"column select" sometimes unavailable?

[Marc]

Folks -

For the life of me, I can't figure this one out and I see no
discussion of it anywhere:

Now and then, I'm unable to use "column select"; I press the Option
key and not only does the cursor not change to the crosshairs, a
vertical drag selects by line rather than column.

Interestingly, this seems to affect TextMate as well as BBEdit.

The Option keys (I've tried both) do work; ex: I can type a bullet via
Option-8.

Rebooting fixes it. Using "Fast User Switching" fixes it sometimes (I
think I saw that once anyway).

Any ideas greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Marc

[Semper Fidelis]

Did you check to make sure that "Soft Wrap Text" is turned off? Column selection only works when Soft Wrap Text is disabled.

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[Marc]

On Jul 20, 3:16 pm, Semper Fidelis <semper.fide...@mac.com> wrote:
> Did you check to make sure that "Soft Wrap Text" is turned off? Column selection only works when Soft Wrap Text is disabled.

Holy crow; I had no idea!!

And now I see that it is indeed mentioned in the manual, in BOTH the
"rectangular selection" and "soft wrap" sections - although NOT in the
section that describes working with columns.

So maybe this thread will help the next person Googling to prevent
further hair loss. :)

Thanks!

- Marc