Marking text within comments produces nonsense

Toad for Oracle & DevOps Toolkit
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Hi all,

first I'd like to say I don't have this problem, but two of my team members do.

Here is a snippet of code as an example of editor misbehaviour:

--INC00344880
--Auswertung ueber die Anzahl der Fahrzeuge (nach Fahrzeugart) fuer 2024 nur von der Pruefstelle 0002-00 (gehoert zum Buero 01944)
--001944_0002_00_Anz_Fahrzeuge_2024.xls
select * from dual;

When they want to mark some text within the comment by using the mouse (e.g. mark 0002-00), the text is shifted to the left or to the right, blanks are inserted, marking in a normal way is just impossible. This behaviour started with TOAD 2024 and can also be seen in 2025.

As already said, I don't have this problem. I just have the best English skills in our team to post this message here :wink:

I also explored the options for the editor but did not find any hint that explains the misbehaviour.

Does anyone know this problem? Is there a solution?

Best regrads from Germany,
-Rainer

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This defect is dependent upon font selection and display settings. On high DPI displays with some fonts/sizes this problem exists. You can see a table of known font combinations that are acceptable here. Editor issue with multiline edit - #6 by mstaszew

Another option is for them to just change this value to DirectWrite and leave their font selections intact.

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Thanks very much Michael for your quick and detailed explanation :+1:

I will forward this to my team members and hope they can solve their issue with your recommendation.

Best regards from Germany,
-Rainer :wave:

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It worked!!! Thanks again from my colleagues!!!

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