jupyter-multiselection 0.1.1

A nbextension to select occurences of the currently selected text

Multiselection

This nbextension allows to select occurences of the selected text in the currently active cell.

Installation

First, install jupyter_multiselection using pip:

pip install jupyter-multiselection

Next, install the nbextension using jupyter:

jupyter nbextension install --py jupyter_multiselection

Finally, enable the nbextension:

jupyter nbextension enable multiselection/multiselection

Usage

Select a word or section of text in edit mode and other occurences of the selection will be highlighted.

Use the select next hotkey (default Ctrl+m) to select the next occurence of the selection. To select all occurences use the select all hotkey (default: 'Ctrl+Alt+m').

Options

• highlight - If true, all occurences of the selected word will be highlighted (default: true).
• wrapcell - If true, after the last occurence in the cell the next selection will start from the beginning (default: true).
• nextHotkey - Hotkey to select the next occurence (default: Ctrl+m).
• allHotkey - Hotkey to select all occurences (default: Ctrl+Alt+m).

TODO

• Multiselection across all cells
• Split multi-line selection into multiple selections

History

• @chdudek (Feb 29 2020): Inital release