Question about IDE in Xcode 3.2.5

Hi everyone:
I came from a long experience with the Visual Studio IDE and its editor, so please bear with me. So even though Xcode provides pretty much the same editing capabilities, I'm missing two that I was using most often. So, I'd appreciate if someone could clear this out for me:
1. If I want to indent, or shift selected block of code one tab to the left or one tab to the right. Is there a quick way to do it? (Currently I have to right-click it and select "Shift selection right/left" from a menu.)
2. If say, I want to move a code block from one location to another (in the same file). In VS I'd select it and then simply drag it with the mouse to move it. In Xcode this doesn't work and the only workaround I found out is to cut it (Cmd+X) and then paste it (Cmd+V). Is there a faster way?

Den B. wrote:
Yes. Here's what I do. First, select a block of code with a mouse. While it's still highlighted, I click somewhere inside selected area and drag it to a new location.
There is more to life than clicking. A click is two events - a mouse down, quickly followed by a mouse up. Try just doing a mouse down and holding it for just a little bit. If I try, I can click in a area of selected text and just change the selection to an insertion point, but I have to click rather quickly. It isn't normal. A normal click for me results in a drag.
I don't know of any setting that controls this. See if holding down makes a difference. If it doesn't, no matter how long you hold down, then there might be something somewhere.

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