How to join multiple lines into one line with VS Code?

Question

In Sublime Text 3, having multiple cursors on several lines and joining them with CMD+J results in a single line:

However, the same operation in VS Code (CTRL+J), results in half the number of initial lines (in this case 3 / 2 = 1.5 ≈ 2):

Is there a way to join all lines into one line in VS Code?

Mark · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-21 14:31:56Z

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There is a command editor.action.joinLines which doesn't have a default keybinding. When you trigger it, you get the result you want.

{ "key": "ctrl+alt+j", // or your keybinding "command": "editor.action.joinLines" }

No need for a cursor on the multiple lines, just select the lines you want to join and trigger the command (either with some keybinding or in the Command Palette).

answered Aug 21, 2019 at 14:31

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Alexander Popov Over a year ago

Regarding the keybinding - I've bound editor.action.joinLines to CTRL+J. But my mistake was, that I was adding the multiple cursors, instead of simple selecting all rows. Thank you very much.

Mark Over a year ago

Odd that the outcome is different. Doesn't seem like it should be.

Alexander Popov Over a year ago

In Sublime Text it isn't, but in VS Code it is.

JimmyJS Over a year ago

yeah usually I also use multiple cursor and it doesn't merge all to 1 line like in sublime / intellij idea

youwen · Accepted Answer · 2024-05-10 22:35:49Z

select sections you want join, then ctrl+shift+j , join multi lines into one line (not multi cursor)

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