Does Visual Studio Code have box select/multi-line edit?

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t tran picture t tran · May 21, 2015 · Viewed 123.1k times · Source

I heard Microsoft released a new editor called Visual Studio Code and it looks pretty good. One key feature that I need is multi-line edit and I can't seem to find anything about it having it.

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user5564157 picture user5564157 · Apr 15, 2016

Box Selecting

Windows & Linux: Shift + Alt + 'Mouse Left Button'

macOS: Shift + option + 'Click'

Esc to exit selection.

MacOS: Shift + Alt/Option + Command + 'arrow key'

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