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Code editor column mode does not work...

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Bo Berglund

I am coding on a headless RaspberryPi4B via RealVNC and it works rather well from my Windows 10 workstation.

But there is one item I have yet to figure out:
How can I enable column selection with the mouse?

If I use the Alt key and click where I want to start the selection then when I move the mouse the whole editor window moves instead of creating a vertical selection...

Is there someone here who has done this and can share the solution?

Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden

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Martin Frb
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Bo Berglund wrote 7 lines
How can I enable column selection with the mouse? If I use the Alt key and click where I want to start the selection then when I move the mouse the whole editor window moves instead of creating a vertical selection... Is there someone here who has done this and can share the solution?

Sounds like the OS / desktop manager grabs the mouse first.

2 possibilities.

1) change the OS config (if possible / I don't know)

2) Tools > Options > Editor > Mouse: assign another combo for the column selection
Either diff modifier keys; or diff button.

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Marco van de Voort
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Martin Frb wrote 10 lines
Sounds like the OS / desktop manager grabs the mouse first. 2 possibilities. 1) change the OS config (if possible / I don't know) 2) Tools > Options > Editor > Mouse: assign another combo for the column selection Either diff modifier keys; or diff button.

3) use kbd block selection (alt-shift cursor keys)

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Bo Berglund
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Marco van de Voort wrote 15 lines
On 19-4-2023 19:24, Martin Frb via lazarus wrote: > > Sounds like the OS / desktop manager grabs the mouse first. > > 2 possibilities. > > 1) change the OS config (if possible / I don't know) > > 2) Tools > Options > Editor > Mouse: assign another combo for the > column selection > Either diff modifier keys; or diff button. 3) use kbd block selection (alt-shift cursor keys)

Thanks,
Alt-Shift works to get me the column selection! :-)

Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden

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