How to do multiple line editing?

Question

I want to edit multiple lines in eclipse, but I can\'t find any short cut or Plugin. In Geany I just press ctrl+alt+up/down I can

Answer 1

On OS X, the key combination for multi-line edits in Eclipse (or STS) is option/alt+command+A

Answer 2

You can try the following plugin,

https://github.com/caspark/eclipse-multicursor/releases

With this multiple occurrence of same text can be selected and edited. This is similar to multi select functionality available in editors like Sublime and Visual studio code.

Answer 3

Press alt + shift + A to Toggle block selection (Toggle block / column selection in the current text editor), this will let you write vertically in eclipse, then you can easily do this.

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Go to Window->Preferences.

Find for binding in text box surrounded by red box.