Cut, copy, paste
Apart from standard cut, copy, and paste operations, MPS lets you copy file paths, symbol references, and so on. When pasting, you can optionally choose items from clipboard history and automatically apply formatting rules.
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You can also cut, copy, and paste several ranges of text in different places with multiple carets.
Place the caret anywhere in the line to cut the whole line, or select a block that you want to cut.
Press Ctrl0X or choose from the main menu.
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There are a lot of ways to select text in the editor before copying or cutting. For example, you can press Ctrl0W to elect the word at the caret and then extend the selection to containing logical blocks of code.
Place the caret anywhere in the line to copy the whole line, or make a selection to copy.
Press Ctrl0C or choose from the main menu.
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You can disable copying or cutting the current line when there is no selection on the Advanced Settings settings page CtrlAlt0S — look for the Don't copy/cut the current line when invoking the Copy or Cut action with no selection setting under Editor.
When cutting and copying text from the editor, by default MPS puts it as rich text to the clipboard, keeping the highlighting colors and font. But you can also copy it as plain text.
If you want to always copy editor selection as plain text, clear the Copy (Ctrl+C) as rich text checkbox on the Editor | General settings page CtrlAlt0S.
If you want to have a rich-text copy by default, you can make a single plain-text copy by right-clicking the selection and choosing Copy / Paste Special | Copy as Plain Text from the context menu.
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If you want to make a copy of a line or selection, press Ctrl0D to duplicate it instead of copying and then pasting.
Place the caret to the place where you want to paste the last clipboard entry or select a code block that you want to replace with the clipboard entry.
Press Ctrl0V or choose from the main menu.
Alternatively to pasting with the selected formatting preference, you can insert the clipboard entry with its original formatting.
Place the caret to the place where you want to paste the last clipboard entry or select a code block that you want to replace with the clipboard entry.
Press CtrlAltShift0V or choose from the main menu.
You can also access your clipboard history and quickly paste any of the recent items copied to the clipboard. MPS starts recording copied items to its clipboard history as soon as you start it and clears the history when you close it.
Place the caret to the place where you want to paste the last clipboard entry or select a code block that you want to replace with the clipboard entry.
Press CtrlShift0V or choose from the main menu.
In the Choose Content to Paste dialog, you can choose one of the recent clipboard entries and preview it.
Click Paste or Paste without formatting to paste the desired entry in a corresponding way. Alternatively, press a mnemonic key displayed next to the desired entry to quickly insert it.
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