# Edit multiple points in CotEditor on Mac

In multi-cursor editing, the same text can be input at multiple desired points at once.

You can add your insertion points (cursors/selections) in the following ways:

- To add an insertion point at the desired location, click or drag the point while pressing the `Command` key.
- To add insertion points at the same column in multiple continuous lines, drag the area while pressing the `Option` key (rectangular selection).
- To add an insertion point just above or below the current insertion point, press the `Control`-`Shift`-`↑` keys or the `Control`-`Shift`-`↓` keys.

To remove one of the multiple insertion points:

- `Command`-click the insertion point to remove it.

To end the multi-cursor editing mode:

- Click or drag somewhere in the editor without modifier keys by setting a single insertion point at the location.
- Press the `Esc` key and all insertion points except the top one are discarded.

The multi-cursor editing currently doesn’t work with the text input that requires user selection after input, such as Japanese. In such cases, multi-cursor editing finishes automatically when typed and text is input only at a single point.

## See also

- Select rectangular area