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Notepad++ Changelog

What's new in Notepad++ 8.6.5

Mar 30, 2024
  • To address a performance issue of “Replace All” in previous version 8.6.4, Notepad++ no longer triggers SCN_MODIFIED and other Scintilla notifications during the “Replace All” action. Consequently, some plugins that rely on Scintilla’s notifications may malfunction after a “Replace All” operation. To rectify this regression, a new notification called NPPN_GLOBALMODIFIED has been implemented in Notepad++ v8.6.5. Plugin developers should monitor NPPN_GLOBALMODIFIED alongside SCN_MODIFIED, if SCN_MODIFIED is already monitored in the plugin. For additional information about NPPN_GLOBALMODIFIED, please refer to this link: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/25504/new-nppn_globalmodified-notification
  • The session loss problem and the data loss due to the power outages issue are also addressed in this release.
  • There are more enhancements & bug-fixes. Get more info about this release or download v8.6.5 here:

New in Notepad++ 8.6.4 (Feb 20, 2024)

  • Fix regression that the view cannot be activated by mouse clicking. (Fix regression)

New in Notepad++ 8.6.3 (Feb 19, 2024)

  • Restore multi-editing option & add “Column To Multi-editing” option on GUI. (Fix #14645)
  • Make “copy/cut line while no selection” optional. (Fix #14638)
  • Fix all open files lost after restarting as Admin to save a file. (Fix #14694)
  • Fix “Replace All” crash & performance issue. (Fix #14630)
  • Fix calltip crash due to the division by zero. (Fix #14664)
  • Enhance Function List for Python to support “async def” & colons in argument list. (Fix #13908)
  • Fix Copy/Cut/Paste issue in Vertical Edge text field in preferences dialog. (Fix #13874)
  • Fix macro recording twice for some commands. (Fix #5217, #14634)
  • Fix “Open File” command not working with TAB preceded. (Fix #14543)
  • Add auto-completion keywords for PHP, JavaScript and CSS. (Fix #14635, #14705)

New in Notepad++ 8.6.2 (Jan 15, 2024)

  • 3 shortcuts Shift-DEL (Cut), Ctrl-INS (Copy) and Shift-INS (Paste) are restored in the release 8.6.2 (they were removed from v8.6.1).
  • A regression is fixed in this release for the shortcut Ctrl-V not being able to paste clipboard content into the text fields of certain plugins.
  • “disableLineCopyCutDelete.xml”, which was introduced in v8.6.1, is canceled in this release v8.6.2 - this empty file is not necessary anymore because the concerning shorcuts conflict/problem has been solved in this release.

New in Notepad++ 8.6.1 (Jan 5, 2024)

  • Updated to Scintilla 5.4.1 & Lexilla 5.3.0. (Implement #14375)
  • Fix a regression: the position in the previous session is now restored correctly in cloned document. (Fix #14164)
  • Fix a regression: customized extension in Style Configurator is now saved correctly. (Fix #14437)
  • Add an ability (disableLineCopyCutDelete.xml) to disable line copy/cut/delete when no selection is made. (Fix #14470, ref, ref))
  • Add an ability (noColumnToMultiSelect.xml) to disable column mode to multi-select mode. (Fix #14464, ref)
  • Fix deleting in column mode also delete an unexpected EOL. (Fix #14426)
  • Fix hidden results of long lines for Search results with “Find in…” commands. (Fix #12023)
  • Enhance Search-results by showing search options for “Find in…” commands. (Fix #14306)
  • Fix an issue: replacements are no longer duplicated (the 2nd time in cloned document) for “Replace in Opened Docs”. (Fix #14505)
  • Fix a regression to make F3 & Shift-F3 work again in Incremental Search. (Fix #14503)
  • Add document tab navigation commands: “First tab” & “Last tab”. (Fix #14416)
  • Add document tab commands: “Move to Start” & “Move to End” commands. (Fix #9525, #13982)
  • 3 RTL new abilities: RTL per document, RTL per document remembered across the sessions & new attribute editZoneRTL=“no” in RTL localization files. (Fix #9665, #9950, #14385)
  • Enhance the “-loadingTime” command line parameter. (Fix #14472)
  • Enhance the performance: disable undo collection while loading a file. (Fix #14455)
  • Sort language list in the Preferences dialog. (Fix #14245)
  • Fix a visual glitch that occurred during multi-paste. (Fix #14410)
  • Fix confusing memory allocation error message. (Fix #14418)
  • Fix python wrong decorator attribute color. (Fix #5894)
  • Fix file status in “other view” is not detected. (Fix #14225)
  • Fix dropped file being opened in the wrong view. (Fix #14354)

New in Notepad++ 8.6 (Nov 23, 2023)

  • Multi-edit is the main feature of this version.

New in Notepad++ 8.5.8 (Oct 17, 2023)

  • Fix “Clear Read-Only Flag” command not working immediately regression. (Fix #14138)
  • Fix saving files losing Alternate Data Stream issue. (Fix #1498, #8451, #8013)
  • Fix data loss issue due to no room on disk for saving. (Fix #5664, #14089)
  • Add Win10/Win11 Restart-application feature. (Fix #9722, #11721, #11934)
  • Fix user created session being modified behaviour on exit. (Implement part 1, part 2, part 3)
  • Improve document list display performance. (Fix #13479, #12632)
  • Update Scintilla to v5.3.7 & Lexilla to v5.2.7. (Fix #13991, #14062)
  • fix unwanted Afrikaans installer language issue. (Fix #3844, #7574)
  • Fix a crash issue while reading settings from cloud. (Fix #14131)
  • Fix security issue CVE-2022-31901. (Fix #13520)
  • Enhance non-saved search text’s persistence in Find dialog combobox while pressing arrow key. (Fix #14174)
  • Make auto-checking of Find InSelection configurable (resizable & can be disabled). (Fix #14108, #13677, #12639)
  • Perl enhancement: Update Stylers & the keywords for Perl v5.38. (Fix #14192)
  • Fix “Single Line Uncomment” uncommenting an extra line issue. (Fix #12829)
  • Fix “Next Bookmark” command not resetting current column issue. (Fix #14137)
  • Allow menu command Window->Windows to be assigned a shortcut. (Fix #14179)
  • Fix wrong categories in Shortcuts Mapper. (Fix #13285)

New in Notepad++ 8.5.7 (Sep 8, 2023)

  • Notepad++ v8.5.7 bug-fixes and new features:
  • Fix 4 security issues CVE-2023-40031, CVE-2023-40036, CVE-2023-40164 & CVE-2023-40166. (Fix #14073)
  • Security enhancement: Sign uninstall.exe. (Fix #14099)
  • Change the slogan in installer. (Fix #14052)
  • Fix eventual memory leak while reading Utf8-16 files. (Fix #4120, #5806, #4443)
  • Fix dragging tab performance issue while Document List is displayed. (Fix #13479, #12632)
  • Add supperss 2GB file warning option for x64. (Fix #14055)
  • Fix cloned document disassociated issue after Notepad++ being relaunched. (Fix #10266)
  • Fix session file saving problem if it’s read-only. (Fix #14024, #13894, #13859)
  • Fix activating wrong file(s) issue after loading session file. (Fix #14006)
  • Fix product version value displayed in file’s properties. (Fix #14010, #11886, #11431)

New in Notepad++ 8.5.6 (Aug 15, 2023)

  • Fix plugin crash regression due to CET enhancement.
  • Add new API: indicator allocation for plugins.
  • Fix hide lines merging to avoid merging across a visible line.
  • Fix “Clear Change History” issue: cloned document markers are not cleared.

