No matter how many lines are generated by the wrapping, it is always the base line that gets selected.Įven if there are no corresponding wrapped lines because the two lines have different length, it should work anyway, by adding the appropriate amount of (virtual) space, just like is done when wrapping is off. The multi-cursor shows up on the correct column, but it is always on the base line (i.e. The multi-cursor should be at the end of the two lines: 1b and 2b Actual Behavior Select the end of both lines by SHIFT+ALT+UP.Place the cursor at end of the last line (2b).

Now we have 4 lines: 1a and 1b (for line 1) and 2a and 2b (for line 2) In a blank file, write 2 (identical) lines that cause wrapping.Rectangular selection editing has issues when word wrap is active.īy rectangular selection I mean the multi-line selection/editing that you can do by placing the cursor somewhere, selecting multiple lines by SHIFT+ALT+UP/DOWN or SHIFT+ALT+left-click if you then start writing/deleting text, it is inserted/removed in multiple places.

Notepad++ word wrap beginning of line