Multiline editing in Visual Studio Code

Solution 1:

On Windows, you hold Ctrl+Alt while pressing the up ↑ or down ↓ arrow keys to add cursors.

Mac: ⌥ Opt+⌘ Cmd+↑/↓

Linux: Shift+Alt+↑/↓

Note that third-party software may interfere with these shortcuts, preventing them from working as intended (particularly Intel's HD Graphics software on Windows; see comments for more details).

If you experience this issue, you can either disable the Intel/other software hotkeys, or modify the VS Code shortcuts (described below).

Press Esc to reset to a single cursor.

Or, as Isidor Nikolic points out, you can hold Alt and left click to place cursors arbitrarily.

You can view and edit keyboard shortcuts via:

File → Preferences → Keyboard Shortcuts

Documentation:

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/customization/keybindings

Official VS Code Keyboard shortcut cheat sheets:

https://code.visualstudio.com/shortcuts/keyboard-shortcuts-windows.pdf
https://code.visualstudio.com/shortcuts/keyboard-shortcuts-macos.pdf
https://code.visualstudio.com/shortcuts/keyboard-shortcuts-linux.pdf

Solution 2:

Solved using just two steps!

1. Ctrl + F

2. Alt + Enter

It's equal to Sublime Text's Alt + F3.