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Eclipse: Select text a column-based block via shortcut?

I am looking for a shortcut in eclipse to select which I have already used in IAR Embedded Workbench but I didn't find it in Eclipse.

briefly shortcut explained in Iar's doc and looks like in the gif below:

To select text, press Shift and the corresponding command for moving the insertion point. In addition, this command is available:

A column-based block: Shift + Alt + Arrow key

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Solution

  • Use Alt-Shift-A to start block selection. Then use Shift+arrows to select an aligned column as in your example. Once you use Alt-Shift-A again, the selection mode goes back to normal.