Mimic Sublime Text 2 multi select (multi cursor) in Notepad++ using autohotkey

2
votes

In sublime text 2 you can multi select(cursor) lines by holding ctrl+alt+arrow key (up/down). In notepad++ you can accomplish the same thing by holding ctrl and clicking the additional lines(areas) you would like to edit. I figured I could use a autohotkey script to accomplish the same functionality. So I tried

#IfWinActive, ahk_class Notepad++
^!Down::^Click

but each time that I try to load the script I get

Error at Line 2
Line Text: ^Click
Error: This line does not contain a recognized action

the program will exit

then I tried 

#IfWinActive, ahk_class Notepad++
^!Down::send ^Click

but that shows up as ETXClick in notepad++

What more do I need to get this script to work only for Notepad++

EDIT: It appears that autohotkey cannot mimic this behavior in Notepad++ IT

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autohotkey
I'm not sure I understand what you're after. You make it sound like you just want it to send a control click, but that most likely won't do what you want unless you specifically move the mouse cursor to a place where it would make sense. Also, I don't see control clicking doing anything in Notepad++ -- you can control drag to select multiple regions, but it doesn't seem to be linewise. – echristopherson
Good point echristopherson, I never checked this in Notepad++! – Robert Ilbrink
@ echristopherson from what you have indicated autohotkey does not appear to be able to accomplish the same task since I would have to use the mouse still to add additional cursors instead of just using the keyboard. – capnhud

2 Answers

5
votes

You can use Alt + Shift + Arrow keys.

2
votes

Change to:

#IfWinActive, ahk_class Notepad++
    ^!Down::Send, ^{Click}
#IfWinActive