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.

mrienstra · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-26 02:27:28Z

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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.

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Thank you so much this saved lot of my time
– Mahesh Jamdade
Commented Apr 16, 2021 at 15:08
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@MaheshJamdade You're welcome. Glad to know you found it helpful. =)
– Anaksunaman
Commented Apr 16, 2021 at 19:36
Thank you very much!
– Sunit Gautam
Commented Jul 1, 2021 at 20:52
@SunitGautam You are very welcome. =)
– Anaksunaman
Commented Jul 2, 2021 at 7:09
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
Commented May 1, 2023 at 13:03

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