Select Line with Mouse Click

[Will Fastie]

In the Microsoft style, allow a line to be selected by clicking once in the left margin of the code window. Allow dragging to select multiple lines.

To make this work, a region of the left margin must accept the click. To indicate when the editor will accept such a click, change the mouse pointer from left pointing to right pointing, also a Microsoft convention.

[Aivars]

Thanks, we will look into the technical aspects of this request and depending on the complexity see if it can be implemented. I think the breakpoints that are also set by clicking on the left margin will cause some issues but maybe there is a way.

[Will Fastie]

Here are exemplars from four products. Note the right-pointing mouse pointer in all but PhpStorm.

NotePad++
Select Line:

Set Breakpoint:


PhpStorm
Select Line:

Set Breakpoint:


Microsoft Expression Web
Select Line:


Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Select Line: