Yes, the functionality is still here. It's just missing from the toolbar.

On Wednesday, October 2, 2013 4:49:17 AM UTC-7, Sylvain Corlay wrote:
>
> In my understanding the "execute selection" feature is still available 
>  - with the F9 keyboard shortcut
>  - in the right-click context menu. 
> The only thing that is missing is the button in the run toolbar right?
>
> On Tuesday, October 1, 2013 12:39:40 PM UTC-4, Carlos Córdoba wrote:
>>
>>  To be honest, I also miss the old feature too, especially when I want to 
>> quickly evaluate a visually contiguous block. I'll see what I can do about 
>> it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Carlos
>>
>> El 01/10/13 10:14, [email protected] escribió:
>>  
>> Thanks for the reply.
>>
>> Frankly, I found the old behavior much more convenient to use. Having the 
>> "Run Selection" execute blocks of code separated by blank lines was 
>> actually by far my most favorite feature of Spyder. I think most people 
>> naturally separate logical sections of the code by blank lines, so the 
>> feature was very convenient if I want to trace my code block by block. 
>>
>> I know I can achieve the same effect by using cells, but having to insert 
>> the separator(#%%) manually seems a bit cumbersome. But of course this is 
>> just my personal opinion. 
>>
>> Thanks for the great work.
>>
>>
>> On Monday, September 30, 2013 2:35:55 PM UTC-7, Carlos Córdoba wrote: 
>>>
>>> Its functionality became kind of obsolete with the introduction of cells 
>>> in 2.2.3. Cells are created by writing at the beginning of any line the 
>>> separator: 
>>>
>>> #%% 
>>>
>>> You can use "Shift+Enter" to evaluate the current cell and move to the 
>>> next one (as F9 let you move from line to line) 
>>>
>>> As an additional note, I have to mention that "Run selection" now only 
>>> works by selecting something, whereas before you could use it to run 
>>> blocks separated by blank lines or comments (so it's less useful). 
>>>
>>> If you consider this behavior a big regression in functionality, we 
>>> could consider reverting it, but please use cells first and tell us what 
>>> you think about them. 
>>>
>>> Cheers, 
>>> Carlos 
>>>
>>> El 30/09/13 13:06, [email protected] escribió: 
>>> > I just upgraded Spyder from 2.2.1 to 2.2.4 and noticed that the "Run 
>>> > Selection" button that used to be on the toolbar has been removed. I 
>>> > found that button to be one of the most useful features of Spyder 
>>> > since it allows me to execute a script line-by-line. I know I can 
>>> > press F9 instead but it's not as convenient. Is there any reason this 
>>> > button was removed from the toolbar? 
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