Alignment is off when pasting information into the editor window. (4232437)

Alignment is off when pasting information into the editor window.

The code pasted into the editor doesn't line up as expected. Formatter is not being used.

Example:

Copy snippet from Notepad++ (or other doc).

V_name           varchar2       := Null;
V_number        number         :=Null;

In Notepad++ (or other doc), the alignment is correct for the variable name, description, and initialization value.

But copy and paste that into Toad and the spacing and alignment is thrown off by a few spaces.

Passed snippet into Toad.

V_name             varchar2       := Null;
V_number        number         :=Null;

They no longer line up.

Depending on what font is selected for the display in the doc application and in Toad, the spacing and alignment can be thrown off.

Match the font settings in Toad and the setting in the doc application,

Example:

Notepad++ is set to Courier New.
In Toad, make the change by going to View | Options | Editor | Display | Fonts -- editor, from default Tahoma to Courier New to match Notepad++

This can apply to various versions of Toad. Another setting in Toad to match up would be the tab settings, whether to use space or not, and to use tab or a certain number of seperate spaces.