@donho,
Or, as in my case, have been busy with IRL work and projects and haven’t had the time yet to torture test the release. Trying to beat the weather for outdoor projects to get finished, so testing hasn’t been a priority lately, sorry. :-)

@rdipardo

This is the perfect option!

@Wester said in Alt key interferes with work:

Same problem here – I’m studying the software and taking notes in Notepad in both Russian and English, and every time this stupid layout pops up and blocks input.

As @Michael-Vincent said 3 years ago, hitting Alt is used as an accelerator to keyboard-access menu bars in almost every win32-api-based Windows application. Include Microsoft’s own notepad.exe.

Who even came up with this?

A small company called Microsoft has been using that feature in their operating system for decades. I am sorry this bothers you.

The devs of a program whose only purpose is text input didn’t consider that pressing Alt would ruin typing when switching languages? Or did no one think that there are not only Americans but also people who actually use multiple keyboard layouts? And what are all these weirdos even writing here?

And then you switch to full on insult mode, being rude to people who had nothing to do with that design decision that happened decades ago. Brilliant, and well argued. (That last sentence was sarcasm, in case you couldn’t tell.)

@DoktorDemento said in notepad++ store version for windows 11?:

but is there any chance of a Microsoft Store listing for N++?

Essentially 0% chance. The developer does not want to go through the hoops required for the MS store, regardless of whether they now allow EXE installers or not. He has rejected the suggestion multiple times.

@PeterJones
Again, thanks a lot and good luck/success for your further work.
Ps. Do you know perhaps an old program “VEDIT”? I worked with it for some decennies ;-) , but …

@Arne-Everhard said in easy way to move a file tab in the open file list:

@mathlete2 I want to move tabs using the left mouse button in the documents-list on the left side. but that seems not possible?

Since you mention “document-list on the left side”, I am assuming you are talking about the sub-window/panel toggled using View > Document List (update: since I reread the original post, I am now convinced that’s what you were talking about, since you mentioned it explicitly). There are already plenty of ways to move the tab order around, through the sorting available in the Document List panel or Notepad++'s Windows menu, to dragging tabs around on the tabbar to the View > Tab sub-menu with keyboard shortcuts on many of its actions (and Shortcut Mapper available if you want a shortcut for another action from that menu).

With so many ways to already influence the order, I doubt it’s likely that the developer would add it to the Document List panel as well (and it’s guaranteed that it won’t happen if you only have a post here, because as our FAQ explains, this is not the place for feature requests).

@mathlete2 ,

Perhaps I’m misunderstanding … please clarify your questions

Having the post say “documents-list of the left side” seemed pretty clear to me to indicate the question was about Notepad++'s Document List panel. Does that not seem the most likely to you, based on the wording? Especially since the original post also said “Note also in View Document List it seems not possible”.

@Coises
Thanks, but I am pretty sure that I have tried that without success,
Perhaps the reason it didn’t work is that I probably had the ‘Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support’ checked, which according to @Peter Jones would invalidate the solution.

Thanks a lot to both of you for valuable and knowledgeable support!

@Pulp-Sendo
Already fixed for the upcoming N++ v8.8.6.

@John-HUANG-0 said in Looking for Scintilla examples for a Notepad++ plugin:

I want to write a Notepad++ plugin that can change the font color and background color of certain specific text.

Depending on your needs, the first thing you should consider is whether you really need a plugin, or whether a User Defined Language could do what you want.

However, using a method like this:

SendMessage(hSci, SCI_STYLESETFORE, SCE_USER1, RGB(255, 0, 0));

is not very efficient, especially when dealing with very large files.

When making many calls to Scintilla, it is best to use Direct Access. Even better, if you are writing in C++, is to use the ScintillaCall interface. Annoyingly, that interface does not seem to be documented anywhere. You can read the relevant section in the help for my Visual Studio template and, if it makes sense, either use that template or look at the code (start here) to see how it’s done.

I asked ChatGPT about this, and it suggested that using Lexilla could be much more efficient. I found the Lexilla source code here:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/tree/master/scintilla

I have never attempted to write a lexer, so I can’t give advice there, except to say that unless you are trying to implement full syntax highlighting for a computer language that doesn’t already have a lexer, it’s probably not the way to go. The efficiency problem can be solved by using the direct access interface or ScintillaCall.

Since you typed this message in Spanish, I guess you speak primarily Spanish.

Since you did not get proper letters with accents or tildes in your message, I guess you are using a computer that was set up for English. What to do depends on whether this is your computer or whether you are using a computer that belongs to someone else.

If you are using a computer that belongs to someone else, or that is controlled by your school or your employer, then you should explain your problem to them and ask for assistance.

If it is your own computer, then you should change the language settings to use a Spanish keyboard. You should be able to find instructions by searching for something like how to install Spanish keyboard on Windows. Unfortunately, this is not the right forum for a detailed discussion of that, since it is really a Windows problem, not a Notepad++ problem. The problem can be fixed; you will get better answers by searching than anything I could just paste in here.

Traducido del inglés con Google Translate:

Como escribiste este mensaje en español, supongo que hablas principalmente español.

Como no se ven las letras con acentos ni tildes correctas en tu mensaje, supongo que estás usando una computadora configurada para inglés. La solución depende de si es tuya o de si usas una computadora de otra persona.

Si usas una computadora de otra persona, o que está controlada por tu escuela o tu empleador, deberías explicarles tu problema y pedir ayuda.

Si es tu propia computadora, deberías cambiar la configuración de idioma para usar un teclado en español. Deberías encontrar instrucciones buscando algo como cómo instalar un teclado en español en Windows. Lamentablemente, este no es el foro adecuado para una discusión detallada sobre esto, ya que es un problema de Windows, no de Notepad++. El problema se puede solucionar; obtendrás mejores respuestas buscando que cualquier cosa que yo pueda simplemente publicar aquí.

@samsung-s6-Lite said in Help REPLACING content with incremental order (by +1):

using your method I managed to work out how to do it PARTIALLY using this.

Find what: SnapRestSeconds = \d+
Replace with: SnapRestSeconds = (?=match)
Search mode: Regular expression

This starts them at number at ‘2’ I need it to start at 30 please, can you help?

If it started at 2, then you did one sequential Replace with the same replace expression first. That’s OK — just be aware that replacing “continues from where you left off” if the expression hasn’t changed. After you close and reopen the Replace in indicated region dialog, change the expression, do a Replace All or select Clear History from the drop-down menu beside Replace All, counting will start again from 1.

The expression you want is (?=match+29). (Since match will start from one, add 29 to match to start from 30.)

@Terry-R Oops, I knew it was simple, just the \' which should not have been escaped. And on the site regex101.com only the “Rust” flavor pointed it out !!!
Thanks anyway for the tips …

@Ioannis-Karadimitropoulos said in problem in search:

I search for the string γεα.
I get all these liens that have γεα inside the verses
but I do not get those having γεα at the end of verse

The “like the verse” example you gave is literally in the list of matching results you showed us:
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And, to confirm, when I paste the majority of your post into Notepad++, both of the Line 14919 lines match the γεα

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While you’re updating plugins, you should update JsonTools to the most recent version.

@Nicholas, looks like you cant!

as @Alan-Kilborn pointed out, the option is there, but it’s greyed out.

is there a toggle that enables editing?

@Ekopalypse I know this is very old post, I have just lived with it till now. I started to try and find the answer again and found my own old post. You are correct the background for the Global Style Smart Highlighting was set to the default background. This fixed my issue.