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0 pointsrattray4y ago0 comments

That's incredible.

From the website it looks like a Windows-oriented tool. If it weren't for your product I wouldn't have even guessed they had a Mac version. I bet they'd do much better with adoption if they customized their homepage screenshots to the platform viewing the page…

For others curious about Column Mode, here's their link with a nice video: https://www.ultraedit.com/support/tutorials-power-tips/ultra...

Apparently in VS Code you can do similar things: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/codebasics#_column...

    1. Hold ⇧⌥ and drag for box select.
    2. Press ⇧⌥⌘↓ for "column select down"
    3. Run "Toggle column selection mode" and ⇧↓.

(Still looks like UltraEdit has some very powerful features for manipulating text in columns, like aligning whitespace).

TIL. Looks great!

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exhilaration4y ago

In Notepad++ you would just alt+drag, no need to enable a special mode. It looks pretty much exactly like what's in that video.

jacekm4y ago

Or alt+shift+arrows if you don't want to use mouse.

kwanbix4y ago

It could be because they started as a Windows only product, then they produced a Linux version, and finally the Mac version.

I have only used the Windows/Linux versions. By the way, with one license you can use all 3 platforms.

I actually use the Portable Windows version, for when the company I work for won't allow me to install software :)

erwincoumans4y ago

Indeed, I purchased a perpetual Ultraedit license for Windows, Mac and Linux many years ago. I like the hex editing, huge file support, column editing.

bradstewart4y ago

In VSCode you can also middle-click (the scroll wheel on a mouse) and drag to do column select.

kwanbix4y ago

But what I lick of UE is that you can do everything with your keyboard, no need to use the mouse.

artimaeis4y ago

The same is true of the "column edit" functionality in VS Code. I don't think there's anything that requires the mouse, especially since from the keyboard you can invoke the command window to run any function.

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0 pointsrattray4y ago0 comments

That's incredible.

For others curious about Column Mode, here's their link with a nice video: https://www.ultraedit.com/support/tutorials-power-tips/ultra...

Apparently in VS Code you can do similar things: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/codebasics#_column...

    1. Hold ⇧⌥ and drag for box select.
    2. Press ⇧⌥⌘↓ for "column select down"
    3. Run "Toggle column selection mode" and ⇧↓.

(Still looks like UltraEdit has some very powerful features for manipulating text in columns, like aligning whitespace).

TIL. Looks great!

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exhilaration4y ago

In Notepad++ you would just alt+drag, no need to enable a special mode. It looks pretty much exactly like what's in that video.

jacekm4y ago

Or alt+shift+arrows if you don't want to use mouse.

kwanbix4y ago

It could be because they started as a Windows only product, then they produced a Linux version, and finally the Mac version.

I have only used the Windows/Linux versions. By the way, with one license you can use all 3 platforms.

I actually use the Portable Windows version, for when the company I work for won't allow me to install software :)

erwincoumans4y ago

Indeed, I purchased a perpetual Ultraedit license for Windows, Mac and Linux many years ago. I like the hex editing, huge file support, column editing.

bradstewart4y ago

In VSCode you can also middle-click (the scroll wheel on a mouse) and drag to do column select.

kwanbix4y ago

But what I lick of UE is that you can do everything with your keyboard, no need to use the mouse.

artimaeis4y ago

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