Scripting Tips & Tricks: ISE - Alt + Shift + Left Mouse Button

Here's a very useful one shown to me by one of my Dutch colleagues, Stefan Stranger.

I keep using this over and over, so it's going to be of value to others.

 

Problem

You've got a block of code in your ISE that you've tabbed / indented across too much. Eh? Look at this:

 

Rather than 'untab' / 'outdent' each line individually wouldn't it be nice to be able to move a block of lines in one go?

 

Solution

Place the cursor at the top or bottom of the block you want to move:

 

Now, press Alt-Shift-Left Mouse button, in that sequence, keeping you finger on each button. Drag the cursor down the side of the block until you see a horizontal blue line and the cursor has moved to the bottom of the block:

 

With the blue line in place you can press backspace to move the block backwards to the desired position:

It takes a bit of getting used to, but once you've mastered it, it's invaluable.

Comments

• Anonymous
  September 04, 2015
  cool stuff
• Anonymous
  October 12, 2016
  Column editor is far better for prepending stuff like out-null... for the indentation just highlight the block and press tab to indent, shift tab to outdent (is that a word??)
  • Anonymous
    October 12, 2016
    Shift-Tab wasn't available in earlier versions of ISE, though ;)