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I've been using Ubuntu/VS Code for a week and I've been struggling with text selection.

In my mac if I want to select text starting from a position until the end of the text I can easily do that with Command + Shift + arrow, but I just can't figure out how to do the same in Linux (Ubuntu), CTRL + Shift only works selecting word by word, and sometimes we just want to select an entire row or the entire text from the current position.

Appreciate the help

Richard Fogaca Nienkotter
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Put your courser on the point you want to start. Press Shift+End for the end of the line.

If you want to copy the whole line from first to last simply place the cursor somewhere in that line and hit CTRL+C.

Press Home key to get to the start of the line.

For Selecting multiple lines, use Up/Down key.

The best way is, Put your courser on the point you want to start. Press Shift then click the point you want to end using mouse/touchpad.

Shaiful Islam
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    Thansk for the help. Quite handy your Shift + End tip. The Shift + click may not be very useful in case of having hundreds of lines, but I was playing around and found Shift + Page Down or Shift + Page Up, which solves the issue. – Richard Fogaca Nienkotter Jun 26 '20 at 22:20
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I tried the CTRL-C suggestion above without any result. (Mint 19.3 Cinnamon) Accidentally, I found found that the left mouse button, triple-clicked, selects (highlights) the entire row the cursor is in. [Not seen that documented!] I suppose an expert on xdotools might write you a script for that. Or position the cursor at the starting point and enter Ctrl+Shift+End (or repeated right arrow) for a document, Shift+End (or repeated right arrow) for a single line.

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Expanding on what Phil Headford, I did the following on Ubuntu 22.04 and works pretty well:

  1. Left double-click the first word
  2. Move your cursor to the desired position
  3. Shift+Left-Click - this will select up to that word. If you happen to click next to a single quote, the selection will include that quote, but not the word(s) it is enclosing.
George Smith
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