shortcuts.xml file

[pbook]

    Hi All,

Below is a sample entry.
Is there a list of the values for ‘type’, ‘message’, etc.?
I’d like to be able to edit this file.

<Macro name=“Trim Trailing Space and Save” Ctrl=“no” Alt=“yes” Shift=“yes” Key=“83”>
<Action type=“2” message=“0” wParam=“42024” lParam=“0” sParam=“” />
<Action type=“2” message=“0” wParam=“41006” lParam=“0” sParam=“” />
</Macro>

Thanks!

Pat

[PeterJones]

@pbook,

Unfortunately, that documentation has not be transferred into the new docs location.

Fortunately, the Wayback Machine will help: look here

Some of the links in that archived page will be out of date:

• When type="0" or type="1", the message="..." value comes from Scintilla.iface
• When type="2", the wParam is the Notepad++ action ID for a given command. If you look in your installation’s ...\localization\english.xml (or language of choice), the item id="...." will list the appropriate value for each command.
• When type="3" for search/replace macros, I believe the message="..." numbers come from FindReplaceDlg_rc.h

[Alan Kilborn]

@PeterJones said in shortcuts.xml file:

When type=“3” for search/replace macros

I had a look at the new docs and these (the type 3) actually are well-defined in the new docs, in the Searching section.

[PeterJones]

@Alan-Kilborn said in shortcuts.xml file:

well-defined in the new docs, in the Searching section

Oh, right… I’d forgotten that
https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/searching/#searching-actions-when-recorded-as-macros was recently added…

[dinkumoil]

@PeterJones said in shortcuts.xml file:

When type=“2”, the wParam is the Notepad++ action ID for a given command.

To find the value of the wParam tag one could use my NppUISpy plugin. I made it especially for that purpose as a tool for plugin developers and power users.

[pbook]

@PeterJones
Thanks. I think this’ll do what I need. Mostly I want to decipher macros I recorded.

Pat

[pbook]

Thanks to all for replying!

Pat

[Peter Brand]

@dinkumoil said in shortcuts.xml file:

NppUISpy

Very useful plugin, used it to see what the Set Language command was. Thanks