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Undo Within Selected

Today I was working on some code, nothing particularly different than any other day. I did something I have done thousands of times before, made some changes, and then needed to get previous code back. This was quickly done with undo several times, copy to clip board, redo several more and then paste. Then it hit me, why don't we have an undo within selected text? We have a search and replace within selection. Undo within selection complements the search and replace really well, and further, allows for quicker retrieval of code several edits ago. Particularly when the change was a single iteration ago in a particular location… In a sense spatial undo versus temporal undo.

Hopefully this will make it into Visual Studio some day, either as a power tool or third party plug-in.

Print | posted on Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:53 PM | Filed Under [ Web Programming ]

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# re: Undo Within Selected

Excellent idea and I have been thinking on somewhat similar terms when trying out various combinations in my code. What a huge waste of time is it when we go back all those steps just to cut out a new path or try a new idea? It is almost like when you write with paper and pen and want to change things. (Oh, there ARE some persons left in this world who still use the papyrus leaf in a refined form) The Cut and Paste idea not working on paper is now the biggest irritant! Life has been made so much easier by the tools of the web, that we don’t know how to live it in long hand any longer!
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