Multiple cursor selection on a pattern in Visual Studio Code

Question

I am looking for a similar way that I work in Sublime Text:

Find All for a specific regular expression. Then it has multiple-selected the texts I need.

A simple find and replace does not fulfil my needs. I need to move the cursors to some segment in the lines to edit.

I m on Windows.

score 49 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 26 '22 at 02:27

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Windows & Linux

Per an answer to this StackOverflow Question:

Press Alt + Enter to select all the Find matches. This will insert multiple cursors at the end of each occurrence.
Use the Left Arrow ◄ and Right Arrow ► keys to move the synced cursors within each selection.
Edit selections as necessary.

Do a normal Find ( ⌘ Cmd + F ) using regular expressions.
Press ⌥ Option + Enter to select all the Find matches. This will insert multiple cursors at the end of each occurrence.

edited Oct 26 '22 at 02:27

mrienstra

answered Sep 22 '17 at 14:03

Anaksunaman

Thank you so much this saved lot of my time – Mahesh Jamdade Apr 16 '21 at 15:08
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@MaheshJamdade You're welcome. Glad to know you found it helpful. =) – Anaksunaman Apr 16 '21 at 19:36
Thank you very much! – Sunit Gautam Jul 01 '21 at 20:52
@SunitGautam You are very welcome. =) – Anaksunaman Jul 02 '21 at 07:09
Additionally, if you need to confine the search to a region of the file, make a selection, then hit the "bars" icon near the right of the search field to activate "Find in Selection". – SpinUp __ A Davis May 01 '23 at 13:03