AllOccurenceSelector-NPP-Plugin

A plugin for notepad++ which performs the functionality of selecting all occurrences of the currently highlighted string and multi-cursoring starting at the position of these strings. It offers two modes: the first one selects all whole word occurences identical to the highlighted string, and the second one selects all identical characters whether as a whole word or as substrings of another string.

Key Features

• Selecting all occurrences of highlighted string whether identical whole words or identical characters (whether whole words or substings).
• Replacing all the selected occurrences highlighted above at once.
• Using multiple cursors at the positions of the strings highlighted above and moving theses cursors freely using arrow keys from the keyboard

Demo

Installation Steps

1. Download the "AllOccurenceSelector.dll" file from this repo.
2. Open the plugins folder of Notepad++ on your laptop which is usually in this path "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins".
3. Create a new folder, name it "AllOccurenceSelector".
4. Move the downloaded .dll file into the "AllOccurenceSelector" folder created above.
5. Restart Notepad++.
6. Open "Settings", then "Preferences", then "Editing". Make sure the "Enable Multi-Editing (Ctrl+Mouse click/selection)" option is enabled.

How To Use

After completeing the installation process above, you can now easily use the plugin by either clicking on it from the "Plugins" menu or by using the below shortcuts.

• For selecting all identical whole word occurrences: Highlight the string needed and press on Shift + 3 keys on the keyboard.
• For selecting all identical characters occurrences: Highlight the string needed and press on Shift + 4 keys on the keyboard. After doing one of the above, you will now be able to replace all these strings concurrently and navigate throgh the docment with the multi-cursors located at all the occurrences using the arrow keys on the keyboard.

License