Visual Studio 2010 provides a feature by which it is now possible to edit multiple lines at one go.
For e.g. say you have a class which you have three member variables which are declared as
private.
public class MyClass
{
private int myInt;
private double myDouble;
private string myString;
...
}
Now if you want to change the access of these member variables from private to protected, in VS2008 and before you need to select each
private word and change it to
protected.
In Visual Studio 2010, there is a better alternative to that.
Just press
Alt key and perform a vertical selection and select all the three
private words. (If you are using the keyboard only, then use the keys
Shift + Alt + Arrow keys to select the words.)
Now just type
protected once and you will notice that
protected is being typed in all the three lines together. Saves a lot of time! :)
public class MyClass
{
protected int myInt;
protected double myDouble;
protected string myString;
...
}
Alternatively, you can copy the
protected word first and then perform a vertical selection (using
Alt key) of all the three
private words and paste once. It will paste in all three lines.
Check these links for further reference:
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