Close console etc windows using keyboard?

Matt Isaacson

Is there a way to close “extra” non-document windows - especially the Search Results Window, but also others such as the Python Script Console - other than by using the mouse to click the window’s close button? I haven’t managed to stumble across this in either the menus or the Shortcut Mapper.

Among the things I routinely do in NPP so far, this is the only one which I haven’t figured out how to do from the keyboard. I have to think it must be possible. I know that the physical movement is probably good for my health :-) but somehow I find it jarring to have to reach for the mouse whenever I want to do this. It sort of breaks up my flow, not least of all because every time I do it, this same question automatically replays itself in my mind and I have to tell myself to ignore it (yeah, I’m a bit peculiar …)

Matt

Claudia Frank

Hi Matt,

tbh, I din’t find a way to close search result window by using keyboard. :-(

Python Script console could be closed by typeing console.hide() into
the run line.

When you assing a shortcut to show console you could just press the shortcut to
give it the focus then type the command.

if console.hide() is to long you could edit startup.py and add

c = console.hide

and then write

c()

to the run line or you create a python script which just calls console.hide()

Cheers
Claudia

Matt Isaacson

I found a way to close all console windows at once with two quick keystrokes - it’s pretty cheesy …

Alt-F4 to exit Notepad++
Then one more key combination: A Windows shortcut to start Notepad++ again, which I already had in place anyway. In my case: Alt-Ctrl-M, in fond memory of Multi-Edit :-)

… but since NPP exits and restarts so quickly and puts you right back where you were, this does the job quite nicely :-)

Claudia Frank

Hi Matt,

this is a good one :-D

Cheers
Claudia