Notepad++ v8.8 Release Candidate

[donho]

Sorry for the late of this RC. I was on holidays of one week in a country, and I thought I could make it on time during the vacation…

Anyway, here is the v8.8 RC. Enjoy!

Notepad++ release candidate 8.8 is available here:
~~http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/8.x/8.8.RC/~~
http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/8.x/8.8.RC2/

Notepad++ v8.8 change log:

1. Update to Scintilla 5.5.6 & Lexilla 5.4.4. (Implement #16373)
2. Fix a hanging issue on regexp regression. (Implement #16371)
3. Fix vertical tab bar messed up regression. (Fix #16385)
4. Add option to apply different color to fluent toolbar icons. (Fix #16369, #15430)
5. Add “Show only pinned button” option to prevent from inacurate click. (Fix #15963)
6. Fix broken cloned file state after Notepad++ restart. (Fix #16412)
7. Fix inactive buffer reloading problem. (Fix #16344)
8. Dark mode enhancements: combobox, slider, treeview edit, inactive menu bar & toolbar chevron. (Fix #16349, #16379, #16418, #16445, #10103)
9. Reorganize GUI (add Toolbar & Tab Bar sections) of Preferences dialog. (Commit, Implement #16459)
10. Fix invalid dot-character(s) handling in filenames checking. (Fix #16328)
11. Fix crash when using custom toolbar icons. (Fix #16366)
12. Add class & method recognization ability for JavaScript function list. (Fix #13013)
13. Remove toolbarIcons.xml, use toolbarButtonsConf.xml for toolbar custom icons & hidding buttons. (Fix #16402)
14. Add GUI option in Preferences dialog instead of using zero length enableSelectFgColor.xml. (Fix #16391)
15. Fix “Keep selection when right-click outside of selection” not working issue. (Fix #16325)
16. Fix Find dialog status text too left visual glitch. (Fix #16359)
17. Force npcNoInputC0 value as “true” by default to avoid C0 code input. (Fix #16326, #15839, #15729)
18. Remove “-pluginMessage” argument unnecessary restriction. (Fix #16273)
19. Fix an easter egg not showing issue. (Fix #15170)

As usual, the RC will be the official release after 1 week, if no critical issue found.

[schnurlos]

small comment:

[guy038]

Hello, @donho and All,

Many thanks for this new release !

I’m not complaining about a bug but just about two new colors which seem practically identical, regarding the ToolBar icons, in Fluent UI mode

It concerns the point #4 :

4. Add option to apply different color to fluent toolbar icons

Indeed, the Green ( #008B00 ) and Olive ( #498205 ) colors are quite similar :-(

As the Olive color seems correct, I would propose for the Green color the NEW value #00CC00 or, even lighter, the #00DD00 value. Anyway, any color distinguishable from the Olive color !

Of course, Don, do as you like !

Best Regards,

guy038

[guy038]

Hi, All,

As soon as the new v8.8 version was released, I downloaded the npp.8.8.portable.x64.7z archive on an USB key

on this USB key, named D:, I extracted all contents of the npp.8.8.portable.x64.7z archive in a new folder 880_x64

I opened Notepad++ and, as usual, as it was the first time, I modified the preferences as desired, particularly the Default Directory defined as Follow current document

During my tests about the colors of toolbar icons ( see my above post ), I noticed something weird ! To test it :

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• From a prompt windows, I typed in the two commands :

  • cd /d D:\880_x64

  • notepad++ -nosession

• I hit the Ctrl + O shortcut, then go to the parent directory D:\ and open a file

• When I did again a Ctrl + O operation, the current directory was, of course, unchanged ( D:\ ), correponding to the opened file

• Then, I opened the Settings > Preferences... dialog and… immediately closed it

• Launching again the Open dialog, this time, it displayed D: > 880_x64, although the only file opened was in directory D:\

• I re-opened the Preferences dialog and just close it

• Again, after a Ctrl + O operation, nothing has changed and it wrongly displayed the folder D:\880_x64 !

• After closing this unique file ( Ctrl+ W ) and re-opened it ( Ctrl + Shift + T ) the error cannot be reproduced and the current directory of the Open dialog was the folder D:, as expected

• On the other hand, as soon as you load an second file from the \D: folder, the error does not seem to occur too

• Luckily, note also that the two other options ( Style Configurator... and Shortcut Mapper ) do not produce this error !

Guys, can you reproduce these steps ?

Best Regards,

guy038

P.S. :

Sorry, I should not have replied, specifically, in the Notepad v8.8 Release Candidate topic, as I tested with my old N++ v8.6.2 release which produces the same bug !!

[rddim]

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/6bd3d9bfbef446e59c8b18c048ba0ee0292fadb5

<Item id="6017" name="Blue"/> must be Green
<Item id="6018" name="Green"/> must be Blue

[donho]

@rddim
Well spotted.
Fixed in https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/48d953693ad9bd2829f1dfd36c852504f8dc4a6f

And the fix will be in v8.8 release

@guy038

as I tested with my old N++ v8.6.2 release which produces the same bug !!

So it’s not a regression of this release.
Could you create an issue on Github please?

[MarkusBodensee]

Regarding:

8. Dark mode enhancements: combobox. (Fix #16349)

My dropdown icon for combobox still looks like a “v” in Dark Mode. But since I am still on Win7, this could be a Win7 issue. How does it look like in Win10 or Win11 ?

[PeterJones]

@MarkusBodensee ,

win11, light vs dark:

Notepad++ v8.8   (64-bit)
Build time : Apr 22 2025 - 18:20:44
...
OS Name : Windows 11 Home (64-bit)
OS Version : 24H2
OS Build : 26100.3775
Current ANSI codepage : 1252

For me, it’s the same essential shape, just a different color, as expected.

[donho]

FYI:
8.8 RC is updated to 8.8 RC2:
http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/8.x/8.8.RC2

Improvements:

1. Fix localization files
2. Improve Tab bar section’s look in Preferences dialog

[Lycan Thrope]

@donho ,
Why are the Function List icons now, uncolored? :-)

Update: Never mind. I did a restart, so maybe something was just jumbled…it came back up colored after the restart so it’s all good on that issue. :-)

[guy038]

Hello, @donho and All,

As promised, the GitHub issue :

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/16465#issue-3016715149

BR

guy038

[schnurlos]

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v88-we-are-with-ukraine/ gives an Error 404 (link within “F1” Info).

[donho]

@schnurlos

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v88-we-are-with-ukraine/ gives an Error 404 (link within “F1” Info).

It’s because v8.8 is still in RC state.
It will be on line in few hours.