New in Notepad++ 8.5.5 (Aug 9, 2023)

  • Update to Scintilla 5.3.6 and Lexilla 5.2.6 (Implement #13940, fix #4741, #13901, #13943, #13911)
  • Add change history navigation commands: Go to next/prev change & Clear change history. (Fix #12248)
  • Fix Change History incorrect display after “Reload from Disk” command. (Fix #12319, #12261, #13735)
  • Remember through sessions the directory of “Remember last used directory”. (Fix #11326, #10901, #4961, #4119)
  • Fix regression of double clicking on find result not going to the document. (Fix #13636)
  • Fix regression of opening file rejection if file name contains dot at the end. (Fix #12849)
  • Fix error message of opening file with ‘=’ as end of file name. (Fix #13344)
  • Fix menu Tools contains 2 SHA-256 item while using localization. (Fix #13797)
  • Fix SHA-1 hash result wrong length bug while “Treat each line as a separate string” enabled. (Fix #13812)
  • Add SHA-512 hash features (Fix #13805)
  • Fix normal.xml for Normal text auto-completion not working issue. (Fix #12325)
  • Fix Korean IME append file extension issue in save dialog. (Fix #11582, #12225, #12366)
  • Make find/replace in files result more accurate while used RegExpr is invalid. (Fix #13164)
  • Fix Project panel’s inaccurate initialized path in save dialog. (Fix #13086)
  • Fix wrong syntax highlighting of URLs with quotes in JSON. (Fix #13522)
  • Fix Clipboard History panel shows corrupted data issue. (Fix #13817, #13844)
  • Improve lines sorting memory consumption. (Fix #10435)
  • Enhance “Add new document at startup”: add new document only when the session is remembered. (Fix #13796)
  • Enhance “Convert case to Proper Case” command: fix the error conversion after quote.

New in Notepad++ 8.5.4 (Jun 18, 2023)

  • Fix macro recording regression on Unicode character.
  • Fix regression of defective detection for file read-only attribute removal via Explorer.
  • Fix opening multi-files on multi-instance mode regression.
  • Update: Scintilla 5.3.5 Lexilla 5.2.5.
  • Fix Notepad++ hanging issue running macro to EOF.
  • Fix EOL symbol color/appearence being reset issue while changing encoding.
  • Enable code folding in Assembly source files.
  • Fix document language not remembered through sessions issue.
  • Add SHA-1 hash features.
  • Add “open new blank document in addition on startup” ability.
  • Fix lexer plugin is sorted unconventionally in language menu issue
  • Add message NPPM_DARKMODESUBCLASSANDTHEME to allow plugin to use generic dark mode.
  • Add the ability to close multiple files without saving in Document list.
  • Several GUI Enhancements.
  • Fix error message on uninstallation.
  • Fix tabContextMenu_example.xml not being deleted while uninstallation.

New in Notepad++ 8.5.3 (May 15, 2023)

  • Fix a critical issue of session file data loss.
  • Fix bugs & enhance Explorer context menu “Edit with Notepad++”.
  • Also a lot of GUI enhancements are added in 8.5.3 release.

New in Notepad++ 8.5.2 (Apr 6, 2023)

  • Enhance “Edit with Notepad++” context menu and fix several issues. (Fix #13399, #13410, #13425, #13438, #13440, #13446, #13457)
  • Make Find/Replace dialog swap/copy button usage more explicit. (Fix #13368, #13021)
  • Fix unexpected caret column jump post brace match. (Fix #13433)
  • Add hits in-progress increased number to Search Progress dialog. (Fix #13364)
  • Add HTML Hexadecimal column and more items to ASCII panel. (Fix #13347)
  • Add ability to do leading spaces with Column Editor. (Fix #11148, #13309)
  • Add programming language support for Hollywood. (Implement #13417)
  • Fix dock panels visual glitch while finding in search results. (Fix #13402, #13459)
  • Fix Mark dialog’s Copy Marked Text button is not macro-able issue. (Fix #13405)
  • Dark mode enhancement: make focused combobox more visible. (Fix #13420)
  • Fix find dialog flicker issue. (Fix #9536, #13381)
  • Enhance Notepad++ icon’s display in system tray. (Fix #8971)
  • Fix some options in Mark dialog not remembered though the session issue. (Fix #13277)

New in Notepad++ 8.5.1 (Mar 24, 2023)

  • Use new modern shell “Edit with Notepad++” of Windows 11 instead of hijacking “Pin to Quick access”.(Fix #13320, implement #13330)
  • Update scintilla to 5.3.4 and lexilla to 5.2.4. (Implement #13338)
  • Add MS Transact-SQL support. (Fix #5940, #7988, #11718, #12610, #13160)
  • Add GDScript language support with autocomplete & functionlist. (Fix #13329)
  • Fix UDL empty button regression after changing localization. (Fix #13228)
  • Add ability to copy “Find what” to “Replace with” and vice versa in Find Replace dialog. (Fix #12122)
  • Fix DocSwitcher RTL problem, and use edit field instead of a small popup value dialog. (Fix #13244, #13248)
  • GUI visual enhancement: Fix whole dialog items blink when a item value changed. (Fix #13230)
  • Make tray icon context menu translatable. (Fix #11628)

New in Notepad++ 8.5 (Mar 6, 2023)

  • Notepad++ v8.5 bug-fixes and new features:
  • Fix notepad replacement opening file name containing white space regression. (Fix #13032)
  • Fix regression about visual glitch of Find in Files progress window & Document Switcher.(Fix #13185, #13053)
  • Update to Scintilla 5.3.3 and Lexilla 5.2.2. (Implement #13082)
  • Add new explorer context menu entry “Edit with Notepad++” for WINDOWS 11. (Fix #10320, #10565, #4368, #8786, #10640, #10856, #10653, #7747, #6169, #92)
  • Add show non-printable characters command. (Fix #827, #4731, #8284)
  • Apply tab colors to document list items, and add groups to document list. (Fix #12155, #12689, #13026)
  • Add middle mouse click ability to close doc in Document List. (Fix #12949)
  • Add Begin/End Select in Column Mode command. (Fix #12833, #12832)
  • Add option to make auto-completion list brief. (Fix #12783)
  • Remove duplicate items in function/word list of Auto-completion. (Fix #13061)
  • Fix missing items in word autocomplete. (Fix #13060)
  • Fix autocomplete to sort case insensitive issue. (Fix #12495)
  • Change behaviour: make Select and Find (Next/Previous) always in normal search mode. (Fix #3229)
  • Change behaviour: make volatile Find uses least-strict option settings. (Fix #13145)
  • Change behaviour: Don’t populate in Find what if a stream selection more than 1024 characters. (Fix #12603)
  • Fix wrong value set in Preferences->Performance->“Define Large File Size”.(Fix #13280)
  • Fix untitled document number jumping or repeated problem. (Fix #8677, #11704, #13194)
  • Fix dock-able panels not restoring for mono instances when Notepad++ is in the tray. (Fix #9454)
  • Fix panels not restored from systemtray with “Edit with Notepad++” in admin mode. (Fix #13041)
  • Fix hit text in search results not being scrolled in the view issue. (Fix #13129)
  • Add new notification NPPN_EXTERNALLEXERBUFFER for lexer plugin with buffer ID when a new lexer is applied to the buffer in question. (Fix #12351)
  • Fix Synch H/V Scrolling commands not sync with 2 views. (Fix #5250, #13071)
  • Add several GUI enhancement. (Fix #11695, #13176, #13187, #13162)
  • Make several GUI items translatable. (Fix #13175, #8020, #8858, #13088, #8927, #10876, #9343, #8004)

