2024-03-30To address a performance issue of “Replace All” in previous version 8.6.4, Notepad++ no longer triggers SCN_MODIFIED and other Scintilla notifications during the “Replace All” action. Consequently, some plugins that rely on Scintilla’s notifications may malfunction after a “Replace All” operation. To rectify this regression, a new notification called NPPN_GLOBALMODIFIED has been implemented in Notepad++ v8.6.5. Plugin developers should monitor NPPN_GLOBALMODIFIED alongside SCN_MODIFIED, if SCN_MODIFIED is already monitored in the plugin. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
2024-02-18We recognize that not every user loves the multi-editing feature. In this release, we’ve added GUI options to disable the “Column To Multi-editing” feature, and even the “Multi-editing” feature can be turned off completely. Additionally, users can disable the “copy/cut line while no selection” feature through the preferences dialog.Furthermore, in the new release We’ve addressed a performance issue related to “Replace all” and fixed the critical problem where all open files were lost after restarting as an administrator. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
2024-01-05In the previous version v8.6, we introduced the “column mode to multi-editing” to enhance the user experience for Notepad++ users. However, it’s impossible to make every user happy with any new feature of the software, so an option is added to disable the “column mode to multi-editing”. Also another option is added in v8.6.1 to disable the shortcuts for copying/cutting/deleting an entire line when there’s no selection, and add back Shift-DEL & Ctrl-INS shortcuts. Continue reading at the publisher's website.
2023-11-23Today marks the 20th anniversary of Notepad++ (November 23, 2003), when it launched its first version (v1.0) on SourceForge: From v1.0 to the current v8.6, there have been 238 official releases (excluding some releases that were withdrawn due to critical bugs). I still recall that between the v1.x and the v2.0, I repeatedly signed up on various websites, so that I could spam the forums with “Notepad++ is awesome! Continue reading at the publisher's website.