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    Alezex
    last edited by Feb 1, 2024, 5:48 AM

    I have an opposite problem to:
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    How can I make it so that when I use the arrow keys, a multi-line cursor will be reset back to a single-line cursor?

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      HConBike @Alezex
      last edited by Feb 1, 2024, 1:18 PM

      @Alezex Is pressing Esc what you are looking for?

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        Alan Kilborn @HConBike
        last edited by Alan Kilborn Feb 1, 2024, 1:21 PM Feb 1, 2024, 1:21 PM

        @HConBike said in Reset back to a single-line cursor using arrow keys:

        Is pressing Esc what you are looking for?

        Others have discovered that pressing Esc does NOT do it.

        I for one am used to Esc from long-time use of Notepad++ (before multi-select became the feature to hate) combined with the Better Multiselection plugin. With that combination, all worked well.

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          Coises @Alezex
          last edited by Feb 1, 2024, 6:11 PM

          @Alezex said in Reset back to a single-line cursor using arrow keys:

          How can I make it so that when I use the arrow keys, a multi-line cursor will be reset back to a single-line cursor?

          See: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/14476

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            Coises @Alan Kilborn
            last edited by Coises Feb 1, 2024, 6:18 PM Feb 1, 2024, 6:17 PM

            @Alan-Kilborn said in Reset back to a single-line cursor using arrow keys:

            Others have discovered that pressing Esc does NOT do it.

            Using Esc after using an arrow key will work. Esc works to clear a multiple selection, but has no effect on a rectangular selection. Pressing an arrow key on a rectangular selection now changes it to a zero-width multi-selection (not, as one would expect, a zero-width rectangular selection).

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              Alan Kilborn @Coises
              last edited by Feb 1, 2024, 6:46 PM

              @Coises said in Reset back to a single-line cursor using arrow keys:

              See: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/14476

              This doesn’t help users that would like multi-select features to reside alongside column-block selection. Perhaps they can’t fully coexist? (I don’t know, I’m still using an earlier version for my day-to-day usage)

              I of course realize that none of the shortcomings are your fault. :-)

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                mkupper @Alezex
                last edited by mkupper Feb 1, 2024, 8:20 PM Feb 1, 2024, 8:19 PM

                @Alezex, try disabling the multi-cursor stuff by creating a noColumnToMultiSelect.xml file. Put the file in your %AppData%\Notepad++ folder.

                For more details look for noColumnToMultiSelect.xml at https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/config-files/#other-configuration-files

                After adding the file exit and restart Notepad++.

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                  Alezex @mkupper
                  last edited by Feb 2, 2024, 8:10 AM

                  @mkupper

                  Oh heaven - it works!!!

                  The torture stopped! =)

                  Great thanks to @mkupper for the good solution to my problem!

                  Thanks also to everyone who took part here.

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                    Alezex
                    last edited by Feb 2, 2024, 8:11 AM

                    [Solved]

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