New in Notepad++ 8.4.9 (Jan 31, 2023)

  • Fix saving 4GB+ files file size cutting off issue. (Fix #12526)
  • Fix v8.4.8 hanging while opening some Pascal files. (Fix #12822)
  • Add JSON5 support, only JSONC currently (with js comment supported). (Fix #11676, #11713)
  • Add configuration for panels to ignore ‘-nosession’. (Fix #9710)
  • Fix Notepad Replacement display ‘Cannot open file “ “’ regression in v8.4.8. (Fix #12775)
  • Fix Notpad++ hangs while deleting search results results. (Fix #12555)
  • Fix XML tag-matching not be case-sensitive. (Fix #10011)
  • Add support selection for “EOL to Space” commands, “TAB and Space conversion” commands & trim operations.(Fix #12720, #12745, #12702, #12602, #12658)
  • Improve Pascal/Delphi function list performance. (Fix #12693, #12687, #12808)
  • Fix exclude functions in comment zones in C++, PHP, JavaScript and Pascal. (Fix #12759)
  • Use stable sort algorithm instead of standard sort one. (Fix #12678)
  • Fix doc switcher not using alternate icon sets. (Fix #12242)
  • Enhance dark mode. (Fix #12713, #12737)
  • Fix hand cursor on URL too small display under high DPI issue. (Fix #12772)
  • Fix docking GUI regression for plugin in light mode. (Fix #12007)
  • Fix cannot undo “Block Uncomment” & “Insert Date/Time” commands in one shot. (Fix #12830, #12831)
  • Fix sub-menu folder display mess in non-western languages under Macro/Run menu. (Fix #12670)

New in Notepad++ 8.4.8 (Dec 25, 2022)

  • Update to Scintilla 5.3.2 and Lexilla 5.2.1. (implement #12624)
  • Dark mode: Add “Follow Windows dark/light mode” feature, and toolbar, tabbar and theme choices are remembered for 2 modes separately. (Fix #9183, #9992, #10153, #10239, #10544, #11867, #10644)
  • Fix inconsistencies at OS-forced Notepad++ v8.4.8 exit. (Fix #12541)
  • Make tab context menu customizable. (Fix #12170)
  • Make Macro & Run menu organizable with submenu by modifying shortcuts.xml. (Fix #5349, implement #12617)
  • Fix crash on Win32 Namespace prefixed file name. (Fix #12453)
  • Fix delimiter selection crash issue. (Fix #12384)
  • Improve performance for the “Remove Empty Lines” command. (Fix #12462, implement #12544)
  • Fix theme not working in cloud mode and portable mode issue. (Fix #6092, #10801, #12296)
  • Fix autocomplete/calltip colors not applied when changing themes. (Fix #12514)
  • Add dark autocompletion icons for dark themes. (Fix #12549)
  • Fix search result not applying new theme. (Fix #12588)
  • Fix sorting failure in zero-length column mode selection. (Fix #12299)
  • Fix Default Language not working for the 1st empty file with empty session. (Fix #12586)
  • Enhance “Go to settings” in Style Configurator. (Implement #12650, #12634)
  • Fix themes’ inconsistent behaviour. (Fix #12642, #12508)
  • Fix incorrect plugin architecture reports partially. (Fix partially #12565)
  • Enhance Properties file: add/improve the syntax folding/highlighting. (Implementation)
  • Add vertical scroll bar on all combobox in Find Replace dialog. (Fix #12459)
  • Function List: Add Pascal/Delphi & NppExec plugin’s scripting, enhance SQL. (Fix #3664, #12517, implemnt #12625)
  • Autocompletion: add PowerShell, fix some entries in PHP, update for Lua. (Fix #12492, implement #12641, #12657)
  • Update CPP & PowerShell keywords. (Fix #11936, #5004)
  • Fix the tab context menu reload command’s state not synchronized. (Fix #12579)

New in Notepad++ 8.4.7 (Nov 8, 2022)

  • Fix empty session issue due to forced Windows update restart.
  • Fix printing with extra background colors issue due to Change History.
  • Update to scintilla 5.3.1 and lexilla 5.2.0.
  • Updated nlohmann json to 3.11.2 and boost to 1.80.0.
  • Make large file restriction configurable.
  • Optimize open/save large files time.
  • Remember Column Editor settings through the sessions.
  • Fix plugin admin search issue.
  • Installer enhancement: prevent arm64 installer from installing on non ARM64 system.
  • Installer enhancement: remember “Don’t use_%APPDATA%” option.
  • Add new API NPPM_GETBOOKMARKID for getting bookmark ID.
  • Enhance “Go To” dialog: update line/position data dynamically.
  • Fix lines hiding issue.
  • Fix language detected from content not applied if default language is set.
  • Fix long filters get truncated in Find in Files feature.
  • Add ESC Key for aborting “Move to Recycle Bin” confirmation prompt.

New in Notepad++ 8.4.6 (Sep 29, 2022)

  • Add Change History markers for document saved/unsaved/undone modification.
  • Add setting tab color ability.
  • Make tab context menu less cluttered by adding sub-menu.

New in Notepad++ 8.4.5 (Sep 7, 2022)

  • Add reduce mode in Find/Replace dialog. (Implement #11780)
  • Update to Scintilla 5.2.4 and Lexilla 5.1.8. (Implement #12022)
  • Enhance very long line’s performance. (Fix #11942)
  • Fix crash on Wine. (Fix #11941)
  • Fix Notepad++ crash due to calling NPPM_GETLANGUAGENAME with -1 (WPARAM). (Fix #12009)
  • Improve performance for “Find in Files” and "“Find all in…”. (Fix #11878)
  • Add option to turn off selecting text when Field dialog is invoked. (Implement #11988)
  • Fix drag n drop documents crash between 2 instances. (Fix #11976)
  • Fix erasing part of content make hanging issue. (Fix #10193)
  • Add an option for hiding the + ? ? from the menu bar. (Implement #11945)
  • Add cycling function hints ability by ALT-UP/DOWN shortcuts. (Implement #11950)
  • Add carret block after option. (Implement #11944)
  • Fix detected language not being applied if Default languge is set in Document settings. (Fix #11504)
  • Fix dark mode visual glichy in explorer panel under Windows 8.1. (Fix #11898)

New in Notepad++ 8.4.4 (Jul 16, 2022)

  • Integrity & Authenticity validation:
  • GPG Notepad++ Public key: Use it for the verification of GPG Signature.
  • SHA-256 digests of binary packages for checking the integrity of your Notepad++ download. GPG Signature
  • Notepad++ v8.4.4 crash/regression-fixes & new enhancement:
  • Fix Find in Files crash & syntax highlighting regression. (Fix #11910, #11883 & #11920)
  • Add shortcuts toward the settings of preferences dialog into Styler Configurator. (Implement #11890)

