# Multi selection hotkey?

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/multi-selection-hotkey/39101>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [11 July 2024 15:45 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/multi-selection-hotkey/39101 "2024-07-11T15:45:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yajo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/yajo/32/8496_2.png) [@Yajo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Yajo)\
**Post date:** [11 July 2024 15:45 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/multi-selection-hotkey/39101/1 "2024-07-11T15:45:22Z")

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Hello! In normal CodeMirror (example here: [Try CodeMirror](https://codemirror.net/try/?example=Moving%20the%20selection)), when you click on a word that appears multiple times in a document, and then hit Ctrl+D, it will select the whole word.

Then, if you keep pressing that same combination, it will start multi-select with all occurrences of the same word/text.

If I do that combination in Joplin, it will delete the line of text instead.

Is there a way to trigger the multi-select system in Joplin? Or is there a hotkey for that that I don't know?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![personalizedrefriger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/personalizedrefriger/32/13210_2.png) [@personalizedrefriger](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/personalizedrefriger)\
**Post date:** [11 July 2024 17:14 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/multi-selection-hotkey/39101/2 "2024-07-11T17:14:15Z")

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> [@Yajo](#):
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> Is there a way to trigger the multi-select system in Joplin? Or is there a hotkey for that that I don't know?

If Ctrl+D is unassigned from "delete line" in "Settings" \> "Keyboard Shortcuts", then Ctrl+D should have the default CodeMirror behavior. This assumes that the beta editor is enabled.

Alt+drag also triggers multi-select.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [6 July 2025 17:15 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/multi-selection-hotkey/39101/3 "2025-07-06T17:15:07Z")

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