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    • donhoD Offline
      donho @donho
      last edited by donho

      Can anyone reproduce this eventual regression?
      https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/18499#pullrequestreview-5728554626

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      • Snabel42S Offline
        Snabel42 @donho
        last edited by

        @donho no, cannot replicate. I tried using UDL, non-UDL, re-starting NPP after changes etc. New tabs always follows current preferences settings

        I upgraded existing install to 8.9.9 RC with npp.8.9.9.Installer.x64.exe

        Notepad++ v8.9.9 (64-bit)
        Build time: Oct 31 2026 - 18:02:27
        Scintilla/Lexilla included: 5.6.7/5.5.4
        Boost Regex included: 1_90
        pugixml included: 1.16
        nlohmann JSON included: 3.12.0
        Path: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
        Command Line:
        Admin mode: OFF
        Local Conf mode: OFF
        Cloud Config: OFF
        WinGUp: present
        disableNppAutoUpdate.xml: absent
        Periodic Backup: ON
        Placeholders: ON
        Scintilla Rendering Mode: SC_TECHNOLOGY_DIRECTWRITE (1)
        Multi-instance Mode: monoInst
        asNotepad: OFF
        File Status Auto-Detection: cdEnabled4CurrentFile
        Dark Mode: ON
        Display Info:
        primary monitor: 2560x1440, scaling 100%
        visible monitors count: 2
        installed Display Class adapters:
        0000: Description - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
        0000: DriverVersion - 32.0.16.2101
        OS Name: Windows 11 Home (64-bit)
        OS Version: 26H2
        OS Build: 26300.9711
        Current ANSI codepage: 1252
        Plugins:
        CollectionInterface (1.3)
        ColumnsPlusPlus (1.3.3)
        ComparePlus (3)
        CSVLint (0.4.9)
        CsvQuery (1.2.9)
        FWDataViz (2.6.7)
        HTMLTag (1.6.1)
        HugeFiles (0.4.1)
        JsonTools (8.6)
        mimeTools (3.2)
        MultiReplace (6.2.0.38)
        NppConverter (4.7)
        NppExport (0.4)
        NppXmlTreeviewPlugin (2)
        PythonScript (2.1)
        Search++ (0.7.1)
        XMLTools (3.1.1.13)

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        • donhoD Offline
          donho @donho
          last edited by

          donho said:

          Can anyone reproduce this eventual regression?
          https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/18499#pullrequestreview-5728554626

          It should be fixed by https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/18587

          @snabel42
          Check the scenario here:
          https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/18499#issuecomment-6559825411

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          • Snabel42S Offline
            Snabel42 @donho
            last edited by

            @snabel42
            Check the scenario here:
            https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/18499#issuecomment-6559825411

            Yes, that is at least what I attempted to replicate.

            I tried opening new tabs with language set at both UDL and non-UDL. In my case the new tabs (documents?) would always follow the current preferences setting for new document language. It would not incorrectly always use UDL.

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            • guy038G Offline
              guy038
              last edited by

              Hello, @donho and All,

              Many thanks for this new release !

              • Point 9 ( option to change dialog font and size ). I particularly like it : I’m getting old and my eyes too ! Thus, I’ll probably need it in the near future !

              • Point 10 and 11 are useful and I immediately adopted the UP location for Incremental Search !

              • Point 20 will certainly help some users, using UDL languages

              • Point 21 help us to get a better control upon the current N++ session

              • Point 26 will return more accurate results in counting or marking the regex occurrences

              Now, I did a test with my portable N++ v8.9.9 x64 bits installation, in order to test the point 8 : Improve Find in Files performance.

              The search, within an USB key, for the string Fi, with the match case and regex options, on all sub-folders returns 25,587 hits in 641 files of 1,149 files searched, for either :

              • Notepad++, in 1 m 26 s

              • Multi-replace, in 1 m 06 s

              • Search++, in 2 m 10 s

              Comparing with a previous identical test with N++ v8.9.8 in this post, I deduced that, for a very similar number of files, the N++ search took roughly 9 / 10 seconds less. So, a significant improvement !

