Overview

I looked into how to use multiple cursors in IntelliJ. Here I note the ones that seem particularly useful to remember.

Multi-Cursor Operations to Remember

Add a cursor above or below the current cursor using the keyboard
- Hold Shift and press the up/down ↑↓ arrow keys
  - Then use Alt + Shift + G to move the caret to the end of the line
Select multiple words one by one
- Alt + Shift + Double-click (then double-click additional words to add them to the selection)
Select all occurrences of the same string simultaneously
- (With a string selected) Ctrl + Alt + Shift + J
Paste strings using multiple cursors
- Copy normally with Ctrl + C, then with multiple cursors placed, press Ctrl + V to paste as separate lines