# Processing typing bar doesn't correspond with actual typed text!

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-typing-bar-doesnt-correspond-with-actual-typed-text/32216>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [September 12, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-typing-bar-doesnt-correspond-with-actual-typed-text/32216 "2021-09-12T11:00:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-typing-bar-doesnt-correspond-with-actual-typed-text/32216/2 "2021-09-12T11:19:22Z")

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Hello,

> [@Joost](#):
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> I can’t find anyone who seems to be experiencing the same problem.

They are out there!

There is an issue open related to this:

> <https://github.com/benfry/processing4/issues/226>
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> \## Description
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> Display of cursor position in Editor in Windows 10 for the 4.0… alpha versions 5 and 6 is offset to the right when using OS display scaling (\>100%)
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> Change the display of the cursor to the correct position in the Editor
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> \## Expected Behavior
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> When you see the cursor and you delete to the left or to the right, it is supposed to do it as in the position of the displayed cursor.
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> It should work like in version 3.5.4
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> \## Current Behavior
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> \## Steps to Reproduce
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> \## Your Environment
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> \* Processing version: 4.0.5 and 4.0.6 in Windows 10
> \* Operating System and OS version: Windows 10
> \* Other information:
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> \## Possible Causes / Solutions

The last response in above link may be helpful.

Also see this topic:

> [@Text bar not lining up with text](https://discourse.processing.org/t/text-bar-not-lining-up-with-text/32171):
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> Hello As I begin typing, the text bar does not line up with what I am typing. Please take a look at the attached image. After the first few letters the bar becomes further away from the last character I have typed. Does anyone have any ideas why this is or how to fix it. Thank you

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