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Bug 177331 - Column mode editing
Summary: Column mode editing
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: editor
Classification: Unclassified
Component: -- Other -- (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P1 normal with 4 votes (vote)
Assignee: Milutin Kristofic
URL: http://www.ultraedit.com/support/tuto...
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2009-11-20 12:49 UTC by elau1004
Modified: 2013-01-31 15:49 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description elau1004 2009-11-20 12:49:35 UTC 
UltraEdit has this mode and it is a great productivity enhancer.

It allows me to vertically input a bunch of identical characters or even assign an incrementing sequential numbers.

A hot key (Alt-C) toggles you in/out of column-mode.

See the following URL http://www.ultraedit.com/support/tutorials_power_tips/ultraedit/column_mode.html
Comment 1 Vitezslav Stejskal 2009-11-30 01:12:49 UTC 
Thanks for the RFE, the 'column mode' looks like a nice feature to have.
Comment 2 phpguru 2010-07-11 21:06:40 UTC 
Agreed +1 vote. Rectangular Edit Tool = not the same thing at all. :-(
Comment 3 HaroldFoster 2010-09-08 03:59:40 UTC 
Hello;

This is a feature in Slick-Edit, and in Multi-Edit.
Can it be retained as an option as it is in those editors?


Thanks for considering my input.

Sincerely;

Harold Foster.

haroldlfoster@verizon.net
Comment 4 vincesheard 2010-09-08 13:43:04 UTC 
Many of our customers use this feature for embedded development, so it would need to be useable also in the C/C++ plugin. Do you have an idea when this might be added.
Thanks
Comment 5 HaroldFoster 2010-09-08 16:03:58 UTC 
 
Comment #3 From  HaroldFoster@netbeans.org   2010-09-08 03:59:40(-) 
Regarding Column mode editing. Forgot to vote. I've kept both Multi-Edit
and Slick-Edit in good part because it has Column mode Editing. 
In Slick-Edit under Emulation: radio button for Slick Edit (Text Mode Edition)
Thanks again. Harold Foster.
Comment 6 elau1004 2010-09-22 01:32:00 UTC 
I just stop by the Netbeans demo booth at JavaOne and reminded the folks of this feature.  Hope to see it implemented soon.
Comment 7 HaroldFoster 2011-06-06 19:31:36 UTC 
I hope this is appropriate: I'd like to enhance my explanation/definition of the original Enhancement request. 

In Slick-edit, the following yields the desired result:

Tools,
Options,
Emulation,
           [x]"SlickEdit (Text Mode Edition)"

This puts Slick-edit in Text Mode Edition (Slick Edit Circa 1995)


Code::Blocks now supports what they're calling "virtual space." In Code::Blocks the following yields the desired result:

Settings 
Editor 
Margins and carets (second from the last check-box):

           [x] Enable virtual space (space beyond the end of line)


Thanks;

Harold F.
Comment 8 David Strupl 2011-07-12 13:33:56 UTC 
Please have a look at this one - it might be related to Issue 13857.
Comment 9 Milutin Kristofic 2013-01-31 15:49:03 UTC 
I don't see difference between proposed tool and implementation of netbeans rectangular selection