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Support multiple cursors in visual editor

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Description

If you are editing a Quarto document in source mode, you can use the typical gestures for multiple selections / multiple cursors. However, these are not supported in the visual editor. If you try to Alt+Click, you do not get multiple cursors.

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Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by reproducing Alt+Click in the Quarto visual editor and compare it with multiple selections in source mode; done means the visual editor supports the documented multiple-cursor gestures without breaking normal editing.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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