Textpad

Having a pretty basic layout, Textpad is a text editor that can easily be confused with Windows Notepad. Both of them are written in C++ and, although quite different, both were created for the same reason: a simple way to write, edit and save text.

When it comes to code editing, this tool is suitable for both beginners and experienced programmers. Textpad has five different color schemes (Cobalt, Grayscale, Kate, Oblivion and Tango). It offers no less than nine highlighting modes for: Visual Basic, Vala, Python, LaTeX, Java, HTML, CSS, C/C++ and Bash as well as plain text, which simplify code editing.

The software utility has multiple interface languages and, because code editing takes a lot of time, there is an option you can use to view line numbers; it introduces a column on the left side of the window, counting your lines. Also designed to speed up your job and gain time, Textpad offers to find and replace words, where you can choose to match case or search only for whole words.

Besides this, there are other settings that give you the possibility to highlight the current line, change the color scheme, customize the font, wrap words, pick the highlighting scheme, and even switch to read-only mode to prevent text editing.

There is also a setting for switching to fullscreen mode to create a distraction-free zone and focus on work.

No worries if mistakes are made because undoing or redoing actions can easily be done (all the way to the very first text).

In the end, Textpad is an editing tool which combines an intuitive interface, multiple options for code editing, syntax highlighting as well as the possibility to export documents to PDF or HTML format. At the same time, it can be used as a basic viewer and editor for plain text documents. It ran well during our tests.