@PeterJones keeping the 2 Listboxes might be OK as well since I have mocked it recently.

NppListToCombo2.png

Left side and center same as my previous post. The right side displays 2 listboxes with 8 items per list being visible. Either of the 2 alternatives appear wider as can be seen in the image.

Here is the AutoIt3 sources if anyone wants to play with them. Just need the AutoIt3 interpreter which can get from downloading the Zip file and extract AutoIt3.exe or AutoIt3_x64.exe.

; about: With 1 ComboBox and 1 Listbox. Global Const $CBS_DROPDOWNLIST = 0x3 Global Const $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE = -3 Global Const $WS_VSCROLL = 0x00200000 Global Const $WS_CAPTION = 0x00C00000 GUICreate('Style Configurator', 750, 405, -1, -1, $WS_CAPTION) GUICtrlCreateLabel('Select theme:', 67, 15) GUICtrlCreateCombo('Default (stylers.xml)', 142, 15, 160, Default, $CBS_DROPDOWNLIST) GUICtrlCreateGroup('', 10, 45, 250, 345) GUICtrlCreateLabel('Language:', 20, 60) GUICtrlCreateCombo('Global Styles', 20, 85, 230, Default, $CBS_DROPDOWNLIST) GUICtrlSetData(Default, 'ActionScript|ADA|ASN.1|ASP') GUICtrlCreateLabel('Style:', 20, 120) GUICtrlCreateList('Default Style', 20, 145, 230, 180, $WS_VSCROLL) GUICtrlSetData(Default, 'Indent guideline style|Brace highlight style|Bad brace colour' & _ '|Current line background|Selected text colour|Multi-selected text color' & _ '|Caret colour|Multi-edit carets color|Edge colour|Line number margin' & _ '|Bookmark margin|Change History margin|Change History modified' & _ '|Change History revert modified|Change History revert origin' & _ '|Change History saved|Fold|Fold active' & _ '|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20') $idExit = GUICtrlCreateButton('Exit', 650, 365, 80) GUISetState() While 1 Switch GUIGetMsg() Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, $idExit Exit EndSwitch WEnd ; about: With 2 Listboxes Global Const $CBS_DROPDOWNLIST = 0x3 Global Const $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE = -3 Global Const $WS_VSCROLL = 0x00200000 Global Const $WS_CAPTION = 0x00C00000 GUICreate('Style Configurator', 750, 405, -1, -1, $WS_CAPTION) GUICtrlCreateLabel('Select theme:', 67, 15) GUICtrlCreateCombo('Default (stylers.xml)', 142, 15, 160, Default, $CBS_DROPDOWNLIST) GUICtrlCreateGroup('', 10, 45, 250, 345) GUICtrlCreateLabel('Language:', 20, 60) GUICtrlCreateList('Global Styles', 20, 80, 230, 120, $WS_VSCROLL) GUICtrlSetData(Default, 'ActionScript|ADA|ASN.1|ASP|Assembly|AutoIt|AviSynth' & _ '|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20') GUICtrlCreateLabel('Style:', 20, 195) GUICtrlCreateList('Default Style', 20, 215, 230, 120, $WS_VSCROLL) GUICtrlSetData(Default, 'Indent guideline style|Brace highlight style|Bad brace colour' & _ '|Current line background|Selected text colour|Multi-selected text color' & _ '|Caret colour|Multi-edit carets color|Edge colour|Line number margin' & _ '|Bookmark margin|Change History margin|Change History modified' & _ '|Change History revert modified|Change History revert origin' & _ '|Change History saved|Fold|Fold active' & _ '|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20') $idExit = GUICtrlCreateButton('Exit', 650, 365, 80) GUISetState() While 1 Switch GUIGetMsg() Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, $idExit Exit EndSwitch WEnd

I didn’t type the full list of items as it is just mocking the Style Configurator Dialog for display purposes.

I learned my lesson a long time ago, and I have a batch file that starts Notepad++. Before it starts it, it zips up a snapshot (into a zip file with a name derived from system date/time) of relevant config files. The batch file also removes older snapshots so this mechanism doesn’t use up too much disk space.

