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    donho
    last edited by donho Apr 28, 2025, 1:38 PM Apr 22, 2025, 6:30 PM

    Sorry for the late of this RC. I was on holidays of one week in a country, and I thought I could make it on time during the vacation…

    Anyway, here is the v8.8 RC. Enjoy!

    Notepad++ release candidate 8.8 is available here:
    http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/8.x/8.8.RC/
    http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/8.x/8.8.RC2/

    Notepad++ v8.8 change log:

    1. Update to Scintilla 5.5.6 & Lexilla 5.4.4. (Implement #16373 )
    2. Fix a hanging issue on regexp regression. (Implement #16371 )
    3. Fix vertical tab bar messed up regression. (Fix #16385 )
    4. Add option to apply different color to fluent toolbar icons. (Fix #16369 , #15430 )
    5. Add “Show only pinned button” option to prevent from inacurate click. (Fix #15963 )
    6. Fix broken cloned file state after Notepad++ restart. (Fix #16412 )
    7. Fix inactive buffer reloading problem. (Fix #16344 )
    8. Dark mode enhancements: combobox, slider, treeview edit, inactive menu bar & toolbar chevron. (Fix #16349 , #16379 , #16418 , #16445 , #10103 )
    9. Reorganize GUI (add Toolbar & Tab Bar sections) of Preferences dialog. (Commit , Implement #16459 )
    10. Fix invalid dot-character(s) handling in filenames checking. (Fix #16328 )
    11. Fix crash when using custom toolbar icons. (Fix #16366 )
    12. Add class & method recognization ability for JavaScript function list. (Fix #13013 )
    13. Remove toolbarIcons.xml, use toolbarButtonsConf.xml for toolbar custom icons & hidding buttons. (Fix #16402 )
    14. Add GUI option in Preferences dialog instead of using zero length enableSelectFgColor.xml. (Fix #16391 )
    15. Fix “Keep selection when right-click outside of selection” not working issue. (Fix #16325 )
    16. Fix Find dialog status text too left visual glitch. (Fix #16359 )
    17. Force npcNoInputC0 value as “true” by default to avoid C0 code input. (Fix #16326 , #15839 , #15729 )
    18. Remove “-pluginMessage” argument unnecessary restriction. (Fix #16273 )
    19. Fix an easter egg not showing issue. (Fix #15170 )

    As usual, the RC will be the official release after 1 week, if no critical issue found.

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      schnurlos
      last edited by Apr 23, 2025, 8:01 AM

      small comment:
      039be7d3-439f-4024-a212-f57430a2b8cd-grafik.png

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        guy038
        last edited by Apr 23, 2025, 2:38 PM

        Hello, @donho and All,

        Many thanks for this new release !

        I’m not complaining about a bug but just about two new colors which seem practically identical, regarding the ToolBar icons, in Fluent UI mode

        It concerns the point #4 :

        1. Add option to apply different color to fluent toolbar icons

        Indeed, the Green ( #008B00 ) and Olive ( #498205 ) colors are quite similar :-(

        As the Olive color seems correct, I would propose for the Green color the NEW value #00CC00 or, even lighter, the #00DD00 value. Anyway, any color distinguishable from the Olive color !

        Of course, Don, do as you like !

        Best Regards,

        guy038

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          guy038
          last edited by guy038 Apr 23, 2025, 3:02 PM Apr 23, 2025, 2:47 PM

          Hi, All,

          As soon as the new v8.8 version was released, I downloaded the npp.8.8.portable.x64.7z archive on an USB key

          on this USB key, named D:, I extracted all contents of the npp.8.8.portable.x64.7z archive in a new folder 880_x64

          I opened Notepad++ and, as usual, as it was the first time, I modified the preferences as desired, particularly the Default Directory defined as Follow current document

          During my tests about the colors of toolbar icons ( see my above post ), I noticed something weird ! To test it :


          • From a prompt windows, I typed in the two commands :

            • cd /d D:\880_x64

            • notepad++ -nosession

          • I hit the Ctrl + O shortcut, then go to the parent directory D:\ and open a file

          • When I did again a Ctrl + O operation, the current directory was, of course, unchanged ( D:\ ), correponding to the opened file

          • Then, I opened the Settings > Preferences... dialog and… immediately closed it

          • Launching again the Open dialog, this time, it displayed D: > 880_x64, although the only file opened was in directory D:\

          • I re-opened the Preferences dialog and just close it

          • Again, after a Ctrl + O operation, nothing has changed and it wrongly displayed the folder D:\880_x64 !

