In PL/SQL Developer 12, I can select multiple items from lists using control-click, but this doesn't seem to work for some of my colleagues. Is there some setting that could affect this? I've looked but I can't see anything likely, and I'm not sure why there would be a preference setting for it anyway.

Can you provide an example of such a list?

For example, if I start typing a query like so that Code Assistant pops up a list of columns to expand "s."

I have noticed colleagues painstakingly selecting one item at a time, but when I suggest using control-click to select multiple items, it only lets them pick one.



(This is from my home PL/SQL Dev 14 setup as I can't take screenshots from work, but it works fine for me in both versions.)

This does seem to work just fine in 15.0. Can you provide an example from your colleagues where this does not work? Perhaps I can see a restriction.

I’m not sure how I would do that, as it would just be the same scenario but they can only pick one item off the list where I can pick multiple items, using the same version of PL/SQL Developer (12, though lucky colleagues in another office have 15 but the same issue) and Windows 10. I was just wondering if there are any factors that might affect it. Or maybe they are just doing it wrong somehow.

It can depend on the position in the statement. For the field list you will get an (all) option and multi-select:


For the where clause will will not get the (all) option and multi-select:


Perhaps this can explain it?

No, they seem to have the issue in the select list. Maybe they are just doing it wrong somehow. I'll see if I can try it myself on their PC, though it's not always possible when you are screen-sharing remotely.