IntelliJ IDEA way of editing multiple lines

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I've seen this done in TextMate and I was wondering if there's a way to do it in IDEA.

Say I have the following code:

 leaseLabel = "Lease";
 leaseLabelPlural = "Leases";
 portfolioLabel = "Portfolio";
 portfolioLabelPlural = "Portfolios";
 buildingLabel = "Building";

What is the best way to append '+ "foo"' to every line? Column mode won't work since the lines are not correctly aligned on the right side... unless there is an easy way to right justify the text :P

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21 Answers

Column mode works just fine: first select all the lines in column mode, then press END: each cursor will jump to the end of respective line.

On Linux (NO MOUSE NEEDED):

  1. ALT + SHIFT + INSERT to enter block-mode

    entered column edit mode

  2. SHIFT + UP or SHIFT + DOWN to select multiple lines

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  3. END to jump to the end of each line

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  4. now type foo, it will append it to each line:

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  5. Now deselect everything with ESCAPE and switch back to normal selection mode with ALT + SHIFT + INSERT.

user_27077920

Since WebStorm 2020.2 you can use AltShiftG to add carets at the end of each selected line.

The new action for working with multiple carets (Alt+Shift+G) lets you quickly place carets at the end of each selected line and removes the selection as soon as all carets are added.

What’s new in WebStorm 2020.2

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user_6641570

Select Next Occurrence:

      Alt+J on Windows, Ctrl-G on Mac OS X

Unselect Occurrence:

      Alt+Shift+J on Windows, Ctrl-Shift-G on Mac OS X

Select All Occurrences:

      Ctrl+Alt+Shift+J on Windows, Ctrl-Cmd-G on Mac OS X

for more reference: link

user_19655090

I just use the macros for this sort of thing. I start recording the macro, do it once, then play back the macro on each line I want to modify. You'd be amazed at how fancy you can get with the macro record/playback feature.

user_297340

ALT + CTRL + SHIFT + CLICK on linux

user_53338550

Hold ALT and use the mouse for click and drag

user_78647780
user_85605560

I hold (Shift + option + command) then click where ever I want the extra cursor to go. Using Webstorm and on a Mac

user_90454080

For Mac:

Option + Shift + Click & Drag
user_101818510

For newer versions use: Alt + Shift + Insert

user_34844770

You can set multiple carets from the search and replace tool.

  1. Ctrl + R to open Search & Replace tool
  2. Write the character or word identifying the beginning of each recurrence to edit
  3. Clic on 'Select all occurence' in the Search & Replace tool, IntelliJ will put a caret for each occurence

Live the magic

user_42784740

For mac users it's : ALT + SHIFT + Click

user_76105210

All the above answer are great, but if you want multiline edit at the end of lines then you have press "End" key while your multiline selection is active.

For Mac Sequence of command will be:

shift option click # select a set of lines

command right arrow # go to the end of lines

This will do multiline select at the end of the line and you can edit it as required

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