Notepad++ v8.9.9 Release Candidate

PeterJones

Still disappears after moving to the top, until restart.

I cannot replicate that. When I click the button, it immediately appears in the other location, without having to exit/restart Notepad++.

update: deleted most of my post after seeing @donho’s reply.

@andrecool-68 @astewart77
The button position issue is fixed in the commit: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/14e27a6caa5a2f2a3dfcbc8594d792d255c4991d

I can confirm that the artifact from the new build does improve the position:

astewart77

@donho said:

@andrecool-68 @astewart77
The button position issue is fixed in the commit:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/14e27a6caa5a2f2a3dfcbc8594d792d255c4991d

@astewart77

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?

Could you share your Debug Info (Menu ? > Debug Info...)?

Notepad++ v8.9.8.1   (32-bit)
Build time: Nov  2 2026 - 16:21:07
Scintilla/Lexilla included: 5.6.8/5.5.5
Boost Regex included: 1_92
pugixml included: 1.16
nlohmann JSON included: 3.12.0
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line: 
Admin mode: ON
Local Conf mode: OFF
Cloud Config: OFF
WinGUp: present
disableNppAutoUpdate.xml: absent
Periodic Backup: OFF
Placeholders: OFF
Scintilla Rendering Mode: SC_TECHNOLOGY_DIRECTWRITE (1)
Multi-instance Mode: monoInst
asNotepad: OFF
File Status Auto-Detection: cdEnabled4AllFiles
Dark Mode: OFF
Display Info:
    primary monitor: 1920x1200, scaling 100%
    visible monitors count: 2
    installed Display Class adapters: 
        0000: Description - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM
        0000: DriverVersion - 10.18.13.6839
        0001: Description - Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
        0001: DriverVersion - 9.18.10.3234
        0002: Description - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
        0002: DriverVersion - 9.18.13.4752
OS Name: Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
OS Build: 7601.0
Current ANSI codepage: 1252
Plugins: 
    ColumnsPlusPlus (1.3.3)
    ColumnTools (1.4.5.1)
    DSpellCheck (1.5)
    EnhanceAnyLexer (1.4.1)
    ExtSettings (1.3.1)
    GotoLineCol (2.4.5.1)
    HTMLTag_unicode (1.6.1)
    JSMinNPP (25.11.16)
    mimeTools (3.2)
    MultiReplace (6.0.0.36)
    NppConverter (4.7)
    NppEventExec (0.9)
    NppExec (0.8.11)
    NppExport (0.4)
    NppMenuSearch (0.9.7)
    RandomValuesNppPlugin (0.3)
    Search++ (0.7.2)
    SurroundSelection (1.4.1)
    Unicode Normalize (1.1)
    XBrackets (2.0.4)
    _CustomizeToolbar (5.3)

With the new artifact, the button is easily visible, but a font size change from 8 to 9 still pushes the count status off the window.

1/11 - Reached end of page, continued from top

is clipped for me at “1/11 - Reache”. My window is 140 columns wide.

Move to top still disappears.

MarkusBodensee

@astewart77 said:

1/11 - Reached end of page, continued from top

Maybe it would be even better to remove the complete part >> - Reached end of page, continued from top <<

The numbers x/xx clearly indicate the position/match in the file, so the information of this string is redundant. Make it as short as needed is the characteristic of incremental search.

MarkusBodensee

@PeterJones said:
I can confirm that the artifact from the new build does improve the position:

It looks much better, but I am now asking myself, if it would be better to move the X button for close, and the up/down button to the right side of the incremental search bar. Normally the Close button is on right side of every window.

So, close button at most right position, up/down botton at position left next to close button

PeterJones

@MarkusBodensee said:

close button at most right position, up/down botton at position left next to close button

Personally, if I used that bar, that’s what I would prefer… But they would have to adjust with window width, not be at fixed positions

andrecool-68

@donho said:

The button position issue is fixed in the commit:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/14e27a6caa5a2f2a3dfcbc8594d792d255c4991d

Is it possible to get a link to the notepad++.exe file with the latest fixes?

PeterJones

@andrecool-68 said:

@donho said:

The button position issue is fixed in the commit:
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/commit/14e27a6caa5a2f2a3dfcbc8594d792d255c4991d

Is it possible to get a link to the notepad++.exe file with the latest fixes?

This is the CI Build for that commit. The artifacts (zipfiles of the exe) are at the bottom of that page.

donho

@astewart77

Move to top still disappears.

Please remove all plugins and test again.
If it persists, then it could be an issue under Windows 7.

astewart77

@donho said:

@astewart77

Move to top still disappears.

Please remove all plugins and test again.
If it persists, then it could be an issue under Windows 7.

It was a conflict with the NppMenuSearch plugin. It has a toolbar text widget that always sits at the right end of the toolbar and an option to lock the widget size. I should have noticed that the MenuSearch widget disappeared at the same time the Increment search bar disappeared. If it’s unlocked, everything works.

Ironically, I only started posting in this thread because NppMenuSearch couldn’t find any strings/labels for the new Increment preference.

donho

FYI, RC2 is available:
https://github.com/donho/notepad-plus-plus/releases/tag/RC2