<![CDATA[update to 8.6 was a big mistake]]>i use n++ for coding and its is/was a really great editor for it, but i have to revert to an older version because there are so many negative changes:

  • the font has less contrast and not good to read and much more tiring for the eyes
  • overall the contrast of bars/design is much to low
  • had to reconfig all the hotkeys again because they are now extremely unhandy
  • right clickin a script in the documentslist on the left side has now nested options and takes more time to click usefull things like “open explorer path”
  • the thickness of the line-number-bar is much to big now
  • the hitbox for the line-marking-dot is to small now
  • vertical indicator bars are irritating and confusing what they are for (change history indicators). they steal to much focus on the script/text itself
  • there was many useless stuff i had to disable, like the right “+ v x”-bar and now that little usefull x is missing
  • startup time is much slower then some versions before
  • many/all new other changes/additons are annoying

why they have to change/add tonns of useless stuff to that really good and handy editor? fixing bugs/performance okey, but not the opposite and plz dont bloat it to crap!!

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/25354/update-to-8-6-was-a-big-mistakeRSS for NodeTue, 16 Jun 2026 03:09:57 GMTSat, 13 Jan 2024 04:17:16 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to update to 8.6 was a big mistake on Sun, 14 Jan 2024 02:39:49 GMT]]>@Scud-McFox Many of these responses are only possible reasons and some might be incorrect.

  • the font has less contrast and not good to read and much more tiring for the eyes
  • overall the contrast of bars/design is much to low
  • the hitbox for the line-marking-dot is to small now

4K monitor possibly scaled up as others report as being blury.

  • the thickness of the line-number-bar is much to big now

New margin for Change History adds to the overall width.

  • startup time is much slower then some versions before

More code doing more stuff equals slower performance , though some people want more and more.

  • had to reconfig all the hotkeys again because they are now extremely unhandy
  • right clickin a script in the documentslist on the left side has now nested options and takes more time to click usefull things like “open explorer path”
  • there was many useless stuff i had to disable, like the right “+ v x”-bar and now that little usefull x is missing
  • many/all new other changes/additons are annoying

Cannot have everything you want it to be, unless you are in control.

  • vertical indicator bars are irritating and confusing what they are for (change history indicators). they steal to much focus on the script/text itself

You can turn Change History off or on in Notepad++.

I have been working on a PythonScript script to configure Change History and other editor and lexer settings. 168 properties so far though consider close to finished.
Will be able to change colours and visibility of markers and indicators of Change History.

Hmm, sneak peek at only a small part of a gif I created yesterday:

peek.gif

so will be able to tone down the colours yourself by using the script.

why they have to change/add tonns of useless stuff to that really good and handy editor? fixing bugs/performance okey, but not the opposite and plz dont bloat it to crap!!

I agree. (Sometimes logic loses to the dark side of the force)

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/92037https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/92037Sun, 14 Jan 2024 02:39:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to update to 8.6 was a big mistake on Sun, 14 Jan 2024 00:33:38 GMT]]>@Scud-McFox I think the comments will get more traction if they were separate posts though not 20 posts all at once.

Part of the issue for you is that it seems you had not upgraded in a long time and are now processing several years of changes.

I’m also wondering if you did a new installation rather than an upgrade. Upgrades preserve many of your settings.

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