Notepad++ v8.9.9 Release Candidate

donho

FYI, RC2 is available:
https://github.com/donho/notepad-plus-plus/releases/tag/RC2

andrecool-68

The new position of the up/down button is very inconvenient. (you constantly confuse it with the forward/backward search buttons)

The most convenient place for it is next to the button that closes this search panel. (that’s where it belongs!)

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donho

@PeterJones said:

close button at most right position, up/down botton at position left next to close button

Personally, if I used that bar, that’s what I would prefer… But they would have to adjust with window width, not be at fixed positions

It’s quite complex to implement such idea.
The best I can do is what @andrecool-68 has suggested:

A.

or we can keep the current one:

B.

ppl are welcome to vote.

Coises

@donho

D. Users will probably strongly prefer one position or the other, not want to change it frequently. Put it in the Preferences instead of on the bar.

schnurlos

@Coises I think the idea of donho was to have either the A or B version implemented, not to have the possibility to switch

donho

@Coises

D. Users will probably strongly prefer one position or the other, not want to change it frequently. Put it in the Preferences instead of on the bar.

The advantage of the Up/Down arrow being on the bar itself, rather than as an option hidden in the dialog, is that users can discover/notice this new feture as soon as they use Incremental Search. Moreover, a simple arrow on the bar is easier to understand than a long explanatory sentence buried in another dialog.

peter-fb

@Coises said:

Put it in the Preferences instead of on the bar.

That would also be my suggestion. A setting that doesn’t get changed often should live in Settings… > Preferences. On the bar, it just clutters it up.

andrecool-68

@donho Is it possible to add a button (for the search bar) to clear the text field?

tm8544

There is a regression in Notepad++ 8.9.9.
I saw it already in 8.9.8.1, but I could not pinpoint it at that time.

I can reproduce it this way:

Open file
Edit file, don’t save it yet
Use Compare plugin, diff since last save (Ctrl+Alt+D)
Close the ‘Last Save’ window
-> Notepad++ is not responding

if I skip phase 4, there is no problem.

guy038

Hello, @tm8544 and All,

Did you try with the new release link : https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/27707/notepad-release-8.9.9

Personally, If I do your STR method, after closing the change.log ** Last Save tab, ( your step 4 ), the compare process is simply cancelled and Notepad++ is still responding !?

Notepad++ v8.9.9   (64-bit)
Build time: Nov  6 2026 - 16:19:53
Scintilla/Lexilla included: 5.6.9/5.5.5
Boost Regex included: 1_92
pugixml included: 1.16
nlohmann JSON included: 3.12.0
Path: D:\899_x64\notepad++.exe
Command Line: 
Admin mode: OFF
Local Conf mode: ON
Cloud Config: OFF
WinGUp: present
disableNppAutoUpdate.xml: present
Periodic Backup: OFF
Placeholders: OFF
Scintilla Rendering Mode: SC_TECHNOLOGY_DIRECTWRITE (1)
Multi-instance Mode: monoInst
asNotepad: OFF
File Status Auto-Detection: cdEnabled4CurrentFile
Dark Mode: OFF
Display Info:
    primary monitor: 1920x1080, scaling 125%
    visible monitors count: 1
    installed Display Class adapters: 
        0001: Description - Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics
        0001: DriverVersion - 32.0.101.7088
OS Name: Windows 11 Pro (64-bit)
OS Version: 25H2
OS Build: 26200.7462
Current ANSI codepage: 1252
Plugins: 
    MultiReplace (6.2.0.38)
    Search++ (0.8)
    ColumnsPlusPlus (1.3.3)
    ComparePlus (3)
    Compose (1.1.1)
    NppConverter (4.7)
    NppExport (0.4)
    mimeTools (3.2)

Best Regards,

guy038

PeterJones

@tm8544 said:

There is a regression in Notepad++ 8.9.9.
I saw it already in 8.9.8.1, but I could not pinpoint it at that time.

“Regression” means a bug introduced in this version that wasn’t present in the previous version. So if you saw it in the previous version, then it’s not a regression, just a bug.

Use Compare plugin, diff since last save (Ctrl+Alt+D)

This sounds a lot like this report, which the plugin author is now looking into and tracking in that plugin’s issue tracker. Plugin authors are responsible for investigating bugs/crashes that are caused when using features of their plugins, as they are the only ones who can determine whether the problem is on their end or on Notepad++'s end; bugs/crashes in a plugin should be reported directly to the plugin author.