Select all occurrences of selected word in VSCode

Question

Are there any trick or extension to select all instances of selected word in visual studio code, to facilitate editing or deleting those instances without search and replace, like ِAlt+F3 in sublime text

Solution 1

Select All Occurrences of Find Match editor.action.selectHighlights.

Ctrl+Shift+L

Cmd+Shift+L or Cmd+Ctrl+G on Mac

Solution 2

According to Key Bindings for Visual Studio Code there's:

Ctrl+Shift+L to select all occurrences of current selection

and

Ctrl+F2 to select all occurrences of current word

You can view the currently active keyboard shortcuts in VS Code in the Command Palette (View -> Command Palette) or in the Keyboard Shortcuts editor (File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts).

Solution 3

What if you want to select just a few?

No problem, first:

1. Ctrl+F find the letters by typing them
2. ESC to quit searching (you need to this even when using Ctrl+Shift+L to select all occurences)

OR

1. just select those letters with your mouse or keyboard (Shift+arrows)

Now that the mouse cursor is blinking on your first selection, using a few more Key Bindings (thanks for the ref j08691) you may:

• Ctrl+D select the next occurrence
• Ctrl+K+Ctrl+D skip the next occurrence
• Ctrl+U undo one of the above

Solution 4

on Mac:

select all matches: Command + Shift + L

but if you just want to select another match up coming next: Command + D

Solution 5

If you want to do one by one then this is what you can do:

1. Select a word
2. Press ctrl + d (in windows).

This will help to select words one by one.

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