How can I configure Visual Studio Code to enable column selection (multi-line selection) like this:
On the left-hand side you can see the desired behaviour (in TextMate), on the right-hand side my current attempt in VS Code:
Apparently, an underlying feature, which is called virtual space, has been requested in 2016. A pull request from September 2024 is yet to be merged. The scope of the pull request is wider than the column-selection feature, but does include it.
I've just tried out the pull request and it resolves the issue.
[2025-02-03 12:59:05] fiedl@fiedl-mbp ~/code
▶ git clone [email protected]:microsoft/vscode.git
[2025-02-03 12:59:05] fiedl@fiedl-mbp ~/code/vscode
▶ git remote add x17jiri [email protected]:x17jiri/vscode.git
▶ git checkout x17jiri/virtual-space-4
▶ brew install node@20
▶ npm install
▶ npm run watch
▶ ./scripts/code.sh