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Master the Power of Multi-Cursors

March 16, 2026

If you find yourself manually changing the same variable name or adding quotes to a long list of strings, stop! In VS Code, you can hit Cmd+D (or Ctrl+D) to select the next occurrence of the current word. It’s a massive time-saver for repetitive edits. If you want to go even faster, hold Option (or Alt) and click anywhere to place multiple cursors simultaneously. It feels like magic once you get the muscle memory down.