Vscode-powershell: VSCode support for ISE's Ctrl+mouse

[doctordns]

Issue Description

I am experiencing a problem with VSCode editor. I am trying to finish my personal transformation away from ISE and move to VS Code.

One thing I use a lot in ISE is using the ctrl-mouse combination to highlight (and cut/paste) a block of text. That way I can pick out a block of code and cut/past it, THis is a feature I use heavily.

There appears to be no way to do this in VSCode. Unless, of course, I am missing something.

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Environment Information

Visual Studio Code

| Name | Version |
| --- | --- |
| Operating System | Windows_NT x64 10.0.18309 |
| VSCode | 1.30.1|
| PowerShell Extension Version | 1.10.2 |

PowerShell Information

|Name|Value|
|---|---|
|PSVersion|5.1.18309.1000|
|PSEdition|Desktop|
|PSCompatibleVersions|1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.1.18309.1000|
|BuildVersion|10.0.18309.1000|
|CLRVersion|4.0.30319.42000|
|WSManStackVersion|3.0|
|PSRemotingProtocolVersion|2.3|
|SerializationVersion|1.1.0.1|

Visual Studio Code Extensions

Visual Studio Code Extensions(Click to Expand)

|Extension|Author|Version|
|---|---|---|
|code-spell-checker|streetsidesoftware|1.6.10|
|csharp|ms-vscode|1.17.1|
|githistory|donjayamanne|0.4.4|
|PowerShell|ms-vscode|1.10.2|
|rainbow-csv|mechatroner|0.8.0|
|vscode-icons|robertohuertasm|8.0.0|
|vscode-markdownlint|DavidAnson|0.22.0|;

[SeeminglyScience]

@doctordns Try Alt instead of Ctrl

[TylerLeonhardt]

^ if that works we should add it to the doc:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/components/vscode/how-to-replicate-the-ise-experience-in-vscode?view=powershell-6#key-bindings

(cc @SydneyhSmith)

[SeeminglyScience]

A note about keybindings, mouse related shortcuts are one of the few things you can't customize at the moment. See Microsoft/vscode#3130

[rkeithhill]

On my Windows machine I have to use Alt+Shift + mouse to block select.

@doctordns doing this with the mouse is cool but you can also do this with the keyboard in VSCode. Move the cursor to the first line, first col you want to block select, press Ctrl+Alt+DownArrow until you get to the last line you want to copy/paste. This creates multiple cursors. When you get to the last line, press Shift+RightArrow to select by column. If you want to select to the end of the line instead, press Shift+End.

Multi-cursor editing is wicked cool. Once you use it, you'll have a hard time going back to an editor that doesn't support it.

[SeeminglyScience]

On my Windows machine I have to use Alt+Shift + mouse to block select.

Ah yes, Alt + mouse is for block selecting the terminal, Alt+Shift + mouse for editor. (Forgot about that, vim mode's block select spoils me 😉)

[doctordns]

Thanks folks for all the feedback.

Alt+Shift does what I need. Using Ctrl+Alt+DownArrow works very well. It would be nice if these key combinations worked in the PowerShell console frame (as in ISE), but I can learn to live without it...