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    • Martin PelletierM
      Martin Pelletier
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      Many IDE’s have this feature that if you don’t select any characters, copying (menu or CTR-C) will copy the entire line the cursor happens to be on, from start to line feed (included). Is there a way to do that or an extension to enable that in Notepad++?

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      • Scott SumnerS
        Scott Sumner @Martin Pelletier
        last edited by Scott Sumner

        @Martin-Pelletier

        There isn’t a true built-in way, but there are a number of methods for achieving that functionality, some of which are discussed here.

        My personal favorite way is via a Pythonscript that flashes the entire line briefly as feedback that the copy actually happened.

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        • Mikhail VM
          Mikhail V @Martin Pelletier
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          @Martin-Pelletier
          I would also recommend PythonScript plugin.
          You’ll just need a two-line script to achieve this:

          myline = editor.getCurLine()
          editor.copyText(myline)

          That’s it. The current line (where the caret is) will be
          copied into clipboard. Then bind your favourite key to run this and done.

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          • Claudia FrankC
            Claudia Frank @Martin Pelletier
            last edited by

            @Martin-Pelletier

            didn’t check when it has been added but the most recent versions do have it and
            it is mapped to CTRL+SHIFT+X in default configuration.

            Check shortcut mapper, scintilla commands - the message you are looking for is
            SCI_LINECOPY (row 92 for me).

            Cheers
            Claudia

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            • Scott SumnerS
              Scott Sumner @Claudia Frank
              last edited by

              @Claudia-Frank

              I think a key point is that people expect this functionality on ctrl+c (or ctrl+x for “cut current line if no selection”)…they don’t want to have to remember a separate key combo for these special cases of copy/cut. Even when accepting of a separate keycombo, the default of ctrl+shift+x is horrible for the ‘copy’ variant, IMO.

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              • Scott SumnerS
                Scott Sumner @Mikhail V
                last edited by

                @Mikhail-V

                Your Pythonscript also requires a separate keycombo for the functionality versus the normal copy function. Something like the following short script, mapped to ctrl+c (remove the default Scintilla ctrl+c assignment!), might be better as the user gets normal copy-selection capability plus (unselected) current line copy capability…without having to think about what they are doing (just hit ctrl+c!):

                if len(editor.getSelText()) > 0:
                    editor.copy()
                else:
                    editor.copyText(editor.getCurLine())
                
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                • V S RawatV
                  V S Rawat
                  last edited by

                  CTRL+SHIFT+X copies the current line without having to select it.

                  You can find it in shortcut mapper - scintilla commands tab - SCI_LINECOPY

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                  • V S RawatV
                    V S Rawat
                    last edited by

                    My similar question is "How to Delete entire current line (appearing multiline with word-wrap on) without selecting it first?

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                    • Claudia FrankC
                      Claudia Frank @V S Rawat
                      last edited by

                      @V-S-Rawat

                      CTRL+SHIFT+L (row 90 - standard configuration)

                      Cheers
                      Claudia

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                      • Alan KilbornA
                        Alan Kilborn @Mikhail V
                        last edited by

                        @Mikhail-V
                        @ScottSumner

                        Why is the script any more complicated than this one line?
                        editor.copyAllowLine()
                        Replace the default Control-C mapped command with a pointer to that Pythonscript and that is all it takes. Unless I’m missing a key point…

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                        • Alan KilbornA
                          Alan Kilborn @Alan Kilborn
                          last edited by

                          With 5 “likes” I guess I didn’t miss the point!

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                          • dailD
                            dail
                            last edited by

                            I’ve always liked the cutting/copying of entire lines like Visual Studio has (I’m sure many other editors/IDEs have it as well). There are at least 2 plugins available through the PluginManager that adds this functionality to N++. Myself, I’ve been using the following LuaScript for quite a while. I’m sure this logic could be easily adapted to be used in PythonScript as well:

                            -- Mimic Visual Studio's "Ctrl+C" that copies the entire line if nothing is selected
                            npp.AddShortcut("Copy Allow Line", "Ctrl+C", function()
                                editor:CopyAllowLine()
                            end)
                            
                            -- Mimic Visual Studio's "Ctrl+X" that cuts the line if nothing is selected
                            npp.AddShortcut("Cut Allow Line", "Ctrl+X", function()
                                if editor.SelectionEmpty then
                                    editor:CopyAllowLine()
                                    editor:LineDelete()
                                else
                                    editor:Cut()
                                end
                            end)
                            
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                            • Scott SumnerS
                              Scott Sumner @dail
                              last edited by

                              @dail

                              Yes. Since the PythonScript “copy” case has already been beaten to death in this thread, but the PS “cut” case maybe hasn’t been, here’s the port of your LuaScript for that:

                              if editor.getSelectionEmpty():
                                  editor.copyAllowLine()
                                  editor.lineDelete()
                              else:
                                  editor.cut()
                              

                              A fairly direct port! :-D

                              Unfortunately, in PS shortcut-mapping isn’t as easy to do as it is in LS.

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                              • Alan KilbornA
                                Alan Kilborn
                                last edited by

                                I updated a script method for doing this HERE.

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