Column mode not working

A L

Hi.
When i press the ALT+SHIFT+<arrow_key>, nothing happens.
Using ALT+<Mouse_Selection> works fine.

What could be the problem?
I’m using v7.9.5 (64-bit) on Windows 10. This is a brand new installation of Notepad++, so i have not customized anything yet.

Thanks

Michael Vincent

@A-L said in Column mode not working:

When i press the ALT+SHIFT+<arrow_key>, nothing happens.

It works fine for me. Are you using the “true” arrow key or are you using the Number pad arrow key (that won’t work).

From https://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaHistory.html:

“On Win32, the numeric keypad with Alt pressed can be used to enter characters by number. This can produce unexpected results in non-numlock mode when function keys are assigned. Potentially problematic keys like Alt+KeypadUp are now ignored. Bug #2152.”

Cheers.

A L

Hi @Michael-Vincent
My laptop is a Dell XPS and does NOT have a number pad.
On a different laptop, pressing ALT+SHIFT+<arrow_key> works fine.
Is there any way to enable some sort of debugging?

Thanks
–Andrew

A L

ok… i figured it out.
It looks like I had the Windows Magnifier running and it was intercepting the
ALT+SHIFT+<arrow-key>

Exiting the Windows Magnifier fixed the issue.