New in Notepad++ 8.4.3 (Jul 8, 2022)

  • Notepad++ v8.4.3 crash/regression-fixes, bug-fixes & new enhancement:
  • Add an option which allows to show only 1 entry per found line in search result. (Fix #2481, #1499, #5547, #2987, #4525, #3224)
  • Make EOL (CRLF) display customizable (via Editing section of Preferences dialog). (Fix #11413)
  • Add 2 more shortcuts “plus” (new file) and “arrow” (drop down list of opened files) buttons on menu bar. (Fix #11229)
  • Update Lexilla to 5.1.7 & Scintilla to 5.2.3 and use new API for large files. (Implement #11734)
  • Fix Find in files performance regression since updating Scintilla 5. (Fix #11814)
  • Add dark mode support for plugins - support dark mode for plugins with docking GUI. (Fix #11710, implement #11767)
  • Fix a crash issue due to opening an empty .NFO file. (Fix #11820)
  • Fix language fonts regression in Style Configurator (make font definition possible again). (Fix #11786)
  • Add NPPM_CREATELEXER message for plugins to instantiate lexers. (Fix #11789)
  • Enhance dark mode (edge colors). (Fix #11207, #11376)
  • Fix “CMD Here” command open Explorer issue. (Fix #11818)
  • Fix crash issue of “Style Configurator…” command if “stylers.xml” is absent. (Fix #11812)
  • Fix Selected text changes color issue when editor window loses focus. (Fix #11743)
  • Skip save all warning dialog if only current editing file is dirty. (Fix #10995)
  • Fix a small regression in DebugInfo dialog. (Fix #11752)

New in Notepad++ 8.4.2 (Jun 3, 2022)

  • In version 8.4.2, Notepad++ allows users to customize the toolbar icons (ie. overriding the default toolbar icons by using the set of icons provided by user).
  • So for people who stick on the old big legacy icons, here is the solution:
  • Download the nppLegacyIconSet.zip and unzip it into %APPDATA%Notepad++ folder if you installed Notepad++ with the installer (or if you used the zipped package, unzip the content into the Notepad++ installation folder).
  • Relaunch Notepad++ then you will see the old legacy icons appear.
  • To disable customizing toolbar icons feature, just rename “toolbarIcons.xml” to “toolbarIcons.xml.OFF” (or whatever you want), and relaunch Notepad++.
  • Just replace the old legacy icons by you icons, if you want to build your own icon set.
  • There are also 2 crash-fixes, some bug-fixes and a lot of enhancement are done in this release, please check the following link for the detail information or download 8.4.2.

New in Notepad++ 8.4.1 (May 11, 2022)

  • Fix HTML syntax highlighting in PHP files regression. (Fix #11585, #11602)
  • Fix “Reload from disk” loosing syntax highlighting regression. (Fix #11606)
  • Fix unfocused selected text background color changed regression. (Fix #11595)
  • Update Scintilla from 5.2.1 to 5.2.2 and Lexilla from 5.1.5 to 5.1.6. (Implement #11537)
  • Fix multi-part keyword in prefix mode freezes Notepad++ in UDL. (Fix #11434)
  • Add several dark mode enhancement. (Fix #11574, #11622, #10054, #11546, #11544)
  • Add DarkMode usage detection support for plugins. (Implement #11546)
  • Add “Framed current line” option beside of “Highlight current line background”. (Implement #11501)
  • Add file monitoring command line argument [-monitor]. (Implement #10562)
  • File Dialog enhancement. (Fix #11630, #11517)
  • Add a new format argument/option “ADD_ZERO_PADDING” to NPPM_GETNPPVERSION. (Implement #11535)
  • Restore auto-completion & calltip default fg/bg colors when no theme is applied. (Fix #11637)
  • Sort “Search result” to the bottom in language list of Style Configurator. (Fix #11337)

New in Notepad++ 8.4 (Apr 26, 2022)

  • Notepad++ v8.4 new features, enhancement and bug-fixes:
  • Update Scintilla from v4.4.6 to v5.2.1 and add Lexilla v5.1.5. (Fix #10504)
  • Enhance dark mode support (Shortcut Mapper, autocompletion, calltip, Column Editor and Style configurator, Preferences dialog, etc…) (Fix #11530, #11522, #11407, #11514, #11506, #11497)
  • Fix lossing characters issue after case-conversion (UPPER/lower). (Fix #11463)
  • Fix “Sort Lines as Integer” not considering negative number issue. (Fix #11023, #2025)
  • Sort languages alphabetically automatically in Style Configurator. (Fix #11337)
  • Fix flashing box (autocompletion empty list) appears while typing issue. (Fix #9433)
  • Scrolling Document List automatically to make the selected tab item visible. (Fix #11204)
  • Make Find in Files search result line number aligned. (Fix #11119)
  • Add default A-Z sorting ability in Function list. (Fix #11446)
  • Add virtual space ability. (Fix #11443, #11444)
  • Fix document being wronly marked as saved bug after converting its encoding. (Fix #11436)
  • Fix Document list not sync with tab order after sorting. (Fix #11272)
  • Fix file saving critical bug under Symantec encryption desktop. (Fix #11339)
  • Fix cropped text in Shortcut mapper’s status area issue. (Fix #10358)
  • Enhance installer: Remember the chosen language in the previous installation. (Implement #10582)
  • Improve Find/Replace Dialog layout. (Fix #11318)
  • Update NSIS & Inno Setup keyword lists.

New in Notepad++ 8.3.2 (Feb 27, 2022)

  • Fix incorrect message while double clicking on search result regression. (Fix #11215, #11106)
  • Fix regression: file can’t be saved if it’s set to other charset before. (Fix #11238)
  • Fix UDL comment config input fields broken regression. (Fix #11239)
  • Fix UDL dialog crash issue on over 30 created UDL. (Fix #11257)
  • Add sorting document tab order commands by name, path, type and size under “Window” Menu. (Fix #10393)
  • Add API NPPM_GETCURRENTLINESTR and variable $(CURRENT_LINESTR) for RunDlg. (Fix #11216)
  • Support better 2GB+ file (cmdline & session file adaptation). (Fix #11213)
  • Fix auto-completion sort order problem due to fx icon. (Fix #11233)
  • Refine auto-saving session on exit behaviour. (Fix #11249)
  • Enhance performance on exit with certain settings. (Fix #11219)
  • Fix auto-complete case insensitive not working issue. (Fix #11187)
  • Fix saving problem (regression) with “Sysnative” alias in x86 binary. (Fix #11196)

New in Notepad++ 8.3.1 (Feb 15, 2022)

  • Fix XML tag adding or mark deletion crash issue. (Fix #11128)
  • Fix wrong cursor position on opened file & cmdline ‘-n’ param not working regression. (Fix #11131)
  • Revert “Enable backup on save (simple) feature by default”.
  • Restore auto-completion insert selection default behaviour (now with both ENTER & TAB as expected). (Fix #11178)
  • Fix Path Completion not working regression. (Fix #11147)
  • Fix target directory parameter (/D=) ignored by x64 installer regression. (Fix #11072)
  • Add icons on function items of auto-completion to distinguish from word items. (Implement #11087)
  • Fix file dialog “Append extension” checkbox not working on empty folder. (Fix #10436)
  • Fix link part of Dark Mode Customized tone not persistent issue. (Fix #11095)
  • Fix NPPM_RELOADFILE not working with converted 8.3 DOS file name (from long file name) bug. (Fix #11106)

New in Notepad++ 8.3 (Feb 4, 2022)

  • Remove 2GB file open restriction for x64 binary.
  • Improve large files (200MB) loading speed and editing/browsing performance.
  • Fix Find in Files crash issue.

