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Recently text selection in the Text Editor is highlighting characters in a bizarre manner. This happens when I am on a laptop that has multiple monitors attached.

It selects text fine if I am using FME on my laptop screen but when FME is being used on one of the larger monitors, characters disappear whilst highlighting several characters.

FME Text Editor selecting on monitor

 

 

Whereas when I select it on laptop screen it looks like this. How it should be.

 

FME Text Editor selecting on laptop

It also opens up like this without selecting anything

FME Text Editor on monitor

It appears a workaround is to set the monitors and laptop screen all to the same resolution and scaling.

Workable but a little awkward having a 15 inch laptop monitor set to the same as two 24 inch monitors.

I am using windows 10 and FME 2018.1 64 bit

 


I would also make sure that you have upgraded the display drivers to the latest version. I frequently use separate monitors with differing resolutions, no issues with either FME 2018, 2019 and 2020.


I would also make sure that you have upgraded the display drivers to the latest version. I frequently use separate monitors with differing resolutions, no issues with either FME 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Hi David,

Good suggestion. I will speak to my work's ICT team to see if they can do that


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