How to launch in chrome, etc??
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I just downloaded Notepad++ v7.6.6.
When I select ‘run’ there are no options to ‘Launch in Firefox/IE/Chrome/Safari’.
I tried reinstalling but got the same result.
Any suggestions?? -
welcome to the notepad++ community, @Steve-Lazarus
yes, version 7.6.6 has the browser view implemented directly at the view menu, as seen at the screenshot below.
please go to the menu
view > view current file in
and select your desired browser.
(firefox, chrome, edge or internet explorer)best regards
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That’s funny. I’ve been pulling my hair out trying to un-comment the shortcut file.
That was way too easy. Much appreciated!! :) -
pulling my hair out trying to un-comment the shortcut file
I see that the
shortcuts.xml
file from a clean 7.6.6 still has this stuff in it (in an xml comment block):<Command name="Launch in Firefox" Ctrl="yes" Alt="yes" Shift="yes" Key="88">firefox "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"</Command> <Command name="Launch in IE" Ctrl="yes" Alt="yes" Shift="yes" Key="73">iexplore "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"</Command> <Command name="Launch in Chrome" Ctrl="yes" Alt="yes" Shift="yes" Key="82">chrome "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"</Command> <Command name="Launch in Safari" Ctrl="yes" Alt="yes" Shift="yes" Key="65">safari "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"</Command> <Command name="Send via Outlook" Ctrl="yes" Alt="yes" Shift="yes" Key="79">outlook /a "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"</Command>
It seems like with the new commands on the
View
menu, the ones inshortcuts.xml
should be removed. But…I guess that won’t help upgraders avoid confusion in the future, just fresh-installers. -
@Steve-Lazarus said:
I’ve been pulling my hair out trying to un-comment the shortcut file.
That’s odd. My 7.6.6 puts those just fine when i remove the XML-comments wrapping those statements. Procedure = Close all Notepad++ instances; open single instance of Notepad++, edit the correct
shortcuts.xml
(%AppData%\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml
for a normal installation), save, exit Notepad++, open Notepad++: should now show the updated Run menu.I mean, with it built into the View Menu, there’s no reason to use the
shortcuts.xml
/Run-menu version, but the old-style Run menu ones should work (and does for me) when properly enabled in v7.6.6.