New in Notepad++ 8.2.1 (Jan 24, 2022)

  • A regression of “loaded session being empty on exit” has been fixed. Find/Replace swap button is added in this release. An option for inserting auto-completion selection (with TAB or ENTER key) is also added in this version, to fix hitting twice ENTER to go to next line issue. More bug-fixes and enhancement are done in this release.

New in Notepad++ 8.2 (Jan 1, 2022)

  • Add exclude folder(s) capacity in Find in Files (mouse hover on “Filters” label for getting the example on tool-tip). (Fix #2433, #8350)
  • Fix UTF-8 detected wrongly as TIS-620 encoding issue. (Fix #10916, #940, #8755, #3588, #3188, #4932, #3172, #10492)
  • Add auto save loaded session on exit feature (while “Open session in a new instance” is set in Multi-instance settings). (Fix #1646, #3241, #3574, #4228)
  • A comprehensive fix for dockable panels losing background color when switching back Notepad++. (Fix #2202, #2937, #5980, #8980, #9905, #10091)
  • Fix memory leak while toggling between Dark/Lite Mode. (Fix #10957)
  • Fix caret left-right inverse moving in RTL mode issue. (Fix #8553, #7678, #9730)
  • Fix Document List icons unchanged issue after switching to dark mode or changing to alternative icons. (Fix #10740)
  • Fix incorrect folding behaviour in C, C++, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript and Objective-C. (Fix #4560)
  • Update boost regexp from v1.76 to v1.78. (Implement #10912)
  • “Rename tab” name field enlargement (from 20 to 63 char!). (Fix #10961, #9849)
  • Apply “crontab” file to the syntax highlighting of bash. (Fix #3377)

New in Notepad++ 8.1.9.3 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • Fix regression: detection of backup file restored back problem. (Fix #10839)
  • Fix saving file and false alert on network drive issues. (Fix #10751, #10688, #10753, #10757, #10751, #10787)
  • Fix dockable panels lose background color issue when switching back Notepad++. (Fix #2202, #2937, #5980, #8980, #9905, #10091)
  • Fix dirty status persisting issue after reloading file. (Fix #10796)
  • Add Lua function list capacity. (Implement #4563)

New in Notepad++ 8.1.9.2 (Nov 21, 2021)

  • Fix failure of erasing & saving server logs (of network drive) regression.
  • Fix dark mode not working on Windows 10 2H22.
  • Fix crash in regex search.
  • Fix UDL folding breaking with delimiters issue if UNIX EOL applied.
  • Fix UDL generic dark mode via UDL UI not working issue.
  • Fix disabling alternative icons on tab in dark mode issue.

New in Notepad++ 8.1.9.1 (Nov 14, 2021)

  • Fix a regression of saving problem.
  • Fix a regression of reloading false alarm from the network drive.

New in Notepad++ 8.1.9 (Oct 22, 2021)

  • Notepad++ v8.1.9 bug-fixes:
  • Fix empty file with non-Unicode encoding cannot be saved issue. (Fix #10699)
  • Fix language list in Style Configurator not being reloaded issue. (Fix #9512)

New in Notepad++ 8.1.8 (Oct 19, 2021)

  • Fix config files (XML) saving performance regression. (Fix #10678, #10674)
  • Workaround Microsoft dark mode API bug of Windows 11. (Fix #10510)

New in Notepad++ 8.1.6 (Oct 13, 2021)

  • Notepad++ v8.1.6 bug-fixes:
  • Fix NUL file-corruption issue after system shutting down brutally. (Fix #6133)
  • Fix session lost issue after MS update restarting Windows. (Fix #10402)
  • Make Markdown UDL work in every dark theme. (Fix #10593)
  • Fix file can be marked as saved even it’s been deleted outside. (Fix #10401)
  • Fix status bar text display glitchy in dark mode. (Fix #10564)
  • Fix white flash on Notepad++ startup in dark mode issue. (Fix #10601)
  • Fix docked window sizing direction problem in RTL mode. (Fix #10536)
  • Fix floating panel movement issue in RTL mode. (Fix #10579)
  • Fix Print GUI bug in Preferences dialog. (Fix #10552)

New in Notepad++ 8.1.5 (Sep 27, 2021)

  • Make Insert date time customizable. (Fix #10467)
  • Make date time order reversible for short & long format. (Fix #10445)
  • Add Insert Date/Time commands shortcut & macro capacities. (Fix #10567)
  • Fix regression: no error message when locked file could not be saved - Show file locked warning now. (Fix #9994)
  • Make “Confirm Save All” dialog more clear: use “Always Yes” button instead of “Cancel”. (Fix #10339)
  • Improve JSON, PHP, PYTHON, CSS, BANNC and VHDL syntax highlighting in dark mode. (Fix #10502, #10425, commit)
  • Fix inconsistency of Document List context menu. (Fix #10463)
  • Enable/disable ext column via Document list context menu directly. (Fix #10468)
  • Add path column in Document list panel. (Fix #9679)
  • Allow custom color for Document Map. (Fix #10052)
  • Fix docked/float panels in RTL layout issue. (Fix #10488)
  • Fix CSS pseudo-elements not recognized issue. Update CSS keywords and add new styles. (Fix #10425)
  • Fix issue that current directory not been applied after changing current directory option in preferences. (Fix #10396)
  • Sort Default language combobox of “New Document” section in Preferences. (Fix #10513)

New in Notepad++ 8.1.4 (Aug 25, 2021)

  • Notepad++ v8.1.4 release important fixes and enhancement:
  • Fix regression of find/replace and file open performance issue.
  • Make dark mode compatible with Windows 11.
  • Make current existing plugins’ toolbar icons display in both light and dark mode.
  • Support TypeScript language (syntax highlighting, auto-completion & function list).
  • Add Insert Date Time commands for both short & long format.

New in Notepad++ 8.1.3 (Aug 13, 2021)

  • Here are the change log of this release:
  • Dark mode enhancement: 95.427% of dialogs in Notepad++ are dark-modable. (Implement #10061, #10287, #10285, #10283, #10275, #10273, #10269, #10049, #10196, #10066, #10264, #10242, #10255, #10253, #10210, #10251, #10249, #10247, #10245, #10236, #10233, #10178, #10069, #10205, #10027, #10221, #10230, #10226)
  • Improve GUI display under high DPI.
  • Add Markdown UDL of dark mode in release packages. (Fix #10196)
  • Fix crash issue when several instances of the save dialogs are shown. (Fix #10290)
  • Fix save dialog not working on Windows Vista. (Fix #10238)
  • Add the capacity to switch among Find/Replace/FiF/Mark via their shortcuts. (Implement #10019)
  • Make Document List Panel togglable via View menu and shortcutable in shortcut mapper. (Implement #3526, #9015)
  • Fix Function list current empty lost issue while Sort/Unsort/Save/Reload. (Fix #8819, #10280, #10294)
  • Fix Functions list scrolling to the top on file save issue. (Fix #9659)
  • Fix wrong path in tooltip of tab in RTL mode. (Fix #8520)
  • Fix the file drag and drop bug in RTL mode. (Fix #8730)
  • Add filter capacity in Shortcut mapper by shortcut key combination (Implement #5616, #9316)
  • Add copy file names capacity from Windows dialog. (Implement #10123)
  • Fix shortcut conflict detection error in Shortcut mapper while filtering. (Fix #5374)
  • Increase macro, user command and plugin command number capacity. (Fix #10263)

