From f44795a69e93010ff60593fa715f5ce3b1ba2aca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Don Ho <don.h@free.fr>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 02:26:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix column mode pasting to multi-selection issue due to
 different EOL

Fix #16889
---
 PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp
index d72ddb530..1d215111e 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp
@@ -4862,7 +4862,14 @@ bool ScintillaEditView::pasteToMultiSelection() const
 	::CloseClipboard();
 
 	vector<wstring> clipboardStrings;
-	stringSplit(clipboardStr, getEOLString(), clipboardStrings);
+
+	wstring eol = L"\r\n";
+	if (clipboardStr.find(L"\n") != std::wstring::npos)
+		eol = L"\n";
+	else if (clipboardStr.find(L"\r") != std::wstring::npos)
+		eol = L"\r";
+
+	stringSplit(clipboardStr, eol, clipboardStrings);
 	clipboardStrings.erase(clipboardStrings.cend() - 1); // remove the last empty string
 	size_t nbClipboardStr = clipboardStrings.size();