This is something that should have been implemented ages ago – but for some reason, it’s still not present by default.
1. Navigate to the following folder using Finder (CMD + Shift + G):
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Frameworks/IDEKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/
2. Open the following file in a text editor:
IDETextKeyBindingSet.plist
3. Add these lines above the last two lines:
<key>User</key>
<dict>
<key>Duplicate Current Lines Down</key>
<string>selectParagraph:, delete:, yank:, moveToBeginningOfParagraph:, yank:, moveUp:, moveToEndOfParagraph:</string>
<key>Delete Current Line</key>
<string>deleteToBeginningOfLine:, moveToEndOfLine:, deleteToBeginningOfLine:, deleteBackward:, moveDown:, moveToBeginningOfLine:</string>
</dict>
It should look something like this:
This is a convenient reblog from a GitLab Gist