Column Select (Block) Notepad ++

JoeF1

JoeF1

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Hey guys,

I have a file with about 33k lines and i simply cannot use ALT + drag to select the blocks i need to select.

Is there a whole column/block selection like there is in textpad ?

Thanks. :cool:
 
Nah mate, unfortunately if you drag or use the arrows you have to select the whole column. Averaging 33k lines it will take until lunch to finish :p
 
Put the cursor at one corner of the block (e.g. top left), scroll to the opposite corner block (e.g. bottom right), press and hold SHIFT + ALT and put the cursor at that second corner block. Poor wordy explanation but you get the idea.
 
As previously said, i can not scroll 33k rows. It would take 30 minutes at least.

In the previous software 'textpad' you could block select by double clicking the top box.

Thanks again.
 
You can use the goto line function to avoid scrolling and you dont have to click and drag the selection, just click once:

Cursor in the top left.

Control + G = goto line 33000

SHIFT+ALT+LEFT CLICK bottom right column of line 33000?

Edit: Oh apparently that moves the cursor when you goto line. You could go to line 33000, place the cursor at bottom right then grab the slider to put it line 1, then shift+alt+click at top left.
 
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Left-Click to place cursor on uppermost-left part of your desired column selection.

Right-Click anywhere ON the scroll bar - Left-Click 'Bottom'

Hold Alt+Shift and Left-Click where you want the bottom-right of the column selection to end.

It works, I tested it :p
 
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What does holding ALT do? I've never used it for selecting before..

What I'd do..

Click at where the start of the selection is (now let go of the mouse button)

Use the block slider to find the end, click and scroll the slider down.

Now hold SHIFT and click the 'end' point
 
That will select all content between the start and end point rather than the block bound by the two points. That's what the ALT modifier is doing. None the less, the general approach is the same and I'm sure (without having seen the OPs file) that this is doable (i.e., using the slider - can always start from bottom to top if it's easier to find the end points that way).
 
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