Multiple cursors in Android Studio automatically at every text that matches?

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I have been using multiple cursors with ALT + SHIFT. Sometimes I need like 20 cursors and I want them at the start of the same portion of text. This is tedious to do every time. Is there a shortcut for this? Like imagine there are 20 instance of the text "foo" in the file then I would like to just select one and ideally it should automatically insert a cursor for all the other instances in the same position.

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 16 '18 at 22:04

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Look for the Select Next Occurrence option.
On Mac it's used by selecting a word and then ^ G, on Ubuntu the shortcut is ALT + J.

Traverse through every item you wish to change by repeating the key combination.

answered Dec 16 '18 at 22:04

timr

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dude, you just saved my life! – dfasdflskladf Dec 18 '18 at 16:09
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How to undo this option in mac – Savad Feb 27 '20 at 11:34
You can just press ESC – timr Feb 28 '20 at 19:50
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For what it's worth, it's `ALT + J` on Windows as well. – Bink Mar 28 '20 at 21:59
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@Savad you can undo this operation on mac using control + shift + G – Mieszko Koźma Aug 23 '22 at 07:40

Multiple cursors in Android Studio automatically at every text that matches?

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