IntelliJ IDEA - multiple carets?

android-studio, intellij-idea

Solution

I think "Column Selection Mode" could help you. You can enable it in the context menu in the editor. Then you can select multiple lines and type same text at once.

Problem

Sometimes I have to write Java class where I need to define multiple fields of the same type. For example, I know that I will need to duplicate `private final String` on the next 4 lines. Is it possible to spawn multiple carets in IntelliJ editor, so I can type on mutliple lines at the sime time?

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