CTRL-N bookmark feature please

[C Bacca]

I have Notepad++ v8.3.3 on Windows 11.

I really like how PSPad does bookmarks, by holding CTRL-SH-1 you set a bookmark on the 1 key. By hitting CTRL-1 you go to that bookmark. It’s not unusual for me to use 8 bookmarks in a file with 6000 lines.

Can you possibly implement this type of bookmark feature? That would be great! That’s really the only thing I would like to improve about NP++.

Thanks!

[C Bacca]

@c-bacca Well crap, I thought this forum was for general help. Did I just do a stoopid? If this question needs moving feel free to move it to the right area.

[Alan Kilborn]

@c-bacca said in CTRL-N bookmark feature please:

I thought this forum was for general help.

It is.

Did I just do a stoopid?

Not really. You can discuss potential new features here before making an official feature request for them (that is done by following instructions HERE).

[Alan Kilborn]

@c-bacca said in CTRL-N bookmark feature please:

I really like how PSPad does bookmarks, by holding CTRL-SH-1 you set a bookmark on the 1 key. By hitting CTRL-1 you go to that bookmark.

That’s not much of a description. Is the implication that Ctrl+Shift+2 sets a bookmark of “type 2” on the current line, then etc for 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8?

And then each type of bookmark, and possible multiples set of each type, work like Notepad++'s single bookmark does, but with Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, etc. to jump to bookmarks (in sequence) of the given type?

It’s not unusual for me to use 8 bookmarks in a file with 6000 lines.

Do you mean 8 different types?

I’m really light on understanding you given what you’ve presented.

[C Bacca]

@alan-kilborn said in CTRL-N bookmark feature please:

@c-bacca said in CTRL-N bookmark feature please:

I really like how PSPad does bookmarks, by holding CTRL-SH-1 you set a bookmark on the 1 key. By hitting CTRL-1 you go to that bookmark.

That’s not much of a description. Is the implication that Ctrl+Shift+2 sets a bookmark of “type 2” on the current line, then etc for 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8?

Yes, bookmarks are numbered 1-0 on top of the keyboard for a total of 10 bookmark possibilities.

And then each type of bookmark, and possible multiples set of each type, work like Notepad++'s single bookmark does, but with Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, etc. to jump to bookmarks (in sequence) of the given type?

Yes.

It’s not unusual for me to use 8 bookmarks in a file with 6000 lines.

Do you mean 8 different types?

I think so. I sometimes use 8 bookmarks to jump from place to place in a single program file as I try to debug it. So if I have 5 files open in different tabs of the editor, the CTRL-1 in file1 would take me to say line 101, and CTRL-1 in another file tab would take me to say line 500. For each different file that is open I would set where I want bookmark 1 using CTRL-SH-1.

In NP++, I can set a bookmark with CTRL-F2, then using F2 I jump from one bookmark to the next in order, I cannot jump to a single bookmark. I currently have to go through multiple bookmarks to find the section I want.

Thanks for looking!

[PeterJones]

@c-bacca said in CTRL-N bookmark feature please:

I cannot jump to a single bookmark

It might not work exactly the same way that you’ve described, but I suggest looking into the Bookmarks@Dook plugin, which provides a “bookmarks panel” for easier navigating inside Notepad++.

[Alan Kilborn]

There also might be some nuggets HERE for someone with ambition and skills enough to “roll their own”.