Disable 'Smart' Highlighting
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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.
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Or If you are talking about Annotation then you can disable it(change it to Never) or rename it
see the image below
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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
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Got it now. thanks John
i think this can be posted as an IDEA :)