Large data editor does not handle string with many spaces very gracefully

[Claus Pedersen]

I have the select:

SELECT 'aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa ' ||
       'bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ' ||
       RPAD('cc', 63) ||
       'dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd '
FROM dual

I show the result in the large data editor (default tab page Text). The width of the large data editor is so, that the last characters on the first line are 'aa bb bb', the last characters on the second line are 'bb bb cc' and the last characters on the third line are 'dd dd'. I now place the cursor on the characters 'cc' and press right arrow several times to move the cursor. The cursor now disappears and re-appears only when it reaches the third line. If I mark the spaces between cc and the first dd's and make the large data editor window wider and narrower, you can get a visual idea of how many of the spaces the editor is hiding.

This can be very confusing when examining longs text lines with a lot of spaces. Normally, I copy the text to a program window, where I get the exact look of the text (and as a bonus: in indicator telling me at which position on the line the cursor is positioned). This is a time consuming task when inspecting large amounts of data, and the large data editor would normally be more convinient.

Can this be fixed?

 

[Marco Kalter]

We'll check it out. It may be best to disable the "Wrap lines" option from the editor right-click menu for this text.