Virtual Space is not implemented.
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/zainnab/2010/02/28/understanding-virtual-space/ This is a much needed productivity option that has been available in Visual Studio and other editors for many years. See also the column select issue that requires it: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/5402 --- *Addition from @hediet:* This is (still) the current behavior of VS Code. Only text that exists in the text buffer is selected:  However, the column selection mode should support rectangular selection like this (adding whitespace on demand):  This would fix #5940 (which is just about copy&pasting such blocks) and #115559.
Posted by gregmarr on Oct 18, 2016, 8:26 PM
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Virtual Space is not implemented.
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/zainnab/2010/02/28/understanding-virtual-space/ This is a much needed productivity option that has been available in Visual Studio and other editors for many years. See also the column select issue that requires it: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/5402 --- *Addition from @hediet:* This is (still) the current behavior of VS Code. Only text that exists in the text buffer is selected:  However, the column selection mode should support rectangular selection like this (adding whitespace on demand):  This would fix #5940 (which is just about copy&pasting such blocks) and #115559.
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