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Mastering Multi-Cursor Editing in VS Code

April 6, 2026

Ever find yourself manually renaming five identical variables or adding the same prefix to a dozen lines? Save your wrists and start using Alt + Click (or Cmd + Option + Down on Mac) to spawn multiple cursors. It’s a complete game-changer for repetitive boilerplate tasks.

If you want to select all occurrences of the current word, just hit Ctrl + Shift + L. It’s like a find-and-replace on steroids because you can see the changes happening in real-time across your entire file, making bulk edits much less stressful.