Editing multiple points
In the multi-cursor editing, the same text can be input at multiple desired points at once.
You can add your insertion points (cursors / selections) by the following ways:
- To add an insertion point at the desired location, click or drag the point while pressing Command.
- To add insertion points at the same column in multiple continuous lines, drag the area while pressing Option (rectangular selection).
- To add an insertion point just above or below the current insertion point, press Control-Shift-↑ or Control-Shift-↓.
To remove one of the multiple insertion points:
- Command-click the insertion point to remove.
To end the multi-cursor editing mode:
- Click or drag somewhere in the editor without modifier keys by setting a single insertion point at the location.
- Press Esc key and all insertion points except the top one are discarded.
The multi-curor editing currently doesn't support the text input that requires user selection after input, such as Japanese. In such cases, multi-cursor editing finishes automatically when typed and text is input only at a single point.