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

[h-h-h-h]

Reference: issue #729