Feature Request / Question: Soft Wrap at Vertical Edge (Column 80) regardless of window size

Thorsten Heuer

Hi everyone,

I am using Notepad++ v8.9 (64-bit) and I am looking for a way to achieve a specific wrapping behavior.

My Goal: I want the text to “soft wrap” (visual wrap only, no CR/LF added to the file) exactly at the 80th column (at the last whitespace before 80).

The Problem: Currently, “Word Wrap” always wraps at the right window border. If my monitor is wide and the window is maximized, the text stretches across the whole screen. I have already set the “Vertical Edge” to 80, but this is just a visual line and doesn’t force the text to wrap there.

My Questions:

Is there any native setting I missed to force the soft wrap at the Vertical Edge column instead of the window border?

If not, is there a Plugin (compatible with v8.9) or a Python Script that can simulate this behavior?

I want to keep the file “clean” (no hard breaks) for further processing, but I need the 80-character readability for my creative writing (lyrics).

Thanks in advance for your help!

h-jangra

@Thorsten-Heuer Though I didn’t used this much but I have added this in NppVim plugin you :set tw=60 and :wrap or gq motion. I am not sure how to set text width in notepad++.

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@h-jangra said in Feature Request / Question: Soft Wrap at Vertical Edge (Column 80) regardless of window size:

I have added this in NppVim plugin [. . .]I am not sure how to set text width in notepad++

That’s interesting! I’d think that a NP++ plugin can only do things that are also possible in NP++ itself since the underlying engine is the same.