Save As dialog keeps popping up
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This doesn’t always happen and I cant trigger this issue. But from time to time I try to do a save as, and when I click save, the Save As dialog pops up again, I turn it off then another one pops up and another and another. I think it triggers a save as dialog for every tab thats opened. As a result the contents of my tab gets saved to the very first tab filename, overwriting that files content, while my original tab i wanted to say, did not save anywhere. If I attempt a save as again, it will do this again. Unless I turn off the notepad and turn it back on. I have noticed this behavior through out many years of using Notepad++ but I can never pinpoint why it happens because it doesn’t happen often.
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Hello,@Mr-Zsomething
The SaveAs window will default to showing .txt in the file type drop-down, but if a type is given as part of the filename, it will use that instead.
For example, if you create a new file and name it newfile.zzz, open it with Np++ and then choose SaveAs… it will appear as:
File name: newfile.zzz
Save as type: Normal text file (*.txt)
However, if you just click the Save button at this point, the file will be saved as just newfile.zzz and not newfile.zzz.txtIf you don’t want .txt appearing in the type
In Settings->Preferences->Default Directory tick “Use new style save dialog” and it will default to showing all types (.) when you go to save.Adding a language
If the language exists as one that notepad knows about, but with a unique file extension, then you can add that extension in the style configurator.Settings->Style Configurator->Language
Select your language and add your extension at the bottom, in the User ext box.
If Notepad++ doesn’t know about your language, then you can add one:
Language->Define your language
The minimum amount you need to do is Save As, set your language name, then set the file extension you want.
I hope this information will be useful.
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@Mr-Zsomething said in Save As dialog keeps popping up:
…another one pops up and another and another. I think it triggers a save as dialog for every tab thats opened.
To me this sounds like you are initiating a Save All, not a Save As .
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@Alan-Kilborn ohhh that is very possible. in photoshop i am used to doing clr+shift+s which triggers a save as dialog.
this combination triggers a save all in notepad. this makes sense. This is probabaly what it is.
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You can certainly remap Notepad++'s keycombos for this to whatever works best for you!
See the Settings menu and pick Shortcut Mapper…
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@Alan-Kilborn That would be pretty neat, I may do that.
Thank you!
