watch list! It already marks several of my editor checkboxes (LSP support, fast global search/replace, real time tree view, etc). I'll say it again, it looks very impressive.
- iddan 4y ago
  More than just multi-cursor the workflows VSCode offers with them (selecting all occurrences, selecting the next occurrence) are vital for my work.
  - pjerem 4y ago
    Aren't those workflows operated by LSP Rename action rather than multi cursor ? Since Ecode supports LSP, if you only need to rename things, you should be good without multi cursor.
    - panekj 4y ago
      LSP only applies to programming languages and specific configuration files, it's useless when you edit files such as JSON/YAML/etc.
      - makapuf 4y ago
        indeed. LSP are for high latency, high impact, careful changes. multicursor edits (with sublime for me) are for those "replace all the str_something with string_something in the next 3 lines, quick"
      - Kab1r 4y ago
        There are LSP servers for YAML (and by extension JSON)
vageli 4y ago
Could you expand on your use case? Are you writing the same thing across multiple lines? I've only gotten tripped up on multiple cursors when I somehow activate them.
- tiagod 4y ago
  I cant speak for the commenter you replied to, but I find it great to transform data without any tooling. As an example, if I have some tabular data, I can quickly turn it into JSON. Find-replace can also add a cursor to each result which is very helpful. Many other code/data transformation tasks are also made trivial with multiple cursors.
- Cort3z 4y ago
  Also not author of original comment, but I use it for “stupid data transforms” all the time. Like formatting some stuff for a spreadsheet. I find it faster than writing a script most of the time
- alganet 4y ago
  My main use cases: - Replacing variable and function names: I have Ctrl+D bound to "Mark Next Occurrence", which creates a multiple cursor and replicates the selection I have on my main cursor to the next following similar thing. Instead of changing a name and then search/replace it afterwards, I selectively mark the next occurrences within the scope I'm in and change them all at once. - Editing multiple similar expressions: If I want to add a new parameter to a function, I can multi-select `existingParam,` (including the comma) and add the new parameter to multiple occurrences within a scope. - Ctrl-based multi navigation: I use Ctrl + Arrow Keys to skip words a lot. In combination with multiple cursors, it allows each cursor to skip words individually. This is useful for the previous use case (editing parameters) when each parameter might have a different name (and therefore a different length). - Several alignment and formatting things: This is hard to explain in text. I use it to align the ` = ` sign in repeated variable assignments, to manage indentation, etc. I can do most of these things using other tools if needed (I did before multiple cursors). The parameter editing is often a vi "showcase" scenario, which I consider to be much more effective using mc than repeating actions or macros. I don't place cursors with a mouse, I don't add cursors below or above or any other feature. Just "select the next occurrence" or "select all occurrences".

SpartanJ 4y ago

Author here: I guess this is gonna be one of the most requested features. It will come sooner than later, but it's not a feature I use very often, that's probably the only reason it's not implemented yet.

alganet 4y ago
I'll keep it on my watch list! It already marks several of my editor checkboxes (LSP support, fast global search/replace, real time tree view, etc). I'll say it again, it looks very impressive.
iddan 4y ago
More than just multi-cursor the workflows VSCode offers with them (selecting all occurrences, selecting the next occurrence) are vital for my work.
- pjerem 4y ago
  Aren't those workflows operated by LSP Rename action rather than multi cursor ? Since Ecode supports LSP, if you only need to rename things, you should be good without multi cursor.
  - panekj 4y ago
    LSP only applies to programming languages and specific configuration files, it's useless when you edit files such as JSON/YAML/etc.
    - makapuf 4y ago
      indeed. LSP are for high latency, high impact, careful changes. multicursor edits (with sublime for me) are for those "replace all the str_something with string_something in the next 3 lines, quick"
    - Kab1r 4y ago
      There are LSP servers for YAML (and by extension JSON)

vageli 4y ago

Could you expand on your use case? Are you writing the same thing across multiple lines? I've only gotten tripped up on multiple cursors when I somehow activate them.

tiagod 4y ago
I cant speak for the commenter you replied to, but I find it great to transform data without any tooling. As an example, if I have some tabular data, I can quickly turn it into JSON. Find-replace can also add a cursor to each result which is very helpful. Many other code/data transformation tasks are also made trivial with multiple cursors.
Cort3z 4y ago
Also not author of original comment, but I use it for “stupid data transforms” all the time. Like formatting some stuff for a spreadsheet. I find it faster than writing a script most of the time
alganet 4y ago
My main use cases: - Replacing variable and function names: I have Ctrl+D bound to "Mark Next Occurrence", which creates a multiple cursor and replicates the selection I have on my main cursor to the next following similar thing. Instead of changing a name and then search/replace it afterwards, I selectively mark the next occurrences within the scope I'm in and change them all at once. - Editing multiple similar expressions: If I want to add a new parameter to a function, I can multi-select `existingParam,` (including the comma) and add the new parameter to multiple occurrences within a scope. - Ctrl-based multi navigation: I use Ctrl + Arrow Keys to skip words a lot. In combination with multiple cursors, it allows each cursor to skip words individually. This is useful for the previous use case (editing parameters) when each parameter might have a different name (and therefore a different length). - Several alignment and formatting things: This is hard to explain in text. I use it to align the ` = ` sign in repeated variable assignments, to manage indentation, etc. I can do most of these things using other tools if needed (I did before multiple cursors). The parameter editing is often a vi "showcase" scenario, which I consider to be much more effective using mc than repeating actions or macros. I don't place cursors with a mouse, I don't add cursors below or above or any other feature. Just "select the next occurrence" or "select all occurrences".