See that ︿ above the Name column of the Document List? Like most tabular data tools (spreadsheets, or the data tables in Wikipedia, or what have you), that indicates that the data is being sorted by that column (if you right click, and add the extension column, you can sort by either column). The sort indicator is a 3-state toggle: pointing up ︿ means it’s sorting in alphabetical order, pointing down ﹀ means it’s sorting in reverse-alphabetical, and gone means it’s sorted in the order of your tabs.

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Nothing changed in Notepad++ itself; you just clicked that header once (intentionally or accidentally), so it’s now sorting alphabetically, like it thought you wanted. You just have to click it two more times to get it to match the tab order.

@guy038
Yeah, macros can’t interact with plugin dialogs - that’s a Notepad++ limitation.

MultiReplace might work as an alternative

What it can do: Instead of counting one regex at a time via a macro loop, MultiReplace lets you run all your regexes against the file in a single “Find All” operation, No macro gymnastics needed.

Here’s the quick rundown:

Open MultiReplace, right-click list header → enable “Find Count” Add your regexes (with Regex checkbox enabled), or import via CSV: Selected,Find,Replace,WholeWord,MatchCase,UseVariables,Extended,Regex,Comments 1,"[\x{0000}-\x{007F}]","",0,0,0,0,1,Basic Latin 1,"[\x{0080}-\x{00FF}]","",0,0,0,0,1,Latin-1 Supplement Open Total_Chars.txt, click “Find All”

The Find Count column shows all matches at once. Works with read-only files.

The catch: it’s batch, not interactive. And the counts aren’t in CSV export yet - you’d copy them manually. (That feature is on my list right now.)

Cheers