diff --git a/docs/en_US/release_notes_9_16.rst b/docs/en_US/release_notes_9_16.rst
index 8d891e268ba..d33387ce5a5 100644
--- a/docs/en_US/release_notes_9_16.rst
+++ b/docs/en_US/release_notes_9_16.rst
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Bug fixes
   | `Issue #9766 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9766>`_ -  Fixed an issue where a server's custom foreground colour was not applied to the object counts (children count) and column type labels shown in the object explorer.
   | `Issue #9828 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9828>`_ -  Fix tool calls failing against OpenAI-compatible providers that emit empty/null name, arguments, or id fields in streaming continuation deltas.
   | `Issue #9854 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9854>`_ -  Fix the JSON editor stripping trailing fractional zeros (e.g. 10.00) and rewriting large integers in jsonb values, which corrupted unmodified numbers when saving.
+  | `Issue #9864 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9864>`_ -  Fixed a regression where the rectangular (block/column) text selection in the code editor stopped working; restored the default Alt+drag selection without re-introducing the crosshair cursor on Alt+F5 (#9570).
   | `Issue #9868 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9868>`_ -  Warn before opening a very large JSON/JSONB value in the data grid cell editor, which could freeze pgAdmin, and let the user choose whether to proceed.
   | `Issue #9875 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9875>`_ -  Fixed an issue where EXPLAIN and EXPLAIN ANALYZE failed to execute when blank lines separated clauses in the SQL query.
   | `Issue #9810 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9810>`_ -  Use the ServerManager's passfile for the credential gate in connect() so the check matches the passfile actually used for the connection, and warn on conflicting passfile/passexec settings.
@@ -65,4 +66,5 @@ Bug fixes
   | `Issue #9987 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9987>`_ -  Fix "AttributeError: 'PgAdmin' object has no attribute 'login_manager'" crash when running setup.py user-management commands (add-user, update-user) from the CLI.
   | `Issue #9988 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/9988>`_ -  Provide an actionable error when 'openid' is in OAUTH2_SCOPE but OAUTH2_SERVER_METADATA_URL is not set, instead of a cryptic Authlib failure.
   | `Issue #10027 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/10027>`_ -  Fix the spurious "Crypt key is missing" error and logged traceback in the Query Tool new-connection endpoints after a backend restart, by surfacing it as the standard CRYPTKEY_MISSING response so the client recovers transparently.
-  | `Issue #10059 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/10059>`_ -  Fix the generated SQL for editing a SQL-language function/procedure whose body contains the word "return" (e.g. a RETURNING clause), which was wrongly treated as a SQL-standard body and produced a statement without the AS $BODY$ wrapper.
+  | `Issue #10029 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/10029>`_ -  Fixed a regression where the rectangular (block/column) text selection in the code editor stopped working; restored the default Alt+drag selection without re-introducing the crosshair cursor on Alt+F5 (#9570).
+  | `Issue #10059 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/10059>`_ -  Fix the generated SQL for editing a SQL-language function/procedure whose body contains the word "return" (e.g. a RETURNING clause), which was wrongly treated as a SQL-standard body and produced a statement without the AS $BODY$ wrapper.
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diff --git a/web/pgadmin/static/js/components/ReactCodeMirror/components/Editor.jsx b/web/pgadmin/static/js/components/ReactCodeMirror/components/Editor.jsx
index 935ba415e54..013aa3a03cf 100644
--- a/web/pgadmin/static/js/components/ReactCodeMirror/components/Editor.jsx
+++ b/web/pgadmin/static/js/components/ReactCodeMirror/components/Editor.jsx
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import {
   drawSelection,
   dropCursor,
   rectangularSelection,
-  crosshairCursor,
   highlightActiveLine,
   EditorView,
   keymap,
@@ -120,8 +119,12 @@ function insertTabWithUnit({ state, dispatch }) {
 const defaultExtensions = [
   highlightSpecialChars(),
   dropCursor(),
-  rectangularSelection({ eventFilter: (e) => e.altKey && e.ctrlKey }),
-  crosshairCursor({ key: 'Control' }),
+  // rectangularSelection() restores the default Alt+drag block (column)
+  // selection. crosshairCursor is intentionally not used: it displayed a
+  // crosshair cursor whenever Alt was held - including for the Alt+F5 run
+  // shortcut (#9570). Omitting it keeps that fix while restoring the block
+  // selection that was lost. #9864 #10029
+  rectangularSelection(),
   EditorState.allowMultipleSelections.of(true),
   indentOnInput(),
   syntaxHighlighting,