@PeterJones yes that was it!
So indeed it was an easy one - you’d think I would have figured that out. Haha
Thank you for pointing me to the setting!

@PeterJones, thank you so much!

@Annie-Chuang ,

In addition to @Alan-Kilborn’s request, you can also go to ?-menu’s Debug Info, and paste that here.

Please also tell us the full path of the filename where you put the XML file – was it c:\users\___\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\functionList\XyzPdq.xml or c:\Program Files\Notepad++\functionList\XyzPdq.xml or somewhere else?

I referred to many documents

Unfortunately, you don’t tell us which ones, so we cannot know whether they were telling you the right thing, or not.

Here are some reasonable documents to consult:

User Manual: Function List = https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/function-list/#how-to-customize-function-list User Manual: Function List Config Files = https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/config-files/#function-list Including instructions on how to upgrade from a v7.9-or-earlier FunctionList (from before November 2020) to one that works with modern Notepad++ = https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/config-files/#upgrading-old-function-list-entries Community Forum FAQ: Function List Basics = https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/19480/faq-function-list-basics

re-created the XML file and put it into FunctionList Folder

As per the User Manual, there are two files that need to be edited to add the FunctionList – you need to have the XML specific to your language, and you need to edit the functionList\overrideMap.xml – if you didn’t do the latter, then just creating the XML isn’t enough.

Also, you have to make sure it’s named correctly, and that you’ve got your User Defined Language (UDL) already set up and working, too.

For those who want to update their back-up configuration files with this setting: in config.xml, look for GUIConfig name="ScintillaPrimaryView" and add the entry lineCopyCutWithoutSelection="no".

@Alan-Kilborn I had to re-add ‘.*’ to the middle section, but I got it working now and can use variables the way I want now, thanks!!

@PeterJones said:

if the line is long enough, Search Results can split the results on a single line into multiple entries in the Search Results panel

Can we quantify “long enough”?
Is this behavior worth documenting in the user manual?

Note that the above discussion presumes this setting is checkmarked:
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If it is uncheckmarked, then each match for sure gets its own line in Search results regardless of length of line.

@kapenike maybe double-check the Language that you are editing the default style of; the one for Global Styles applies to plain text, and the Bold box in the Style Configurator seems to work for each language I’ve tried on my Ubuntu 24.04 LTS VM.

@Susan-Pemble Besides the things @PeterJones suggested you could also try double clicking the title bar area at the top of a window. That will toggle the window it between being a resizable “window” and being full screen maximized.

It may also help for you to post a screen shot of the window you are asking about much like the screen shot you made of Notepad++'s About dialog box in your first post.

There was just a spammer who actually posted reasonable advice for a workaround:
“A workaround is to run multiple instances using the -multiInst option. Create a shortcut with notepad++.exe -multiInst to open files in the current desktop.”

(the original post had a random word converted into a link to some spammy website that had nothing to do with the question or Notepad++, hence the original poster – now banned for spamming – is not going to get credit for the solution.)

It doesn’t solve the underlying problem, but -multiInst does seem a reasonable workaround for someone who finds themselves in a multi-desktop environment. But I don’t know that it would solve Explorer > Double-Click or Explorer > Open With Notepad++ – I don’t know whether, if there’s an open Notepad++ in the current desktop, whether that instance will get preference over another Desktop’s instance, or whether the OpenWithNotepad++ will just always go to the first instance, regardless of one being open on the active desktop.

it might be something to experiment with, until such time as a solution is implemented.

Ah, right. I’ve written so many FAQ for the Community, I forgot FAQ: How do I … Convert my Text exists. That might explain things better, since it had more time put into writing it.

@Terry-R

Fair enough. I thought I’d give it a shot.

Thanks for your time and suggestions.

@PeterJones
Thanks for your reply.
Adding the comma to the operators solved the problem.

Thank you.

If your “blocks” are separated by a line break, you can use the commands:

SCI_PARADOWN Ctrl+] SCI_PARAUP Ctrl+[

as they navigate between paragraphs.

@Coises Thanks. That works fine and have been able to test and update.

Some related discussions, in these topics:

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/20008 https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/19395 https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/20319

It’s a pity that there is no such functionality for subsequent instances :(

@Terry-R said in Replace many letters at same time.:

\U\1.

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Its perfect!!

Thank u very much Sir!!!

Claudio Raphael

@PeterJones Thanx very much for your help