Multi cursor snippets

[swift.idea]

It would be a dramatic enhancement to be able to create multi cursor snippets, where one can tab to the next cursor position

[jordikt]

Could you give some examples?

[vitor]

Multiple cursors aren’t a standard macOS feature, they’re something specific text editors implement. In other words, you can’t add them generically because they wouldn’t work in most text fields, and Alfred’s snippets work everywhere.

[swift.idea]

I see! To clarify, what I meant was sequential cursor positions, not multiple cursors at the same time. So something like {cursor:1} then {cursor:2}, and and so on.

 

would the same limitation apply?

[vitor]

Yes. Sequential cursors aren’t a macOS feature either. You have to think in terms of what you can do in any text field. If what you want is a snippet with multiple custom replacements, make a Snippet Trigger connected to a Keyword Input. Save the result of the keyword to a variable and repeat until you have all of them. Then paste. See a simplified version with only one keyword in the documentation.