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2MuchMark · 05-09-2018, 08:25 AM

I'm wondering if there is a faster way to copy-paste code.

Imagine you have an HTML document that is maybe, 3000 lines long, and want to copy-paste 1000 of those lines from the current document into a new document.

If I click the top edge of what I want, hold the mouse and drag, it scrolls through every line pretty slowly. It can take 20 or 30 seconds sometimes.

Of course I can CTRL-A to select the whole document but that's useless if I only want a large selection of it.

Is there a better method?

Sly · 05-09-2018, 08:29 AM

Why do you have an HTML document 3000 lines long?

Boozer · 05-09-2018, 08:30 AM

click on the beginning of paragraph, hold shift, click at end of paragraph.

CurrentlySober · 05-09-2018, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Boozer

click on the beginning of paragraph, hold shift, click at end of paragraph.

Just about to type the same thing but I was busy with poo...

2MuchMark · 05-09-2018, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Sly

Why do you have an HTML document 3000 lines long?

I write long love letters to the girl who plays Quake on Agents of Shield, and nice-it-up in HTML. But I swear if she doesn't answer me this time I'm going to sell my house and marry a goddam goat.

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Originally Posted by Boozer

click on the beginning of paragraph, hold shift, click at end of paragraph.

UGH! Thank you... !! I can't believe I didn't know that before.

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Originally Posted by CurrentlySober

Just about to type the same thing but I was busy with poo...

Maybe one day you will share some of your most intimate pictures with me... one day....

05-09-2018, 08:25 AM	#1
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05-09-2018, 08:30 AM	#3
Boozer So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,134	click on the beginning of paragraph, hold shift, click at end of paragraph.