How do I remap the `Alt+Click` action in visual studio code?

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according to the documentation here I can add multiple cursors in visual studio code by using alt+Click in the editor. Sadly alt+drag is already used by the window manager to move the window around, so visual-studio-code does not get any key events. So how do I change that keyboard configuration in visual studio code? I could not find anything in the default key combinations file.

I am not looking for solution that changes my window manager, I really like that behavior and use it very frequently already for a very long time.

Marcelo Pereira Rodrigues · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-20T14:44:06.273

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The easiest way in my opinion is:
From the top-level menu, click on

Selection -> Switch to Ctrl+Click for Multi-Cursor

Then you can use Ctrl+Click rather than Alt+Click.

You can see where this is in this screenshot: You can see where is this in this screenshot

My VSCode version is 1.24.1

edited Sep 20 '18 at 14:44

answered Sep 17 '18 at 21:26

Marcelo Pereira Rodrigues

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I tag this as the correct answer for now. But it is not really a solution as it breaks code navigation https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/editingevolved – Arne Aug 07 '19 at 15:08
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Today I noticed a side-effect of this change: the link in terminal is changed to Alt+Click (which cause the original problem OP faced). So at this time either you can only choose one action for Ctrl+Click. For code navigation I can set keyboard shortcut, but for opening the link in terminal, there is no option to change. – DDMC Jan 30 '21 at 10:44

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 25 '16 at 12:58

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There is currently no way to do this but already an open issue on GitHub which addresses that.

answered Jul 25 '16 at 12:58

DAXaholic

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There is a way now, look at my answer below (https://stackoverflow.com/a/52375893/4233310) – Marcelo Pereira Rodrigues Jul 09 '19 at 17:45

How do I remap the `Alt+Click` action in visual studio code?

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