              Best Regards,

              guy038

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              • PeterJonesP Offline
                PeterJones @donho
                last edited by PeterJones

                Can anyone reproduce this eventual regression?
                https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/18499#pullrequestreview-5728554626

                It should be fixed by https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/pull/18587

                @donho: I confirmed that I could replicate ozone10’s steps from the comment with RC1, and the bug showed. Then when I tried the executable from the build of 18587, and the problem went away.

                @snabel42 ,

                I tried opening new tabs with language set at both UDL and non-UDL. In my case the new tabs (documents?) would always follow the current preferences setting for new document language. It would not incorrectly always use UDL.

                Your description of the sequence does not match ozone10’s steps. You need to create the UDL, set the default language to that UDL, and make sure it works by NewFile/Ctrl+N and seeing that the UDL is correctly applied. Then exit Notepad++ so it saves that setting. Then start Notepad++, delete that UDL, and exit/restart Notepad++ again. Then do a New File, and, in our experiments (@donho, ozone10, and myself all confirmed), the RC1 notepad++.exe incorrectly still applies the no-longer-existing UDL to the new file (and has the dropdown with an empty selection). For me, with #18587’s artifact, following those same steps, it goes back to correctly applying None (Normal Text) instead of a nonexistent UDL (and the dropdown agrees).

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                • Snabel42S Offline
                  Snabel42 @PeterJones
                  last edited by

                  Your description of the sequence does not match ozone10’s steps. You need to create the UDL, set the default language to that UDL, and make sure it works by NewFile/Ctrl+N and seeing that the UDL is correctly applied. Then exit Notepad++ so it saves that setting. Then start Notepad++, delete that UDL, and exit/restart Notepad++ again.

                  You’re right. I didn’t delete/remove the UDL, I simply selected another non-UDL language.

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                  • astewart77A Offline
                    astewart77 @donho
                    last edited by

                    @donho said:

                    1. Add an option to display the Incremental Search bar at the top. (Fix #18486)

                    I installed the RC (x86 on Windows 7), but I don’t see a new option under Preferences>Searching or anywhere else. I see it in the source code. Is it dependent on something else to be shown?

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                    • CoisesC Offline
                      Coises @astewart77
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                      @astewart77 said:

                      @donho said:

                      1. Add an option to display the Incremental Search bar at the top. (Fix #18486)

                      I installed the RC (x86 on Windows 7), but I don’t see a new option under Preferences>Searching or anywhere else. I see it in the source code. Is it dependent on something else to be shown?

                      On Windows 10 (presumably no different on Windows 7) it’s in the incremental search bar itself. There is a button that has an upward pointing arrow when the bar is at the bottom; clicking it moves the bar to the top and changes the button to a downward pointing arrow. The button is in a fixed position; on my screen, its left edge is 1055 pixels to the right of the left edge of the Notepad++ window. If the window is not that wide, you can’t see it.

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                      • astewart77A Offline
                        astewart77 @Coises
                        last edited by

                        @Coises said:

                        @astewart77 said:

                        @donho said:

                        1. Add an option to display the Incremental Search bar at the top. (Fix #18486)

                        I installed the RC (x86 on Windows 7), but I don’t see a new option under Preferences>Searching or anywhere else. I see it in the source code. Is it dependent on something else to be shown?

                        On Windows 10 (presumably no different on Windows 7) it’s in the incremental search bar itself. There is a button that has an upward pointing arrow when the bar is at the bottom; clicking it moves the bar to the top and changes the button to a downward pointing arrow. The button is in a fixed position; on my screen, its left edge is 1055 pixels to the right of the left edge of the Notepad++ window. If the window is not that wide, you can’t see it.

                        Thank you. Mine was around 1240 pixels over - way beyond the Count checkbox and about an inch off my usual window size. It’s lonely out there, no label, no tooltip.

                        When I clicked it, the search bar disappeared and it required a restart to see it again. Clicking back to the bottom did not.

                        Do the options need to be spaced so far apart?

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