Line Number Shortcut

[Bill F]

New here…Hi! I have searched and googled, etc for a tab menu item to turn off line numbering or a keyboard shortcut…the ability to turn off and on quickly is more than just convenient. The only option I see or read about is going into preferences each time, a pain in the butt, not efficient. Why is there not this function in the View drop down with a shortcut? Am I missing something? Please help. Tx

[MAPJe71]

Am I missing something?

Yes you are i.e. Hide Line Number Margin in the View menu.

[Yaron]

Hello Bill,

Install the Customize Toolbar plugin and Hide Line Number Margin will be added to the View menu.

You can then assign a shortcut to this command via Settings -> Shortcut Mapper.

Best regards.

[Yaron]

You can then assign a shortcut to this command via Settings -> Shortcut Mapper.

Hide Line Number Margin is not available in the Shortcut Mapper. Sorry.

[Yaron]

You can assign a shortcut to Hide Line Number Margin by installing Python Script or Lua Script and then:

1. Create a script containing the following line: notepad.runMenuCommand("View", "Hide Line Number Margin").
2. Create a shortcut to the script.

[Scott Sumner]

FWIW, this one-line Pythonscript will toggle line numbers on/off with each run, in case you don’t want to use the Customize Toolbar plugin:

editor.setMarginWidthN(0, 0 if editor.getMarginWidthN(0) == 26 else 26)

NOTE: For this to work, Display line numbers must be UNCHECKED in Settings (menu) -> Preferences -> Editing .

[Bill F]

@Yaron Tx, and to all others that took time to respond. I discovered I had to have the line numbers turned on before I installed the plugin for it to work. I’m happy to have that and will try the scripts for a shortcut. @Scott-Sumner I’ll check that out too.

[Yaron]

@Bill F,
You’re welcome.