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    • Alan HagueA
      Alan Hague
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      I use select, CTRL drag, to copy text every few minutes. Today it doesn’t work. I have searched and searched for a solution and can find none.
      thanks is advance if anyone has a suggestion.
      It works in Word, so I don’t think it is the mouse or keyboard at fault.

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      • CoisesC
        Coises @Alan Hague
        last edited by Coises

        @Alan-Hague said in CTRL drag copy stopped working 8.6.1:

        I use select, CTRL drag, to copy text every few minutes. Today it doesn’t work. I have searched and searched for a solution and can find none.
        thanks is advance if anyone has a suggestion.
        It works in Word, so I don’t think it is the mouse or keyboard at fault.

        Workaround is to drag without Ctrl key down, then, once in position, press Ctrl and hold down while you release.

        I don’t like it either, but it appears to have been introduced by a change in Scintilla, and thus not easily rectified (if possible at all) by Notepad++. See this GitHub issue and discussion.

        Edit to add: I only just realized you don’t have to wait until you reach the drop position to press the Ctrl key. Anytime after you press the left mouse button down is OK — you just can’t press Ctrl before the mouse button.

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        • Alan HagueA
          Alan Hague @Coises
          last edited by

          @Coises Thank you!!! I was just getting ready in reinstall and decided to check my post again and your reply was there.
          It is goofy, but it sure works!
          Alan

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          • Blake GirardotB
            Blake Girardot
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            Wow, this is a really often used UI process that is standard across most applications.

            Thank you both for commenting or I would have struggled to find a solution.

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            • CoisesC
              Coises
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              In 8.6.3-RC2, if the newly-restored setting at Settings | Preferences | Editing 2: Multi-Editing: Enable Multi-Editing (Ctrl+Mouse click/selection) is not checked, the familiar Ctrl+drag behavior is restored.

              This seems like a reasonable compromise — and since the source of the new behavior is a change in Scintilla, outside the control of Notepad++, it’s probably the only reasonable compromise possible.

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                mzk-1
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                Thank you all for all of this valuable information.

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                • Andrey OvcharenkoA
                  Andrey Ovcharenko @Coises
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                  @Coises You saved my day!

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                  • BELLJOHNB
                    BELLJOHN @Coises
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                    @Coises
                    This is a real solution once for all.
                    Thank you so much Coises!

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                      Chris Millensifer @Coises
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