How to select columns in Editors and IDEs to columnar delete, insert or replace some characters ?
Editors:
IDEs:
This feature is not available in older versions of Netbeans (up to 7.1) and the plugin is not supported anymore.
A plugin is now available for NetBeans 6.9.
For any editor, you can use the below shortcuts. These shortcuts work for every text area also.
Shift + UpArrow/DownArrow - this will select text line by line
Ctrl + Shift + LeftArrow/RightArrow - this will select text word by word
Ctrl + BackSpace - this will delete text word by word
