How to select multiple places (sublime) in code in Android Studio?

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How to select multiple places in code in Android Studio ?

I want to insert the same text in multiple places in my source code. Like a have more than one mouse cursor. I used to do it in VS2012 so easily though not sure how to do it in Android Studio ?

Amir Ziarati · Accepted Answer · 2023-04-18T23:12:40.590

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I found how and lets share this cool feature with you. I found three cool features:

For multiple selection just hold alt + shift then select whenever you want to change by mouse click then type some thing you can write at multiple places at the same time.
Another cool feature is column selection. This lets you to click in a great manner and greatly of help especially when you are refactoring.

In most systems it works with holding middleMouseButton and dragging over your code and in others it works by holding alt and selecting code it acts like below:

the third cool feature is sublime selection it finds the same word in code and let you change that or append that easily. you can do that by pressing alt + j on Windows / Linux and ctrl + g on mac. Look how it works:

Also as @Narayana said in comments, Ctrl + Shift + Alt + j selects all occurrences in one shot, for one-shot refactoring on windows. to do this on mac use Ctrl + Command + G.

edited Apr 18 '23 at 23:12

answered Oct 09 '16 at 15:54

Amir Ziarati

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Cool indeed! Thanks. Also discovered, `Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Alt` + `j` **selects all** occurrences in one shot, for one-shot refactoring. – Narayana J Dec 14 '17 at 14:26
tnx . ill add it to my answer – Amir Ziarati Dec 19 '17 at 07:21
How undo this option in Mac – Savad Feb 27 '20 at 11:32
Esc ought to do it. – Amir Ziarati Feb 27 '20 at 17:07
@NarayanaJ You can use `SHIFT` + `F6` to refactor rename almost anything and everything in Android Studio. Doing so will refactor it in other files too. – Deep Shah Apr 01 '22 at 01:15
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`Control` + `Command` + `G` for Mac. – TJ Olsen Apr 14 '23 at 14:37
nice, that selects all occurrences at once instead of having to click ctrl+g multiple times. – Amir Ziarati Apr 18 '23 at 23:05

score 36 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 01 '16 at 07:33

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You can use Alt + Shift and click multiple locations to for multiple cursor.

To select similar occurrences in files use Alt + j.

For more details : Click Here

edited Nov 01 '16 at 07:33

Kaushik

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answered Oct 10 '16 at 08:25

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score 30 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Multiline Caret (without mouse)

Windows: CTRL + CTRL(Hold) + ↑ / ↓

Mac: ⌘ + ⌘(Hold) + ↑ / ↓

ESC will end multiline mode.

Change Multi-caret Hotkey

To add a custom Keymap, CTRL+SHIFT+A, type keymap and click on the one with Settings as subtext. Search for Clone Caret Above and Clone Caret Below.

I mapped mine to ALT+SHIFT+↑ / ↓.

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Try holding combinations of CTRL, SHIFT, and arrows for improved selection power.

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answered Feb 10 '18 at 18:56

Gibolt

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Thanks, very useful! I mapped my "Clone Caret Above/Below" to CTRL + SHIFT + UP/DOWN, because with ALT as you suggested it's already for moving lines and I use it quite often. – Micer Sep 25 '19 at 15:06
Mac: ⌘ + ⌘ (Hold) + ↑ / ↓ became ⌥ + ⌥ (Hold) + ↑ / ↓ on Monterey (maybe even earlier?). – Primož Ivančič Jan 14 '22 at 16:47

score 23 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 12 '19 at 10:49

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For both Mac and Windows, just open the Context Menu and click on the "Column selection mode" to enable or disable the behaviour..

answered Jul 12 '19 at 10:49

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Maxim Sheludchenko · Answer 5 · 2022-05-20T12:19:41.683

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On a MacOS you can use:

Tap: Control + Command + G - Select all the same value

Tap: Control + G - Every tap combination select the new same value

Hold: Option + Mouse Click - Select multiline with a mouse

Hold: Option + Shift and Tap: Mouse Click - duplicate cursor for a each tap place

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answered Dec 13 '20 at 01:27

Maxim Sheludchenko

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score 13 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 26 '17 at 07:26

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Press Shift + Alt + Insert combination to edit in Column selection mode.

answered Dec 26 '17 at 07:26

vgokul129

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good point. i didnt know that . you can toggle between column selection and normal selection using that – Amir Ziarati Dec 26 '17 at 08:01
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Warning, press `Shift` + `Alt` + `Insert` again to exit edit mode :). In this case a cursor can move up-down in usual way, not over spaces. – CoolMind Feb 09 '18 at 16:03
@CoolMind Yes I accept your comments. But i would say if column selection mode is enabled that is the expected behavior. – vgokul129 Feb 15 '18 at 04:44
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@vgokul129, thanks. I wrote so because didn't know how to disable this behaviour. – CoolMind Feb 15 '18 at 07:07

score 12 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 09 '18 at 18:12

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On a mac I like to do ⌥ (option) + shift + mouse click on multiple lines in Android Studio 3.1.3.

answered Jul 09 '18 at 18:12

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score 3 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 22 '21 at 11:03

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Use the following:

ALT + SHIFT

answered Nov 22 '21 at 11:03

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Oct 20 '21 at 07:23

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on Mac , hold OPTION + SHIFT then use the mouse to highlight what you want to select

answered Oct 20 '21 at 07:23

Mohammed Fathi

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Apr 10 '19 at 03:01

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On Windows, you can try a plugin whose name is ConyEdit. It has a great column mode based on regular expression.

answered Apr 10 '19 at 03:01

Dick

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Aug 03 '21 at 09:26

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I'm using android studio arctic fox and pressing Alt alone and then selecting code is working properly in windows.

answered Aug 03 '21 at 09:26

Akshay Rajput

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How to select multiple places (sublime) in code in Android Studio?

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Multiline Caret (without mouse)

Change Multi-caret Hotkey

Bonus

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