If virtual spaces are enabled, new carets will be added exactly above or below the current caret position.
Press Ctrl twice, and then without releasing it, press up or down arrow keys. The last caret will not be removed.Īdd carets above or below the current caret using keyboard You can enable virtual spaces on the Editor | General page of the IDE settings Ctrl+Alt+S and they are also enabled in the column selection mode.Īdd or remove carets at selected locations using mouseĪlt+Shift+Click at the target location to add another caret.Īlt+Shift+Click at one of the multiple carets to remove it. As soon as you start typing at a position beyond the end of the line, the necessary number of spaces will be added between the end of the line and the beginning of your input.
This way you can add new carets anywhere after the last character in any line.
If there is no character, tab, or whitespace at the position where you want to add a new caret, the new caret will be added to the last character position in the target line.
