06.30 Pasting a Single Selection into a Box Selection
DEFAULT | Shift+Alt+[Up, Down, Left, Right] Arrow |
VISUAL BASIC 6 | Shift+Alt+[Up, Down, Left, Right] Arrow |
VISUAL C# 2005 | Shift+Alt+[Up, Down, Left, Right] Arrow |
VISUAL C++ 2 | Shift+Alt+[Up, Down, Left, Right] Arrow |
VISUAL C++ 6 | Shift+Alt+[Up, Down, Left, Right] Arrow |
VISUAL STUDIO 6 | Shift+Alt+[Up, Down, Left, Right] Arrow |
WINDOWS | [no shortcut] |
COMMAND | Edit.Line[Up, Down]ExtendColumn; Edit.Char[Left, Right]ExtendColumn |
VERSIONS | 2010 |
CODE | vstipEdit0008 |
In this tip, we see how to take a single selection and put it into a box selection. Let’s assume you have the following code:

But you realize that you need change all the ...
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