column-selection

Create multiple selections across lines. A package allows you to drag across lines to select a column of text, with carets on each line. A few similar packages have already been released, but this one has applied important fixes:

• fixed a problem with inline HTML elements, e.g. Hydrogen,
• fixed a problem with zone near end of file,
• fixed low performance when pressing Ctrl,
• fixed context menu when Right Mouse Button is used without modifier,
• fixed window switching with sticky mode,
• consider core.multiCursorOnClick configuration,
• added sticky mode with default shortcut Alt-Q (or Left Mouse Button on statusbar icon),
• turn off cursor-line background color while selecting,
• added status bar indicator for sticky mode,
• added picker mode Ctrl-Q (or Right Mouse Button on status bar icon) to selected region by sequence of 2 Left Mouse Button, optional Ctrl accepted or Right Mouse Button to break sequence,
• added edge text editor scrolling,
• added keyboard commands for single cursor movement.

An example of sticky mode:

An example of picker mode:

Installation

To install column-selection search for column-selection in the Install pane of the Pulsar settings or run ppm install column-selection. Alternatively, you can run ppm install asiloisad/pulsar-column-selection to install a package directly from the GitHub repository.

Customize the appearance

The style can be adjusted according to user preferences and the UI/syntax theme in the styles.less (File/Stylesheet..) file.

• e.g. crosshair cursor while selecting

atom-text-editor.column-selection {
  cursor: crosshair;
}

Contributing

Got ideas to make this package better, found a bug, or want to help add new features? Just drop your thoughts on GitHub — any feedback’s welcome!

Notes

A package has been inspired by Sublime Style Column Selection and slickedit-select.