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The Power of Multi-Cursor Editing

February 27, 2026

If you find yourself manually changing the same variable name in five different places, stop right there. In VS Code, you can use 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 place cursors anywhere, hold Option (or Alt) and click. Once you get used to typing in multiple places at once, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it.