So everyday you possibly write hundreds, maybe thousands, of lines of code. Some of them are perfect, and will continue on to have a long productive life. Others however will be found wanting.

It it for these inadequate lines of code that the delete line keyboard shortcut was designed to deal with. And deal with it does. Instead of having to select a line, or multiple lines, you can simple use the delete line shortcut and wipe away the current line, or the currently selected lines.

Delete Line

Ctrl + L

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