It’s a shame we have to take defensive action against our favorite software. :-(

FYI, due to 1 critical crash bug (of new Pin Tab feature), & 1 regression (of redundant dialog as opening a folder) Notepad++ v8.7.3 will be out in the weekend. There won’t be RC for v8.7.3.

@PeterJones said in Does Notepad++ support Language Server Protocol (LSP):

though it’s not feature-complete yet

If you, or anyone else, would like to have a missing feature implemented in the LSP client, feel free to start a discussion on github because for me it already has everything I need ;-)

Even though the goal is to have a 3.17 compatible client I’m happy to listen to suggestions on what to implement first.

@Bob-Smith said in posting help:

so I could share pictures

If you’re trying to share screenshots illustrating your Notepad++ problem, just copy them to the clipboard and paste directly into your posting.

IMO most of the available evidence points to a very subtle bug in Notepad++, and so far nothing (including my own staring at how my icon initialization code compares to the corresponding code in other plugins like this code here) has particularly dissuaded me from this perspective.

FWIW, most of the Notepad++ code manipulating icons on the toolbar seems to be in the ToolBar::reset(bool create) method. I’ve tried to step through it in the debugger, but I just don’t have the patience to figure out what the hell is going on. Maybe I’ll take another crack at it tomorrow and figure something out.

@IstvanZachar Issued a feature request for styling URL-s here.

@Alberto-Casanova said in Is there anyway to modify "Function List" font style and size?:

Maybe a mod or a plugin?

I don’t think there is a way for a plugin to influence the font in a Notepad++-built-in panel.

I’m not a plugin author, so I’m not sure; but as I’ve documented the plugin-communication messages, there isn’t a message which affects the font in that panel. However, there might be a clever programming trick that I’m not aware of to hack something like that. Someone with more plugin experience than I have would have to chime in.

The topic is on a very goood way.
With the information given above it’s sufficiently possible to debug (Lazarus internal GDB debugger).
With the help of some custom drawing i made good steps forward in gui adpations
and meanwhile rdipardo updated the demo to show treeview theme painting too.
Details within the issue thread mentioned.
The template looks very promising!

@Terry-R, @PeterJones - It was pretty strange. I ended up having to uninstall 8.7.4. Once it was uninstalled, there was a ghost from 8.6.2 listed in Add/Remove Programs. Redownloaded 8.6.2 and installed it, then uninstalled it. That seems to have wiped the residual traces of the original install away. 8.7.4 is installed again, and working as it should.

We can only guess: Someone else moaning about the Show close button on tabs not showing the button on inactive tabs? When I use a version now that DOESN’T feature that, all those red buttons make me feel overwhelmed.

@IstvanZachar

Is there a way to define additional style specification,

No, not yet. There is an attempt to achieve this, but I have not yet succeeded.

@NotSoBitWise Seems like a familar issue with printing that someone else had. Have a look at this doPrint function that I rediscovered by using the PythonScript plugin.

@PeterJones Hi Peter, thanks for pointing me to this feature, did’t know it existed! Indeed probably a good candidate to have this enabled by default, doesn;t hurt.

@PeterJones

Thank you for these figures.

However, I can confirm that it was impossible to enter data in the USER TAGSx fields on my laptop at the time I wrote my message.
After restarting my laptop, it was possible to enter data again.
The reason for the sudden freezing of data entry is a mystery.

Thank you guys for the quick answers

@Mostafa-Kamal ,

if it’s a one-time action, @Terry-R’s suggestion is spot on, and you don’t need to read my post.

However, if it’s an action you are going to take a lot, I would suggest recording a macro:

Macro > Start Recording Search > Mark FIND WHAT: \d{3}$ (this assumes it’s always a digit, like in your example; if it is just the last three characters, whether it’s digit or not, then .{3}$ instead Uncheckmark Bookmark line Checkmark Purge for each search Mark All Copy Marked Text Clear all marks Close File > New Edit > Paste Macro > Stop Recording Macro > Save Current Recorded Macro Give it a name that makes sense to you (CopyLastDigitsToNewFile or something) Give it a keyboard shortcut if desired.

From now on, you can run the macro to copy those last digits/characters to a new file.

@Coises Oh, I see, shift+] = }
Now it works.
Much appreciated!

@PeterJones Thanks for your help. I’ll try.

@Mark-Olson

What? A picture of Mark now?
I am in no way surprised. :-)