I have used several other editors and one feature that is really important to me is called column mode (I think). If you have several lines of text and you want to add some text at the same position on each line, you can highlight the position, type the text you want to add, and it will insert that text on multiple lines as you type.
So if I had the text: the fox the dog the cat I could highlight the position right after the space on all the lines. The way you do that in BBEdit - as far as I can tell - is to hold the ALT key and drag with your mouse. Then you could type "red " and it would add "red " to all your lines: the red fox the red dog the red cat That doesn't work for me in BBEdit. It adds the "r" to all lines, but when I type the "e" it adds it to only the first line. I know that I can copy some text into the buffer and then paste it to multiple lines, but that is definitely an extra step. Is there any way for me to add text to multiple lines as I type, like you can do in UltraEdit and other editors? -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
