Daily Software Tips & Tricks

If you aren't using multi-cursor editing in VS Code yet, you're missing out on a serious productivity multiplier. By hitting Cmd+D (or Ctrl+D) while a word is highlighted, you can select the next occurrence of that word and edit them all at once.

If you need even more control, hold Alt (or Option) and click anywhere to drop a new cursor manually. It’s perfect for those tedious tasks like renaming variables in a local scope or wrapping a long list of plain text items in quotes and commas without the manual grunt work.