Very nice function, but how can I activate it?

I use SharpDevelop 4.2.0.8283.

I did not find it in the options.

Thanks

lemi

Thanks

lemi

I have tested now the Virtual Space a little bit.

Following problem I have found:

If you set the cursor at the end of a line and you want to delete the linefeed it does not work. The cursor moves to the right.

Also there is a missing localize resource for the setting EnableVirtualSpace.

This behavior is strange, both the old rectangle/box selection in the first example and the virtual space-based one. Look at major code editors or word processors: All of them (Notepad, Word 2010, VS 2010, etc.) implement a selection method like in the third example (normal selection, no virtual space), and for me it's the intentional and expected behavior. I mean, in what scenario is a rectangular selection using virtual space really useful?

Feels wrong to select something (virtual space) that isn't there. People maybe don't get it straight and think there's a bunch of unnecessary white-space at the end of each line...

@FSchneidereit:

Both Word 2010 and VS 2010 have the rectangle selection feature (with virtual space). Of course it's not replacing the normal selection, but an additional feature - you have to press Alt to create a rectangle selection.

Rectangle selection is useful whenever you have some sort of table. For example, if there are 5 int variables defined in 5 consecutive lines, you can use a rectangle selection to change all of them to "long" at the same time.

"Feels wrong to select something (virtual space) that isn't there." - virtual space means exactly that: pretend that there is an infinite amount of spaces at the end of each line. Almost every code editor has this feature (usually disabled by default).

This is awesome!  I use this in Visual Studio all the time.

One thing- could you implement keyboard navigation (alt+shift+arrow keys)?