IntelliJ IDEA way of editing multiple lines

Question

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

Answer 1

For Mac:

Option + Shift + Click & Drag

Answer 2

You could also do a vertical code block selection by clicking mouse wheel and dragging:

Answer 3

Hold ALT and use the mouse for click and drag

Answer 4

Another keyboard-only approach. It's possible (since 13.1 version) to use Alt+J / Shift+Alt+J (Ctrl+G for OS X) shortcuts for creating multiple carets. Alt+J selects the next occurrence of the currently selected text and adds another caret.

1. Select the first semicolon

2. Then press Alt+J four times

3. Edit what you want to

4. Press Esc to return to the first line.

Answer 5

It's Option + Shift + Click for Macbook.

All Important Intellij Shortcuts: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KagEr4hDmTugMJJLsYUgc122zXEnbj4A2vHoe8PtKpo/edit?usp=sharing

Answer 6

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

   

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

   

3. END to jump to the end of each line

   

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

   

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