The field showing the cursor line and column is being cut off

Hello

This obviously isn't a huge issue, but it's still bugging me a bit. As you can see in the two cropped screenshots below, the field that shows the position of the cursor within the editor doesn't always show the full info. Single digit column numbers still display fine, but 10 and up are being replaced by "...". I tried changing the font size, but the field isn't affected at all.

I suspect this has something to do with me working on a high DPI screen (a Surface Pro 4), but of course I don't really know.

[Nick Patterson]

I have exactly the same issue. It makes no difference when I make the editor bigger or full size.

Also, I have my file-bar on the RHS of the editor instead of the top (default), but moveing that makes no difference for this issue:

This should show "Ln 285 Col 112", but instead only shows "Ln 285 Col 1..."

Update:

I rebooted my computer (and did not change any other settings), and the size of the line/column counter is bigger and now can show 3 digits for both lines and columns.

It would be great for an explanation as how to control this or make it visible.

[mike braddon]

Im having the same issue, its really impacting my ability to function here...

[Kien Pham]

I am having the same issue. Has anybody figured out how to control the view of the Ln and Col numbers? It seems the box where the numbers reside should be draggable so they can be adjusted.

[Andy Foster]

I'm having the same issue, truly ANNOYING

[Hongming LI]

My case is even worse with "Ln... Col..."

[DGM]

I never noticed since I run the editor docked, but this definitely happens for me in R2019b/linux. Doesn't seem to be an issue in R2015b though. I guess turning on line numbers at least gives you half the information.

Answer 1

[Eric Ornelas]

like always, matlab has no answer. Do universities pay for this service? They can't fix a simple problem on their end. This is insane.

Answer 2

[Nick Patterson]

I experience this issue occasionally, but I know how to fix it. For me, the issue is that I start MATLAB with one display configuration (say docked into a setup with 2 large monitors) but then use MATLAB in another configuration (say directly on my little laptop screen). The issues is that MATLAB does not reevaluate the display settings, and little issues like this start to crop up.

The fix is to power cycle MATLAB. When I close MATLAB and then re-open in the display environment in which I am going to work, the cursor line and column become properly displayed again. Not sure if this the same problem others are having, but this 100% fixed the problem for me.

[DGM]

At least for me, this doesn't change the behavior. I only ever open Matlab on one workspace attached to a particular display. If I undock the editor, shut down and restart ML, the editor opens undocked with the last geometry and with cursor position numbers still cut off. There may be a number of different causes which effect the behavior.