Strange Tab order when opening multiple files

Gianluca De Gluck · Feb 28, 2024, 5:53 PM

moderator moved this subconversation from Notepad++ 8.6.4 Release Annoucement, since this wasn’t a regression specific to v8.6.4

Gianluca De Gluck · Feb 28, 2024, 1:03 PM

Hi,
I would like to report a regression present since a few releases.
The issue occurs only under specific conditions:
1 - the application is closed, the issue does not show up when the app is open or minimized
2 - some files are automatically opened at app startup (because non closed previously)
3 - two or more files are selected in the desktop (anywhere by Windows file manager) and then opened by right click menu’ “edit with notepad++”

when these conditions match the last file takes place as first in the tab list of Notepad, please see the picture.

Alan Kilborn · Feb 28, 2024, 1:03 PM

@Gianluca-De-Gluck said in Notepad++ release 8.6.4:

I would like to report a regression present since a few releases.

Please follow the advice HERE on how to create a real bug report.

mkupper · Feb 28, 2024, 5:35 PM

This should be split out into a new thread as it’s not a v8.6.4 regression.

@Gianluca-De-Gluck - At “2 - some files are automatically opened at app startup” isn’t Notepad++ started? If so, what is the tab order?

Regarding "3 - two or more files are selected in the desktop (anywhere by Windows file manager) and then opened by right click menu’ “edit with notepad++”

If from Windows File manager you right click and select “edit with notepad++” then Notepad++ will select the file/tab if it is already opened within Notepad++. If the file is not yet open then a new tab is added to the right for this file.

If from File Manager you select two or more files and then do “edit with notepad++” then the results are less predictable. One of the files selected in File Manager will become the active tab in Notepad++. All of the files will be tabs in Notepad++. The ones already opened in Notepad++ will be somewhere in the list of tabs and the newly opened ones will e on the right.

I suspect you were hoping or expecting that Notepad++ would shift newly opened files to be the rightmost tabs. That is not the case. This behavior has not changed and I don’t think it has ever changed.