New in Notepad++ 8.1.2 (Jul 19, 2021)

  • Make dark mode restartless. (Fix #10121)
  • Activate dark mode in Windows 11. (Fix #10136)
  • Make Notepad++ dark mode colors customizable: add 6 more color tone choices. (Implement #10128)
  • Add customizing dynamically dark mode colors capacity (Implement #10145)
  • Add command line flag -udl=“UDL name” to open a file by applying an existent UDL via its name. (Implement #10102)
  • Use always current file directory in File Rename dialog. (Fix #10095)
  • Fix “Remember last used directory” unexpected behaviour. (Fix #10115)
  • Fix corrupted encoding text on status bar if shortcut assigned to encode command. (Fix #10146)
  • Add a Save all confirm dialog. (Fix #2124, #9931)
  • Improve JavaScript auto-completion.

New in Notepad++ 8.1.1 (Jul 4, 2021)

  • Fix edit zone not being applied to dark mode issue on another user account in the same machine (Fix #10076).
  • Enhance dark mode (make user interface more dark-modable).

New in Notepad++ 8.1 (Jun 17, 2021)

  • Fix regression of auto-completion performance issue (Fix #9975)
  • Fix Open dialog with “Save” label for “Open” button (Fix #9966)
  • Fix Notepad++ crash on dark mode while starting up (Fix #9961)
  • Improve look & feel in dark mode (Fix #9982)
  • Adapt Tooltips in dark mode (Fix #9962)
  • Remove white line under menubar in dark mode (Fix #9984)
  • Make multiline and vertical tabs work in dark mode (Implement #10017)

New in Notepad++ 8.0 (Jun 7, 2021)

  • Add Dark Mode. (Implement #9183 & #7692)
  • ARM64 build is available. (Implement #5158)
  • One button to build them all - build Notepad++ with Scintilla static lib and Boost RegExpr headers. (Implement #9594)
  • Add new Fluent UI icons for toolbar. (Implement #9742)
  • Add new feature “Distraction Free Mode” (Menu “View->Distraction Free Mode”).
  • Add new API NPPM_ADDTOOLBARICON_FORDARKMODE for dark mode (Implement #9928).
  • Add 1 click action (SHIFT-click) on close button to close all tabs in dockable panel (Implement #8922.
  • Add ability of changing select text foreground color (optional). (Fix #3397 & #1314)
  • Allow Replace to stop after replacement (optional). (Implement #4437)
  • Fix append extension feature not working in save dialog. (Fix #9939)
  • Add ability to reverse line order. (Implement #9837)
  • Add ability to style only current instance of text. (Fix #9263)
  • Fix duplicated entries in Auto-Completion pop-up window. (Fix #9711)
  • Fix Python Function List not showing functions in some circumstance. (Fix #9844)
  • Enhance Folder as Workspace performance while adding/removing files in bulk. (Fix #9203)
  • Add Ada, Fortran, Fortran77 & Haskell in function lists. (Fix #9698)
  • Improve performance of “Open all” command in Search results. (Fix #9819)
  • Add “Copy Pathnames” command to Search results context menu. (Fix #9821)
  • Catch regex search exceptions and show exception message. (Fix #9565)
  • Add MarkAll Preference settings for case and word. (Fix #9751 & #5148)
  • Fix regression: Handle “Default Directory” setting correctly in Open/Save File Dialog. (Fix #9767)
  • Fix a special character in UTF16 file crash issue (regression). (Fix #9797)
  • Add “Append extension” checkbox to Save As dialog. (Implement #9515)
  • Fix Copy command in Search result is available as there’s no selection. (Fix #9757)
  • Add padding ability in the edit zone. (Fix #2323)
  • Make new tab name translatable. (Fix #2837)
  • Improve character case handling in RegEx. (Fix #9636)
  • Fix dragged out UDL file is not applied to UDL in the new instance. (Fix #3451)
  • Add command line parameter for adding specified string to app title bar. (Implement #9539)
  • Fix Auto-Completion ignoring case issue. (Fix #3997, #4833 & #4998)
  • Fix “Match Whole Word” option being enabled in RegEx Search. (Fix #9766)
  • Fix sort with column key selection that appears after tab characters. (Fix #9682)
  • Fix “Reload Workspace” menu command not working issue. (Fix #9350)
  • Fix view file in Edge browser failure issue if name contains spaces. (Fix #9313)
  • Add ability to avoid accumulating multiple search results. (Fix #8777)
  • Fix UTF-16 decoding/encoding for code points above U+FFFF. (Fix #9597, #3747 & #5754)
  • Fix “Save As” command removing original path from recent files history issue. (Fix #9673)
  • Fix function List button tool tips mixed up issue. (Fix #9804)
  • Remove Microsoft Bing from Notepad++ for Search on Internet command, due to its poor reliability. (Ref)

New in Notepad++ 7.9.5 (Mar 23, 2021)

  • Fix Notepad++ not starting up due to SaveAsAdmin plugin (for installer package). (Fix #9514)
  • Fix UNC path with quotes handling in folder & file Open/Save dialog. (Fix #9582)
  • Fix file doesn’t save as extension type on Windows 7. (Fix #9657)

New in Notepad++ 7.9.4 (Mar 15, 2021)

  • Upgrade Scintilla from v4.2.0 to v4.4.6. (Implement #9550)
  • Fix DPI scaling broken while dragging Notepad++ into the 2nd monitor regression. (Fix #9513, #9579)
  • Add “Find in Projects” feature. (Implement #8125)
  • Fix project workspace changes lost on save cancel issue. (Fix #9605)
  • Fix folder picker not being launched issue because provided directory is invalid. (Fix #9569)
  • Fix network path (UNC path) not working in file dialog. (Fix #9527)
  • Fix shortcut name more than 64 characters makes a menu entry empty name issue. (Fix #9556)
  • Fix extension appending issue in file dialog. (Fix #9510)
  • Fix file not turning to modified state (with Session Manager plugin) bug after its content being changed. (Fix #9475)
  • Add an option to mute all sounds in preferences dialog. (Fix #7950)
  • Make JSON auto-indent for brace. (Fix #9499)

New in Notepad++ 7.9.3 (Feb 15, 2021)

