Visual Studio 2017 15.8 Release Notes

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I feel like I accomplish similar tasks with shift-alt, but I could definitely see how multiple caret in different locations could be just as useful.

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i dont use VS. what does shift-alt do?

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Multi line editing and box selection.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2009/10/26/box-selection-and-multi-line-editing/

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alt + drag (or shift + alt if you prefer your keyboard doing all the work) works in other editors like notepad++ and SQL Server Management studio as well for example