Shrink selection in Visual Studio Code
Multi-cursorWindowsShift+Alt+LeftShiftAlt←
MacCtrl+Shift+Cmd+Left⌃⇧⌘←
On Windows, press Shift + Alt + Left. On Mac, press Ctrl + Shift + Cmd + Left.
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In Visual Studio Code, the shortcut to "Shrink selection" is Shift+Alt+Left on Windows and Ctrl+Shift+Cmd+Left on Mac. Check whether anything in my setup overrides it, and if I want a different key, change the binding for me.
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Related Visual Studio Code shortcuts
- Select all occurrences of current selectionCtrl+Shift+LCtrlShiftL
- Expand selectionShift+Alt+RightShiftAlt→
- Insert cursorAlt+ClickAltClick
- Insert cursor aboveCtrl+Alt+UpCtrlAlt↑
- Insert cursor belowCtrl+Alt+DownCtrlAlt↓
- Undo last cursor operationCtrl+UCtrlU
- Select current lineCtrl+LCtrlL
- Select all occurrences of current wordCtrl+F2CtrlF2
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On Windows, press Shift + Alt + Left. On Mac, press Ctrl + Shift + Cmd + Left.