  • Notepad++ v7.9.3 Enhancements & bug-fixes:
  • Discontinued support for Windows XP due to technical reasons. Notepad++ 7.9.2 is the last version to run on Windows XP. (Ref)
  • Upgrade Notepad++ License: update GPL version from v2 to v3. (Fix #9425)
  • Fix the regression of copying line data from search results. (Fix #9334)
  • Fix “Print Line Number” preference is ignored for printing regression. (Fix #9379)
  • Fix a regression in Chinese Simplified localization. (Fix #9329)
  • Fix dockable panels not being displayed regression due to multi-instance mode activation. (Fix #9341 & #9363)
  • Make split-lines feature work again with multi-edge rightmost specified edge. (Fix #8262)
  • Enhance modern style file dialog for allowing UNIX style file path. (Fix #9374)
  • Use the modern browse folder dialog to get folder path. (Fix #8513)
  • Improve option for setting save dialog filter to All Types. (Fix #9325)
  • Add ability to delete entries from combo box history in Find dialog with DELETE key. (Implement #9366)
  • Fix lost session issue on Windows reboot/shutdown. (Fix #7839)
  • Add “save Folder as Workspace in session” option in save session dialog. (Implement #9165)
  • Make value dialog height accurate in any DPI. (Fix #8443)
  • Fix issue that Switch-To-Panel keyboard shortcuts cannot be used in context menu. (Fix #9435)
  • Fix a memory leak issue. (Ref)
  • Fix blurry display problem on an extended monitor. (Fix #8115)
  • Fix incompatible plugin not being deleted issue. (Fix #9377)
  • Synchronize GUP localization file (if available) with Notepad++ in installer.
  • Enhance “No update” dialog with the download page link in the Notepad++ updater.
  • Fix NPPM_SETLINENUMBERWIDTHMODE API not working issue. (Fix #9338)

New in Notepad++ 7.9.2 (Jan 1, 2021)

  • Fix regression of auto-Indent.
  • Add custom URI schemes ability.
  • Improve URL parser: fix apostrophe in an URL issue.
  • Add context menu with "Copy link" ability.
  • Add color samples on menu items for styling features.
  • Add "-settingsDir" argument for overriding default settings path.
  • Fix crash while exit command issued by plugin.
  • Fix several bugs of PHP parser rule for function list.
  • Move "Normal Text" to top in Languages Menu.
  • Add new API NPPM_GETSETTINGSONCLOUDPATH for plugins.
  • Add an option for displaying constant line number width.
  • Fix function list is empty with new user profile in the same PC issue.
  • Fix single-quoted string being badly recognized as attribute value in XML.
  • Fix docked panels appear with "-nosession" cmd line parameters.
  • Improve text selection after Replace All In Selection operation.
  • Add the number of total documents on windows dialog's title bar.
  • Fix scroll to last line problem after main window resizing.
  • Fix Plugin admin display UTF-8 issue in its description.
  • Fix Search result's text direction (RTL) not always synchronized with main edit zone's one issue.
  • Fix dockable panels display issue in RTL direction.
  • Fix Search result line number highlighting inaccurate issue.
  • Make "Line" preceding each line number on Search Results translatable.
  • Fix menu check marks not being removed after closing "Clipboard History" and "Character Panel" panels.
  • Fix command line arguments -p, -n & -c negative value's undefined behaviour.
  • Add new Margin/Border/Edge sub-page in Preferences.
  • Fix find in files failure issue due to directory path with leading/trailing spaces.
  • Fix folder icon display issue in "Folder as Workspace" after "Expand/Collapse All".
  • Make "Clipboard History" and "Character Panel" togglable.
  • Fix Find in found results dialog launch failure after macro execution.
  • Disallow Goto dlg offset option from moving to position inside multi-byte char or between CR and LF.
  • Fix "Go to..." dialog wrong Offset value in empty files.
  • Prevent corruption possibility when using -p command line parameter in a UTF file.
  • Improve indent guidelines on non-brace control block languages.
  • Prevent names of untitled tabs from duplication.
  • Add tooltips for Folder as Workspace 3 commands.
  • Fix "SCI_NEWLINE" inside a macro not working issue.
  • Fix bug where search-results won't open 'new 1' file.
  • Fix tab close button remain pushed issue.
  • Enhance ghost typing command line argument feature - using white space directly instead of %20.

New in Notepad++ 7.9.1 (Nov 2, 2020)

  • Fix NUL file-corruption bug after Windows shutdown brutally (Fix #6133).
  • Fix inaccurate URL detection by replacing a new URL parser (Fix #3912, #3353, #4643, #5029, #6155, #7791, #8634)
  • Fix RegEx look behind operations and A and and b and z (Fix #713, #1870, #2216, #2360, #9004, #4855).
  • Split functionList.xml into multifile in “functionList” Folder (Implement #4896).
  • Make tray icon work again in administrator mode (Fix #8528).
  • Fix dialogs & floating dockable panels don’t minimize to system tray issue (Fix #9044, #8928).
  • Add alternative icon set for tab bar (Implement #8068).
  • Add ability to remove any duplicate lines in a document, keeping the first occurrence (Fix #8965).
  • Fix incorrect icon for monitoring status in Document list panel and in Document switcher (Fix #8783).
  • Add copy marked text & styled text to clipboard commands to menu (Implement #8943, #6095).
  • Fix find-all-open-docs not finding all matches in ANSI files (Fix #8901).
  • Display long lines better in Find-result panel by increasing its max length to 2048 (Fix #7723).
  • Fix double clicking on find result line not working (Fix #9009, #8525).
  • Fix Find-result rclick-Copy incomplete data bug (Fix #8801).
  • Add case insensitive lines sorting (Implement #4479).
  • Add “Open Containing Folder as Workspace” command in main menu and in context menu of tabs (Implement #3028).
  • Enhance Sel info of status bar (Fix #8524).
  • Add new option for save type of normal text files in Save dialog (Fix #8866).
  • Fix file path truncated issue in save confirmation dialog (Fix #8812).
  • Fix auto-Indent not working for PowerShell (Fix #9049).
  • Allow setting of background color for bookmark margin (Fix #8833).
  • Fix smart-highlighting not applying to cloned view (Fix #7910).
  • Fix smart highlight issue related to EOF (Fix #8908).
  • Fix closing file in 2nd view not removed from Doc Switcher (Fix #8800).
  • Add Delete keystroke to remove selected root from Folder as Workspace (Fix #8960).
  • Add TAB keystroke in Function List to switch between search field and list (Fix #8665).
  • Add ESC keystroke in Function List to switch to edit window (Fix #8886).
  • Add ESC keystroke to close Search Results Window (Implement #2946).
  • Fix data-prefixed attributes are not recognized in HTML (Fix #6200).

New in Notepad++ 7.9 (Sep 27, 2020)

  • Add the ability to open the target file of a Shortcut (*.lnk).
  • Enhance side panels behaviour: close a single panel instead of the entire stack.
  • Fix Monitoring & document auto-update not scrolling to the end of the file with Word wrap enabled issue.
  • Fix mouse cursor flicker while hovering URLs.
  • Add back hovered blue underlined URLs.
  • Enhance C++, Perl, Python parsers and add VHDL in Function List.
  • Improve some ambiguous commands naming in Shortcut Mapper.
  • Add an option to prevent right click from canceling selection.
  • Add ability to sort lines randomly.
  • Fix “Close All BUT this” looses current document data issue.
  • Allow user to start making a stream selection and then change to column block (by pressing ALT key).
  • Add word wrap option to find results context menu.
  • Add keyboard navigation ability to Column Editor.
  • Add keyboard shortcut ability to Projects, Folder as Workspace and Function List for switching among these panels.
  • Enable project panels toggle from menu.
  • Enhance Folder as Workspace to restore latest selected item of last session on Notepad++ startup.
  • Fix inaccurate line margin update with word wrap enabled.
  • Fix Find previous/next commands not scroll vertically to show match result issue (with word wrap disabled).
  • Fix column key sort with col block starting in col1 bug.
  • Add confirmation preference for Replace All in All Opened Documents operation.
  • Add Escape keypress in functionlist searchbox to clear its text.
  • Add RTL capability to localized messageboxes.
  • Make (Find) dlgAlwaysVisible a true Preference setting.
  • Fix sorting by column key using incorrect key values.
  • Add search scope to Find window status bar output.
  • Fix false hit result in Find in Finder.
  • Prevent redundant line data copy in Finder.

