Visual block - actions like in normal mode (jump to/find character)

Question

Is it possible in visual-block-mode to use find next character?

Example:

1: select " in visual-block-mode:

code(|"|abcd").anotherCode()
code(|"|abcde").anotherCode()
code(|"|abcdef").anotherCode()
code(|"|abcdefg").anotherCode()

2.a: go to (find) next " symbol (or any other) and select this symbols:

code("abcd|"|).anotherCode()
code("abcde|"|).anotherCode()
code("abcdef|"|).anotherCode()
code("abcdefg|"|).anotherCode()

2.b: go to (find) next " symbol (or any other) and select all text inside this symbols:

code(|"abcd"|).anotherCode()
code(|"abcde"|).anotherCode()
code(|"abcdef"|).anotherCode()
code(|"abcdefg"|).anotherCode()

If I understand your question correctly, this is the same as How to achieve selection different length of texts on different lines? — Martin Tournoij, Jul 31 '15 at 09:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '15 at 09:55

No, this is not possible. Visual-block mode only allows to select rectangular areas of text.

To achieve something similar to what you want, you may be interested in vim-multiple-cursors. With this plugin you can create multiple cursors, where the commands you supply will affect each cursor. Thus you could create multiple cursors for the first row of "s, then apply the desired editing command, such as df".

Visual block - actions like in normal mode (jump to/find character)

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