Split Selection Into Lines

Need to edit multiple lines at once? The Split Selection Into Lines action (editor: split selection into lines) creates a cursor on each line within your selection, perfect for bulk text manipulation.

This is incredibly useful when you need to:

1. Select the text you want to edit (can be the entire buffer with Cmd-A)
2. Use the command palette (Cmd-Shift-P) and search for “split selection into lines”
3. Edit all lines simultaneously with multicursors

Common use cases:

• Add prefixes or suffixes to multiple lines (e.g., adding quotes or commas)
• Delete the same characters from the start or end of many lines
• Indent or format multiple lines at once
• Convert a list into array elements or function arguments

For example, converting a list like:

apple
banana
cherry

Into an array by adding quotes and commas:

"apple",
"banana",
"cherry",

Just select all lines, split into lines, press Home to go to the start, add ", press End to go to the end, and add ",.