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According to https://www.advdelphisys.com/help/ads_keys_u.html Ctrl+O+C starts column selection mode or with the mouse Click+Alt+mousemove (https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Sydney/en/Default_Keyboard_Shortcuts)

Compiler options: {$ALIGN 8} {$ASSERTIONS ON} {$BOOLEVAL OFF} {$DEBUGINFO OFF} {$EXTENDEDSYNTAX ON} {$IMPORTEDDATA ON} {$IOCHECKS ON} {$LOCALSYMBOLS ON} ...etc... Compile-time feature flags & compiler version, and platform detection (these were snipped from the Graphics32 library): (* Symbol: NO_GENERIC_METACLASS_LISTS ------------------------------- The C++ Builder linker has problems resolving ambiguities caused by metaclass types because they all get mangled as TClass. As a result of this the compiled object files end up containing duplicate symbols, which in turn causes a LIB266 linker error. Specifically we get into problems with TCustomClassList<T> where "T" is a metaclass. To work around the problem we define the NO_GENERIC_METACLASS_LISTS for C++ Builder which causes us to use TClassList for all class types. *) {$if defined(BCB)} {$define NO_GENERIC_METACLASS_LISTS} {$ifend} (* Symbol: GENERIC_POINTERS ------------------------------- Typed pointers to generic types are supported. Older Delphi versions cannot resolve a pointer to a generic type correctly and therefore must use plan untyped pointers instead. Exact Delphi version is unknown but XE4 doesn't work and Delphi 10 does. The symbol is defined for XE5 and later, and for FPC. The exact version of Delphi that supports the feature is unknown at this time. *) {$if defined(FPC)} {$define GENERIC_POINTERS} {$elseif (CompilerVersion > 25.0)} {$define GENERIC_POINTERS} {$ifend}

Delphi 12.3 has not yet been released. The AI integration in 12.2 was the first version and will certainly be improved as this new frontier is explored further and they receive feedback. I build plug-ins and integrations for an old 32-bit retail POS system. There's still a LOT of 32-bit apps out there--and they work just fine. Delphi turns 30 next month. VCL is (mostly) a wrap-around for Windows API functions. Someone with more in-depth knowledge than I may chime in but my understanding is that there are so many apps out there already that rely on the VCL the way it is that changing anything would break a lot of stuff. Instead, people can create new apps using FireMonkey or use any of the several third-party GUI component sets that take advantage of new capabilities.

I wish the IDE would work! - I wish word searches would not crash the IDE and cause my unsaved work to be lost. - I wish the IDE would not freeze for no apparent reason and cause my work to be lost - I wish Code Insight would finally work - I wish the IDE would not go out of memory after using it for a while To sum up: I want a stable IDE that doesn't waste my time and finally fixes the bugs that have been around for years! am I asking too much?