Link underlines no longer auto-applied on search/replace

[mkupper]

I was using v8.6.4 and had

xyzzy

I did a search/replace:
Search: ^xyzzy
Replace: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ appeared but it was not underlined and was not clickable. If you then scroll the page or make any changes then https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ gets underlined and is clickable.

With Notepad++ v8.6.2 and earlier the link was underlined immediately after the search/replace. A change related to v8.6.3 RC1 broke this.

The exact search/replace does not matter as long as it’s one that creates a file:// or https?:// style string of text that is normally underlined and clickable.

[PeterJones]

@mkupper ,

I see the same change in behavior. My guess is that the v8.6.3 removed a screen-redraw after the search

If you are looking for a workaround: In my scripts, I often use notepad.activateFile(notepad.getCurrentFilename()) to force a GUI Redraw. You could probably find an appropriate NOTIFICATION callback to trigger said redraw after running a search/replace (maybe SCINTILLANOTIFICATION.MODIFIED)

[Mark Olson]

@PeterJones said in Link underlines no longer auto-applied on search/replace:

You could probably find an appropriate NOTIFICATION callback to trigger said redraw after running a search/replace (maybe SCINTILLANOTIFICATION.MODIFIED)

I suspect that the very reason this broke is that Don Ho turned off a bunch of SCN_MODIFIED notifications during find/replace actions in this PR between 8.6.2 and 8.6.3 . Assuming my hypothesis is correct, the fix (within Notepad++) is to make sure that the screen-redrawing callback fires in response to the NPPN_GLOBALMODIFIED notification .

[mkupper]

Thank you @PeterJones and @Mark-Olson. I have added As of v8.6.3 a search/replace that results in a link no longer gets auto-underlined to to github.

[rdipardo]

@mkupper said in Link underlines no longer auto-applied on search/replace:

I have added [As of v8.6.3 a search/replace that results in a link no longer gets auto-underlined](https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/14685)

Can you try editing the pull path segment to issues (with an s)? GitHub is strangely redirecting your issue’s link to an unrelated pull request; note the “location” header field below:

$ curl -I https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/14685
HTTP/2 302 
server: GitHub.com
date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:46:42 GMT
content-length: 0
location: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/14685
server-timing: nginx;desc="NGINX";dur=1.25579,glb;desc="GLB";dur=4.836778
x-voltron-version: 6f4c7bf
vary: Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With
x-frame-options: DENY
set-cookie: _gh_sess=wtG2i1IYZskKkbI56Z7Jrg377SDAjuUsuai%2Bt66MYWTzaZAkYxXIYJAQZSx7IUqXre%2FYUNkPZCaZNaGaUYP1YSk1A65nuKXTu9TWzvO7YJwqP%2BTsu0penyKEblb0doN2Ef4OYL%2Fi04JZU52N3ENXHWCSG3SirMw9Qp44TBDfnnD74TfNtT1U6aWerGeeg%2FXvhFp72FOSfYQckYlKBX4VKmL340ftu5hrdVxX1Bg1I0hUwv61%2BhCs%2Bch1YieXhr1q%2FrIqWrTQzHFS7pKOz%2F03Zw%3D%3D--WZv5roxfzR1VMoSL--XA3jbofSbpJoAJt3vWw07w%3D%3D; Path=/; HttpOnly; Secure; SameSite=Lax
set-cookie: _octo=GH1.1.899969362.1710521202; Path=/; Domain=github.com; Expires=Sat, 15 Mar 2025 16:46:42 GMT; Secure; SameSite=Lax
set-cookie: logged_in=no; Path=/; Domain=github.com; Expires=Sat, 15 Mar 2025 16:46:42 GMT; HttpOnly; Secure; SameSite=Lax
x-github-request-id: C7E0:6910:11CA684:1A33093:65F47B72

[rdipardo]

I said in Link underlines no longer auto-applied on search/replace:

Can you try editing the pull path segment to issues …?

On second thought, it would be better to close #14685 and create a new issue with the same content. GitHub’s API is never supposed to reuse an item id number, but somehow you created a issue with the same id as an older pull request…!

[mkupper]

@rdipardo said in Link underlines no longer auto-applied on search/replace:

I said in Link underlines no longer auto-applied on search/replace:

Can you try editing the pull path segment to issues …?

On second thought, it would be better to close #14685 and create a new issue with the same content. GitHub’s API is never supposed to reuse an item id number, but somehow you created a issue with the same id as an older pull request…!

Sorry, when I was constructing the link for this forum thread I grabbed the URL of a PR and not the issue I had just added. I have edited my earlier post to correctly point to issue #14864. Github was fine.

[mkupper]

This issue has been fixed via this commit which also fixes github issue 13916 .

For those interested in trying the Notepad++.exe go to https://github.com/molsonkiko/notepad-plus-plus/actions/runs/8351086718 and download either Notepad++.MSVC.Win32.Release or Notepad++.MSVC.x64.Release. You will get a zip file that you can drop on top of the portable or installed version of Notepad++ you want to test with.

The coding changes for 13916 appear non-trivial and so I doubt @donho will pull them into v8.6.5 which is already in the release candidate state.