Return to same line when switching tabs.

stephen lord · Jun 29, 2015, 6:47 PM

When I switch active tabs (i.e. move back and forth between files), when I return to a file, it goes to line #1 automatically. It is like I am opening the file for the first time.

I don’t recall this behavior before–I find it very annoying having to scroll or search to find the line I was working on. I am not closing or saving the file, I am just switching between files.

Is there a setting for returning to the same spot? Or this a bug? I noticed this after upgrading to 6.7.9.2

Not knowing if upgrading was the cause, I reinstalled an earlier version 6.7.8 and, no joy.

How do I make it remember where it was when I switch files?

jonandr · Jun 29, 2015, 7:45 PM

I think I’ve seen this reported before (on Sourceforge) and it was determined that a plugin was malfunctioning. What happens if you turn off all plugins (rename C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins to something else temporarily)?

dail · Jul 1, 2015, 3:36 AM

I believe it is due to XML Tools. Try disabling, “Set XML type automatically”

romadona namanya · Jul 1, 2015, 3:36 AM

@dail thanks

Moti Alperovitch · Jul 20, 2015, 2:27 PM

Thank you!!

Boian Soloviov · Jul 22, 2015, 12:10 PM

Well thanks from me as well.
I’ll download the 2.4.7 alpha and see if it works for my case as well.
Apropos bug-link: http://sourceforge.net/p/npp-plugins/bugs/270/
Best

Michael Brock · Sep 25, 2015, 7:56 PM

@dail: another thank you from me! I have been using Notepad++ and the XML tools plugin for years but this suddenly became an issue today for some reason. Disabling “Set XML type automatically” fixed it.

Victor Medrano Sada · Sep 26, 2015, 1:07 AM

@stephen-lord said:

When I switch active tabs (i.e. move back and forth between files), when I return to a file, it goes to line #1 automatically. It is like I am opening the file for the first time.

I don’t recall this behavior before–I find it very annoying having to scroll or search to find the line I was working on. I am not closing or saving the file, I am just switching between files.

Is there a setting for returning to the same spot? Or this a bug? I noticed this after upgrading to 6.7.9.2

Not knowing if upgrading was the cause, I reinstalled an earlier version 6.7.8 and, no joy.

How do I make it remember where it was when I switch files?

Gopi Krishna Kapagunta · Jun 2, 2016, 7:03 AM

@dali , thanks! worked for me.

young-developer · Dec 5, 2016, 11:22 AM

For quick tab switching I could recommend you my free open source plugin ‘NavigateTo’ - https://github.com/young-developer/nppNavigateTo/releases