Notepad++ v8.7.2 Release Candidate

donho

Notepad++ v8.7.2 Release Candidate:
http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/8.x/8.7.2.RC/

Change log:

Add Pin tab feature. (Fix #5786, #8377, #12806, #14216)
Tabbar enhancement: Hide inactive tab Close & Pin buttons. (Fix #15298)
Tabbar enhancement: Highlight inactive darken tab on mouse hover. (Fix #15791)
Fix Ctrl-C not doing copy from Search result issue. (Fix #15739)
Add “Minimize / Close to” option for System tray. (Fix #15771)
Add ability to open/copy selected files from Search-results. (Fix #15741)
Fix replace field focus losing when Notepad++ is switched back. (Fix #6021)

Coises

Links for 2-7 are linked with github.com/notepad-plus-plus/wingup/issues/ URLs instead of github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/ URLs.

donho

@Coises said in Notepad++ v8.7.2 Release Candidate::

@donho

Links for 2-7 are linked with github.com/notepad-plus-plus/wingup/issues/ URLs instead of github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/ URLs.

Fixed. Thank you for the heads up.

Snabel42

I installed the X64 RC2 over my existing installation, clicking next all the way through

I don’t see the Pin Tab menu option anywhere

Notepad++ v8.7.2 (64-bit)
Build time : Nov 22 2024 - 03:29:23
Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line :
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
Cloud Config : OFF
Periodic Backup : ON
OS Name : Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
OS Version : 22H2
OS Build : 19045.5131
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins :
ColumnsPlusPlus (1.1.3)
ComparePlus (1.2)
CSVLint (0.4.6.7)
CsvQuery (1.2.9)
FWDataViz (2.6.3.1)
HTMLTag (1.5.1)
JsonTools (8.2)
mimeTools (3.1)
MultiReplace (4.0.0.19)
NppConverter (4.6)
NppExport (0.4)
NppXmlTreeviewPlugin (2)
XMLTools (3.1.1.13)

PeterJones

@Snabel42 ,

I don’t see the Pin Tab menu option anywhere

Settings > Preferences > General > ☐ Enable pin tab feature is not checkmarked by default; you have to checkmark the option to enable that feature.

At which point, there will be a hollow-diagonal pin icon for an unpinned tab:

…
which becomes a filled-vertical pin when clicked:

Snabel42

@PeterJones aaah, but is there not supposed to be a menu option to pin/unpin the tabs as well?
I saw it during the discussions/changes as the feature was developing, but I don’t see it even after enabling the Pin Tab feature in RC2 at least.

Alan Kilborn

@Snabel42

The pinned tab feature is currently “barebones”.
All you get currently (with 8.7.2) is mouse control over pinning/unpinning.
Pinning a tab will move a tab to the extreme left so that it is grouped with any other pinned tabs.
Unpinning a tab that is not currently the rightmost will move that tab so that is the leftmost of any unpinned tabs.
Note that if a tab is not pinned AND it is not the active tab, you won’t see a pin on the tab – you have to hover or activate that tab to see the pin icon.
All in all, a good start.

I think the idea is, get it released initially, and then improve upon it as needed in future releases.
I will be creating some “issues” relating to these possible improvements, once 8.7.2 is released.

Alan Kilborn

@donho said:

Add Pin tab feature.

@Snabel42 said:

I don’t see the Pin Tab menu option anywhere

@PeterJones said :

Settings > Preferences > General > ☐ Enable pin tab feature is not checkmarked by default; you have to checkmark the option to enable that feature.

@donho Is there a reason this isn’t checkmarked by default? It is a good feature and if it isn’t on by default, 99% of Notepad++ won’t know it exists, even years from now – you’ve got to advertise your features. Users can always come here to ask how to turn it off, and some small percentage will want to do this (it’s a guarantee)…people hate change, even good changes.