Hidden character "&"

Tec Kel

Hello,
On my Windows 7 32bit computer, in “Visual Basic file” language (and only under this language), the character “&” is masked… When I want type, for example:
variable = (var1 & “hello” & var2), Notepad++ dislpay: variable = (var1 “hello” var2)…
as if all the “&” arent replaced by a space.
Have you a solution ?
Thanks
Sébastien

Joanne Harrison

I also have this problem, the “&” characters are in the text but are rendered as white space when using
some of the Language settings.

Languages which correctly display the “&” character include:-
Batch, Diff, HTML, JSP, Makefile, Normal Text, PHP

Languages which DO NOT correctly display the “&” character include:-
Assembly, C, C++, Java, Javascript, Python

This is really annoying!

Joanne

(Notepad++ version 6.8.2 on Windows 10 Pro x64)

Joanne Harrison

I have a temporary fix which works for me.

I went into the Style Configurator and for Java -> OPERATOR , I unticked the ‘Bold’ box and
my “&” re-appeared

I suspect the underlying problem is with the Source Code Pro font

Joanne

Joanne Harrison

The fault is in the “Source Code Pro” font installed on my PC, the bold font doesn’t display the “&” character
but the normal font does.

I fixed this by replacing the font.

Joanne

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Reference: issue #729