The view jumps not quite to the bottom of the page when switching tabs
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When I type in several tabs and return to one used before I arrive at not quite the bottom of the page but about a paragraph’s height above it. I have to scroll the text down with the mouse or push down the cursor to reach the end of the text and continue. This happens every time I leave a tab and it is quite annoying. If I’m not using the mouse at the moment, busy typing, I can move the cursor between tabs simply enough with the touchpad of the notebook. The mouse is lying by away all along. For scrolling down the touchpad is awkward and I either have to pick up the mouse or suffer over the keys for some useless seconds. How do I stop this?
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@Taras-Tkachenko That is certainly not “normal” behavior for Notepad++. Would you do this? At the far right side of the menu bar in Notepad++ there is a question mark. Click that, and on the menu that shows, click Debug Info…. Then, click the button that says Copy debug info to clipboard. Paste what was copied into a reply here.
I can’t promise that will enable us to help you, but it will increase the chances that we can figure out what is happening.
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@Coises It says only this:
“Notepad++ v7.3.2 (32-bit)
Build time : Feb 12 2017 - 23:15:39
Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Admin mode : ON
Local Conf mode : OFF
OS : Windows 7 (32-bit)
Plugins : mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll PluginManager.dll”I also noticed that the cursor does not automatically appear in the tab I return to. I don’t know if it is supposed to be there, but it only appears if I click in the window or start typing, in which case the view jumps to the place where it was. If I left the tab scrolled to the very end and the cursor was after the last character, leaving the tab and returning still lands me somewhere higher up, but when I start typing blind, the text jumps to resume from the former spot.
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"Notepad++ v7.3.2 (32-bit)
Build time : Feb 12 2017 - 23:15:39That’s an ancient version. v8.7.5 is currently the one that automatic updates see, and v8.7.8 is in its safety-delay between release and being triggered for auto-update.
OS : Windows 7 (32-bit)
Please note: Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 7 in 2023, and as a result, the Notepad++ developer does not officially “support” Notepad++ on Windows 7, though it does still work on recent versions.
I have never seen behavior like you describe (and I was using Notepad++ in 2017, so I would have noticed it if it were a common problem), but you might want to download a recent 32-bit version (like v8.7.5 or v8.7.8) to see if it fixes your problem – I might suggest trying a portable zip first, unzipping into a directory where you have write permssion, and try it out before overwriting your installed copy.
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@PeterJones That is probably the best. I don’t want a version cluttered with features.
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