+// SpawnMultiCursorSelect adds a cursor at the beginning of each line of a selection
+func (v *View) SpawnMultiCursorSelect(usePlugin bool) bool {
+ if v.Cursor == &v.Buf.Cursor {
+ if usePlugin && !PreActionCall("SpawnMultiCursorSelect", v) {
+ return false
+ }
+
+ // Avoid cases where multiple cursors already exist, that would create problems
+ if len(v.Buf.cursors) > 1 {
+ return false
+ }
+
+ var startLine int
+ var endLine int
+
+ a, b := v.Cursor.CurSelection[0].Y, v.Cursor.CurSelection[1].Y
+ if a > b {
+ startLine, endLine = b, a
+ } else {
+ startLine, endLine = a, b
+ }
+
+ if v.Cursor.HasSelection() {
+ v.Cursor.ResetSelection()
+ v.Cursor.GotoLoc(Loc{0, startLine})
+
+ for i := startLine; i <= endLine; i++ {
+ c := &Cursor{
+ buf: v.Buf,
+ }
+ c.GotoLoc(Loc{0, i})
+ v.Buf.cursors = append(v.Buf.cursors, c)
+ }
+ v.Buf.MergeCursors()
+ v.Buf.UpdateCursors()
+ } else {
+ return false
+ }
+
+ if usePlugin {
+ PostActionCall("SpawnMultiCursorSelect", v)
+ }
+
+ messenger.Message("Added cursors from selection")
+ }
+ return false
+}
+