I think I’ve got a nice solution, which will satisfy all of you. Indeed ! No need to change N++ source code at all :-) I already replied, for that topic, on SourceForge forums, on June 2013 :

http://sourceforge.net/p/notepad-plus/discussion/331753/thread/d3e0ab6d/#ddf6

Actually, when text is wrapped, because of long lines and/or if the the N++ window is smaller that the entire screen, by default :

• The Scintilla shortcut SHIFT + End selects from the cursor position to the end of the entire line.

• The Scintilla shortcut SHIFT + Home selects from the cursor position to the first non space character, at beginning of line. If you type, again, SHIFT + Home, then selection goes to the very beginning of the line.

If you prefer to extend selection to the beginning or the end of the physical line, where the cursor is, you just have to modify these TWO shortcuts, in the Shortcut Mapper ( Menu Settings - Shortcut Mapper… - Scintilla commands ).

So :

• Delete the default shorcuts, at lines 59 ( SCI_VCHOMEXTEND ) and 64 ( SCI_LINEENDEXTEND ), in the Scintilla commands tab of the Shortcut Mapper, by setting the key None.

• Set the shortcut SHIFT + Home to the entry, at line 62 ( SCI_VCHOMEWRAPEXTEND ) and the shortcut SHIFT + End to the entry, at line 69 ( SCI_LINEENDWRAPEXTEND )

The VERY NICE thing, with these new shortcuts, is that a SECOND hit, on these shortcuts, allows you to reach the very beginning/end of the wrapped paragraph, as the default N++ behaviour does. However, a THIRD hit ( SHIFT + HOME ) is, sometimes, necessary to get the very beginning of a line, when this line begins with some blank characters :-)

Tested with N++, v6.8.1. You don’t even need to restart N++, to appreciate this new N++ extension of selection !

Enjoy that change !

Best Regards,

guy038