# Toad hangs when selecting text in editor

**URL:** <https://forums.toadworld.com/t/toad-hangs-when-selecting-text-in-editor/59656>\
**Category:** Toad for Oracle & DevOps Toolkit\
**Created:** [July 8, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/toad-hangs-when-selecting-text-in-editor/59656 "2024-07-08T20:52:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![eric.hobbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@eric.hobbs](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/eric.hobbs)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/toad-hangs-when-selecting-text-in-editor/59656/1 "2024-07-08T20:52:59Z")

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toad hangs in certain situations when selecting text either with the keyboard or the mouse. In the example below if I move the cursor immediate after the "$" character and then hold down shift and either drag left with the mouse or use the left arrow key to select the contents of the string then toad will hang.

select \*  
from dual  
where regexp\_like(dummy,'((^|-)[^-]\*){5}$')

toad 17.1 x64  
windows 10 Education x64

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**Author:** ![Gary.Jerep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/gary.jerep/32/205_2.png) [@Gary.Jerep](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Gary.Jerep)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/toad-hangs-when-selecting-text-in-editor/59656/2 "2024-07-08T21:27:39Z")

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FYI, I cannot reproduce this effect... I'm using 64=bit Toad for Oracle  
v. 17.1.717.3711

Any else can reproduce this issue?

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**Author:** ![mstaszew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/mstaszew/32/23_2.png) [@mstaszew](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/mstaszew)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/toad-hangs-when-selecting-text-in-editor/59656/3 "2024-07-09T10:43:23Z")

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> [@eric.hobbs](#):
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> select \*  
> from dual  
> where regexp\_like(dummy,'((^|-)[^-]\*){5}$')

See the steps in [this thread](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/picklist-dropdown-freezes-in-endless-loop/54223/2) for enabling freeze detection and sharing the call stack that is generated. Post the call stack you receive here or email it to me at [michael.staszewski@quest.com](mailto:michael.staszewski@quest.com).

Also, zip and email your User Files folder. You may omit Connections\*.xml from it. Its location is a subfolder of Toad's application data directory which is shown in Options.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/3X/d/c/dc160f45df91226be82d986c20af6ddf0024d5fb.png)

Thanks,  
Michael

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**Author:** ![eric.hobbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@eric.hobbs](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/eric.hobbs)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/toad-hangs-when-selecting-text-in-editor/59656/4 "2024-07-28T11:42:21Z")

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Hi Michael,  
I sent the requested information to you in email as requested on 7/15. Are there any updates?

Thank you,  
Eric Hobbs

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**Author:** ![mstaszew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/mstaszew/32/23_2.png) [@mstaszew](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/mstaszew)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/toad-hangs-when-selecting-text-in-editor/59656/5 "2024-07-29T12:08:32Z")

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I have received them, but was tied up looking at something else and forgot to return to you. I will look at it starting now.

Thanks,  
Michael

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**Author:** ![mstaszew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/mstaszew/32/23_2.png) [@mstaszew](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/mstaszew)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/toad-hangs-when-selecting-text-in-editor/59656/6 "2024-07-29T13:27:52Z")

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The problem is with the _ **Brace highlighting** _ option. You can set its value to anything other than _ **Innermost pair in scope** _ as a workaround. I have this issue logged to be fixed for the next release.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/3X/5/b/5b3b60207a52647ab985629880673dfec1311d78.png)

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**Author:** ![mstaszew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/mstaszew/32/23_2.png) [@mstaszew](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/mstaszew)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/toad-hangs-when-selecting-text-in-editor/59656/7 "2024-07-29T14:12:06Z")

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This will be fixed in the 2024R2 release. The fix will be available in next week's beta.

Thanks,  
Michael