Rectangular select

[Cemil]

Hi,

Does anyone know if it is possible to make rectangular select in UE ?

I know that it is possible to make a Select Range.

But is there not a quicker way, like other editing tools where you hold down ctrl and moving the cursor or something similiar ?

Hope someone has a solution.

[Sentinel]

Try 'Column Mode' in the Column menu. This should hopefully give you what you need.

[MrBillG]

Hi Cemil

Column mode is a toggle (On/Off)
There is a icon on the tool bar or use the keystroke Alt+C

Use your mouse, while holding down the left mouse button, to select a rectangular area or hold down the shift key and use the arrow keys.

I love column mode, but you really have to play with to understand it! Check out the different behavior with Insert on and off, interesting!

Have fun

[Cemil]

Hi,

Thanks a lot.

It works great.

From Cemil

[vhdluser]

Hi,
On the same subject...
I was wondering whether this editor could be configured to do rectangular selects / copy / cut / pastes just by doing a tripple mouse click (or quadruple as in gvim common setup) to initiate the selection.
(I disliked many things in gVim but the above was very intuitive to use; no modes to think of.)
Thanks in advance,
vhdlguy

[mrainey56]

Man, I'd much rather click a Column Mode toolbar button than do a quadruple mouse click!

[vhdluser]

I admit, it took a little practice. Also, there was certain ongoing "failure rate" but no grave consequences.
I would like if the column mode still allowed us to do selections by clicking (and dragging if desired) on the left sidebar, the one with line numbers. Then I would never leave column mode.