          • After closing this unique file ( Ctrl+ W ) and re-opened it ( Ctrl + Shift + T ) the error cannot be reproduced and the current directory of the Open dialog was the folder D:, as expected

          • On the other hand, as soon as you load an second file from the \D: folder, the error does not seem to occur too

          • Luckily, note also that the two other options ( Style Configurator... and Shortcut Mapper ) do not produce this error !

          Guys, can you reproduce these steps ?

          Best Regards,

          guy038

          P.S. :

          Sorry, I should not have replied, specifically, in the Notepad v8.8 Release Candidate topic, as I tested with my old N++ v8.6.2 release which produces the same bug !!

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            rddim
            last edited by Apr 23, 2025, 4:11 PM

            https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/6bd3d9bfbef446e59c8b18c048ba0ee0292fadb5

            <Item id="6017" name="Blue"/> must be Green
            <Item id="6018" name="Green"/> must be Blue

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              donho @donho
              last edited by Apr 23, 2025, 7:38 PM

              @rddim
              Well spotted.
              Fixed in https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/48d953693ad9bd2829f1dfd36c852504f8dc4a6f

              And the fix will be in v8.8 release

              @guy038

              as I tested with my old N++ v8.6.2 release which produces the same bug !!

              So it’s not a regression of this release.
              Could you create an issue on Github please?

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                MarkusBodensee @donho
                last edited by Apr 23, 2025, 9:49 PM

                Regarding:

                1. Dark mode enhancements: combobox. (Fix #16349 )

                My dropdown icon for combobox still looks like a “v” in Dark Mode. But since I am still on Win7, this could be a Win7 issue. How does it look like in Win10 or Win11 ?

                b081fb3d-533a-4417-9517-b29cb1bd5b27-grafik.png

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                  PeterJones @MarkusBodensee
                  last edited by Apr 23, 2025, 10:11 PM

                  @MarkusBodensee ,

                  win11, light vs dark:
                  ebbf2c1f-a752-48fe-bd57-a819dfb6812b-image.png

                  Notepad++ v8.8   (64-bit)
                  Build time : Apr 22 2025 - 18:20:44
                  ...
                  OS Name : Windows 11 Home (64-bit)
                  OS Version : 24H2
                  OS Build : 26100.3775
                  Current ANSI codepage : 1252
                  

                  For me, it’s the same essential shape, just a different color, as expected.

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                    donho @donho
                    last edited by Apr 24, 2025, 1:08 AM

                    FYI:
                    8.8 RC is updated to 8.8 RC2:
                    http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/8.x/8.8.RC2

                    Improvements:

                    1. Fix localization files
                    2. Improve Tab bar section’s look in Preferences dialog
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                      Lycan Thrope @donho
                      last edited by Lycan Thrope Apr 24, 2025, 7:29 AM Apr 24, 2025, 7:23 AM

                      @donho ,
                      Why are the Function List icons now, uncolored? :-)

                      Update: Never mind. I did a restart, so maybe something was just jumbled…it came back up colored after the restart so it’s all good on that issue. :-)

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                        guy038
                        last edited by Apr 24, 2025, 10:19 AM

                        Hello, @donho and All,

                        As promised, the GitHub issue :

                        https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/16465#issue-3016715149

                        BR

                        guy038

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                          schnurlos
                          last edited by Apr 28, 2025, 1:52 PM

                          https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v88-we-are-with-ukraine/ gives an Error 404 (link within “F1” Info).

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                            donho @schnurlos
                            last edited by donho Apr 28, 2025, 2:29 PM Apr 28, 2025, 2:21 PM

                            @schnurlos

                            https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v88-we-are-with-ukraine/ gives an Error 404 (link within “F1” Info).

                            It’s because v8.8 is still in RC state.
                            It will be on line in few hours.

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