Disable 'Smart' Highlighting

[frakt]

When highlighting expressions in a formula, Alteryx thinks it knows better than I what I would like to highlight and ends up highlighting significantly more than I want. Is there a way to disable this feature so that it only highlights where my cursor is? 

This seems trivial but is extemely irritating.

Thanks.

[s_pichaipillai]

@frakt

i never seen this feature

can you guide me , how to reproduce it ?

[s_pichaipillai]

Or If you are talking about Annotation then you can disable it(change it to Never) or rename it

see the image below

[JohnJPS · Accepted solution]

To recreate:

• drop a formula tool on a blank canvas
• in the config panel call the output field "test"
• type "selection testing example" in the expression area
• with your mouse, starting between the "s" and "t" in "testing", try to select "ting exam" ... 

It cannot be done: it will automatically select all of "testing" when you get to the space between the two words.

The selection can be done using the keyboard... but not only by mouse.

Aside: I starred the OP as I'm not a fan of Auto-Selecting whole words either... my preference is:

• starting with a single-click-and-hold: select character by character
• starting with a double-click-and-hold: select whole words

[s_pichaipillai]

Got it now. thanks John

i think this can be posted as an IDEA :)