Hey all, loving using Observable so far. I noticed that the text input is based on CodeMirror, and allows multiple cursors (via ctrl-click to add/remove a cursor, or alt for rectangular selections). This isn’t listed in the ‘?’ shortcut popup, which kinda makes sense because it’s more about the cod…

Hey Zev! Good question, and that’s right - we don’t currently document the built-in CodeMirror-inherited keybindings, and we should. I’m adding it to my list to add more complete documentation, but for now you can check out the CodeMirror command documentation , which specifies the built-in bindings…

Thanks for that link. Unfortunately it looks like the selectNextOccurrence command isn’t defined in the default bindings, only the Sublime ones. I’m guessing you probably don’t want to start adding one off bindings like that, so I’ll just say I’m very excited about being able to use alternate bindin…

Hey :wave: I’d like to use the opportunity to push this topic again given the current UI overhaul in Observable next :sparkles: I’d really love to have the Atom/Sublime/VSCode style ctrl-d / cmd-d “selectNextOccurrence” shortcut in Observable :blush: Personally, I think it’s a huge performance bo…

One of our engineers working on Next just brought that up the other day! It’s on our radar . Thanks Chris!

Ah I’m glad the subject comes to the table ! It’s one of those small things that matter. [image] multiple select/edit inside cell ? Site Feedback I often find myself missing the multi select/edit feature (Ctrl+D shortcut in VS Code). While I realize Observable is not re…

Undocumented CodeMirror Shortcuts (multiple selection)

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oscar6echo April 20, 2021, 9:34pm 6

Ah I’m glad the subject comes to the table !
It’s one of those small things that matter.

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Undocumented CodeMirror Shortcuts (multiple selection)

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