Notepad++ v8.7.8 released

[donho]

Notepad++ release 8.7.8 is available here:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v878-we-are-with-ukraine/

Notepad++ release 8.7.8 change log:

1. Fix regression (v8.7.1 - v8.7.7) of saving backup file without modifications. (Fix #16186)
2. Fix syntax highlighting regression while switching among UDL files. (Fix #16154)
3. Add ability to hide selected toolbar buttons via a XML configuration.(Fix #15106, #15440, #16000)
4. Optimize switching programming language performance for large files. (Fix #16106)
5. Improve folding/unfolding performance for large files. (Fix #16064)
6. Fix SQL Backslash Preference state regression (from v8.7). (Fix #16249)
7. Fix count operation on regex causing Notepad++ to hang. (Fix #16207)
8. Fix FunctionList not refreshing with current document lexer changes. (Fix #16221)
9. Improve Style Configurator GUI organization. (Fix #15939)
10. Adds SAS programming language support. (Fix #16148)
11. Make existing DirectWrite rendering modes accessible. (Fix #16126)
12. Allow DirectWrite use on non-Core Windows Server. (Fix #15916)
13. Use VTS instead of LTS for specific control code abbreviation. (Fix #16107)
14. Fix installer silent mode doLocalConf.xml setting handling issue. (Fix #16233)

As usual, auto-update for this version will be triggered in about 1 week, if no critical issue found.

[sevem47]

Possible error in “hide selected toolbar buttons”

I think this new functionality does not work correctly. If I set <Standard hideAll=“yes”> in the example config file, all buttons of plugins are always displayed, independent of the different setting.

I observed this behaviour with the following configuration and the provided file toolbarButtonsConf_example.xml

Notepad++ v8.7.8 (32-bit)
Build time : Mar 7 2025 - 20:37:43
Path : C:\Users\CurrUser\Documents\temp\npp.8.7.8.portable\notepad++.exe
Command Line :
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : ON
Cloud Config : OFF
Periodic Backup : ON
Placeholders : OFF
Scintilla Rendering Mode : SC_TECHNOLOGY_DIRECTWRITE (1)
Multi-instance Mode : monoInst
File Status Auto-Detection : cdEnabledNew (for current file/tab only)
Dark Mode : OFF
OS Name : Windows 11 Enterprise (64-bit)
OS Version : 24H2
OS Build : 26100.3476
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins :
ComparePlugin (2.0.2)
mimeTools (3.1)
NppConverter (4.6)
NppExport (0.4)

[PeterJones]

@sevem47 said in Notepad++ v8.7.8 released:

I think this new functionality does not work correctly

hideAll="yes" works for me:

And here’s an example with hideAll="no", but three of the first group of seven buttons, the three buttons are individually hidden, so only four appear:

Notepad++ v8.7.8   (64-bit)
Build time : Mar  7 2025 - 20:39:25
Path : C:\usr\local\apps\npp\npp.8.7.8.portable.x64\notepad++.exe
Command Line : 
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : ON
Cloud Config : OFF
Periodic Backup : ON
Placeholders : OFF
Scintilla Rendering Mode : SC_TECHNOLOGY_DIRECTWRITEDC (3)
Multi-instance Mode : monoInst
File Status Auto-Detection : cdEnabledNew (for current file/tab only)
Dark Mode : OFF
OS Name : Windows 11 Home (64-bit)
OS Version : 24H2
OS Build : 26100.3476
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins : 
    mimeTools (3.1)
    NppConverter (4.6)
    NppExport (0.4)
    PythonScript (2.1)

it behaves exactly as I’d expect.

Things you should check:

• The example file is called toolbarButtonsConf_example.xml, but you have to copy that to toolbarButtonsConf.xml for Notepad++ to see it; editing the _example will not make changes to Notepad++'s toolbar buttons

• You have a portable Notepad++, so toolbarButtonsConf.xml needs to be in the same directory as notepad++.exe (ie, C:\Users\CurrUser\Documents\temp\npp.8.7.8.portable\toolbarButtonsConf.xml)

• Notepad++ only reads toolbarButtonsConf.xml when it first starts: if you edit toolbarButtonsConf.xml in Notepad++ itself, then you have to save it, exit Notepad++, and re-run the application.

Useful Reference:

• User Manual entry: https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/config-files/#toolbar-icon-visibility-toolbarbuttonsconfxml

[sevem47]

@PeterJones
The part you describe, works well for me. It is about the buttons of plugins. These are always shown, when <Standard hideAll=“yes”>

Even if I set <Plugin hideAll=“yes”> all of the buttons of the plugin are still visible.

[PeterJones]

@sevem47 said in Notepad++ v8.7.8 released:

plugins. These are always shown, when <Standard hideAll=“yes”>

Okay, it took me a while to figure out what you meant: if you have ComparePlugin v2.0.2 installed, and have both <Standard hideAll="yes"> and <Plugin hideAll="yes">, then it still shows the plugin buttons. I can confirm that.

When I have <Standard hideAll="no"> and <Plugin hideAll="yes">, then I get what I expect, where it shows the standard buttons but not the plugin buttons.

And if I have <Standard hideAll="yes"> and <Plugin hideAll="no">, then I get what I expect, where it shows the plugin buttons but not the standard buttons.

(And obviously, if I have both at no, I see all the buttons)

@donho, it looks like the new feature has a bug when both <Standard hideAll="yes"> and <Plugin hideAll="yes">

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But @sevem47 , I have a question: what are you trying to accomplish by hiding all the buttons of both standard and plugin? If you don’t want any buttons, then just turn off the toolbar with Settings > Preferences > Toolbar > Hide: that way, you don’t have the wasted screen space of an empty button bar.

[PeterJones]

@donho,

Further, if I have both at “no”, but the first few individual plugin buttons hidden (so with ComparePlugin, hiding the FIRST, COMPARE, and CLEAR COMPARE buttons), it works as expected:

… but if I hide ALL the standard, and just those specific for the plugin, it still shows all the plugin buttons:

In other words, if standard is set to hide all, it completely ignores the hiding settings for plugin buttons, as far as I can tell.

Would you like an Issue created for this bug in toolbarButtonsConf handling? => created issue #16280

[sevem47]

@PeterJones
I don’t want to hide all buttons. Since I have several plugins installed, I wanted to selectively select, which buttons to show. Therefore I first wanted to hide all standard buttons to have a better overview. But with all standard-buttons hidden any change in the plugin-section has no effect to the display. Even when hiding some of the plugin-buttons, they are still visible.

When standard ist set to hideAll, nothing can be hidden in the plugin-section.

[PeterJones]

@sevem47 ,

Sorry, as you can see, I figured that out after I asked you the question.

If I set <Standard hideAll="no">, but then manually set <Button hide="yes" for all the standard buttons, and then set hide=yes for particular buttons, I can get it to hide all of the standard buttons and select of the plugin buttons. You can use that to implement what you want.

So @donho, the <Plugin ...> section bug only shows up if <Standard hideAll="yes"> ; if you manually hide each individual Standard button, the <Plugin ...> section settings work correctly. Hopefully, that will help find the logic bug.

[donho]

The unrelated post has been moved to 22917 of Boycott Notepad++.