Didn’t know how much I needed it until went from VS Code back to VS (proper? main? heavy? :)

Visual Studio Multi Select

Update June ’18: Unfortunately MixEdit can no longer be found in the VS extensions gallery. Alternatively one could use Select Next Occurrence. It supports select next Ctrl+D occurrence, deselect one Ctrl + U! and select all Ctrl+F2 It’s a VS 2017 only extension though — but all the more reason to jump to 17 :)

Also Multi Edit is an option (others by Mads Kristensen) but it does not have the Ctrl+D feature.

Hey everyone,

I just discovered a great tool to make my coding life easier. : MixEdit

What it does is bring the Ctrl+D (select next occurrence) from VS Code to the Visual Studio (Actual :).

Together with Alt + Shift + Arrow key which allows for multi row selections and is already in Visual Studio (at least in 2015) they make a great team.

If you are interested in some more Keyboard shortcuts here’s a great article from Scott Hansellman and a Microsoft one.

Cheers