New in Notepad++ 7.8.9 (Jul 16, 2020)

  • Notepad++ v7.8.9 bug-fixes:
  • Fix Line operations (join lines, split lines, remove duplicate lines and sort lines) doing one too many lines issue.
  • Fix the regression of jump line failure via command line (-n).
  • Fix URL Hovered colour disappears after modifying any Clickable Link Settings regression.
  • Fix URL is not clickable in certain stuation while wrapped is enabled.
  • Fix “Save” not working in Windows dialog.
  • Fix Flickering cursor after double clicking a found line in find results.
  • Fix Found line may not be centered by double clicking in find results, if word wrap is on.
  • Fix wrong horizontal scroll bar position after restoring Window position.
  • Fix Find result window output TAB-width incoherent issue.

New in Notepad++ 7.8.8 (Jun 28, 2020)

  • Fix accented characters in ANSI files not found in “find in files” and “replace in files” commands issues.
  • Add an option to improve rendering special Unicode characters by using Scintilla’s DirectWrite technology.
  • Fix URL invisible issue in dark themes.
  • Fix the focus not on the opening new file issue.
  • Fix Workspace (Project panel), Folder As Workspace and function list keep focus issue after double clicking an item.
  • Add Ctrl+Backspace ability to delete word for comboboxes in Find/Replace dialog.
  • Add ability to find-all in selected text.
  • Fix wrong treatment of backslashes as escape sequences in autocompletion.
  • Enhance “Remove Empty Lines” command: Allow scope to be limited by an active selection.
  • Fix loading of project & session files by drag & drop not working issue.
  • Fix block selection cursor wrong positions after typing TAB.
  • Add confirmation prompt to “Replace all in all opened documents” command to avoid PBKAC.

New in Notepad++ 7.8.7 (Jun 9, 2020)

  • Fix new style save dialog by selecting right file filter and adding extension automatically.
  • Add right-click context menu to bookmark margin.
  • Add sub-menu bullets for cascaded Encoding and Language menus.
  • Display file name as root of workspace instead of “Workspace”.
  • Add file extension automatically for session files and workspace files while saving in new style dialog.
  • Fix file reading failure (network problem) not detected issue.
  • Improve Document Map precision.
  • Fix clickable links break syntax highlighting issue.
  • Fix current range detached from Document Map issue.
  • Disallow backward regex searches due to sometimes surprising results (an non-UI option is available to enable it).
  • Fix wrong project panel at start by opening a project via command line.
  • Allow user to skip *.* when adding only excluding Filters for Find/Replace In Files.
  • Fix Doc switcher icon state update issue for cloned documents.
  • Assign CTRL-M as default shortcut for invoking mark dialog.
  • Fix also a folding visual glitch in Find result.
  • Add count of files searched to ‘Find result’ output.
  • Fix Find/Replace history lost issue.
  • Fix bug of Mark clearing in selection mode.
  • Fix auto-completion suggest the same word while the word being modified.

New in Notepad++ 7.8.6 (Apr 21, 2020)

  • Add multi-column marker (multi-line edge) feature.
  • Add dynamical sorting feature for Folder as Workspace.
  • Make MRU tab activate instead of rightmost tab while tab closure (if MRU enabled).
  • Fix folding state lost on the next startup issue.
  • Make Replace-in-Files confirmation dialog modal to prevent from crashing.
  • Add support of smart-indenting for Perl and Rust.
  • Make recorded macro (IDC_FINDNEXT & IDC_FINDPREV)retro-compatible up to 7.8.4.

New in Notepad++ 7.8.5 (Mar 6, 2020)

  • Fix “Monitoring” not detecting all file changes issue.
  • Fix auto-updater disabling not working regression.
  • Fix Notepad++ doesn’t exit correctly while Windows 10 update restart.
  • Make Count command in Find dialog respect Backward-direction and Wrap-around options.
  • Make Find dialog remember its position across runs.
  • Add the document size column to the Windows Selection dialog.
  • Make “View Current File in(browser)” commands macro recordable.
  • Add external sound control capability for unsuccessful search (in Find dialog) bell.

New in Notepad++ 7.8.4 (Jan 30, 2020)

  • Fix regression of double clicking a found in files result while Word-Wrap is on.
  • Fix HashFromDlg title bar localization issue.

New in Notepad++ 7.8.3 (Jan 16, 2020)

  • Add the “Expand All”, “Fold All” and “Select/Show current editing file” capacity into Folder as Workspace.
  • Fix restoring line position issue while document is wrapped.
  • Improve Json syntax highlighting.
  • Make filling find field of Find dialog with selected word(s) optional.
  • Make doSaveOrNot dialog simpler when there’s a single file to save.
  • Fix auto-insert {[“”]} imbrication not working issue.
  • Make cmd cli (for “Open Containing Folder in cmd”) customizable.
  • Prevent from setting Updater’s Proxy as Notepad++ is not in Admin mode.
  • Disable file association settings when Notepad++’s no admin right.
  • Fix incremental search bar “highlight all” option not conserved bug.
  • Enhance SQL syntax highlighting (add 2 more keyword lists).
  • Fix too small buffer issue during add text macro playback.
  • Fix “Close All Unchanged” not working issue for sub-view.
  • Eliminate garbage displaying in Find-result fold margin.

New in Notepad++ 7.8.2 (Dec 6, 2019)

  • Add key shortcuts in Save or not dialog.
  • Add find in files filter excluding ability.
  • Add “Open UDL folder” command.
  • Fix issue of showing save dialog twice while cloned file is dirty.
  • Enhance “Open Explorer” command in Folder as workspace with expected path.
  • Fix tab dragging issues.
  • Enhance “Close all but This” and “Close all to the left/right” commands while files are dirty.
  • Enhance “In Selection” option in Find dialog.
  • Fix Notepad++ blocked in notification zone issue.
  • Make end-of-line conversion operations macroable.
  • Fix “View Current File In” commands disabled problem in some situations.

New in Notepad++ 7.8.1 (Oct 29, 2019)

  • Fix popup dialog on startup regression regarding notepad replacement issue.
  • Make monospaced font in Find dialog optional, disabled by default.
  • Add download progress bar while download plugin(s).
  • Fix issue for Alt+Tab doesn’t show Notepad++ on Windows 7.

New in Notepad++ 7.8 (Oct 11, 2019)

  • Upgrade Scintilla from 4.1.4 to 4.2.0
  • Fix non Unicode encoding problem in non-Western language(Chinese or Turkish).
  • Add “No to All” and “Yes to All” options in Save dialog.
  • Add the command line argument “-openFoldersAsWorkspace” to open folders in “folder as workspace” panel. Example: notepad++ -openFoldersAsWorkspace c:srcmyProj01 c:srcmyProj02
  • Enhance plugin system: allow any plugin to load private DLL files from the plugin folder.
  • Fix File-Rename failing when new name is on a different drive.
  • Make “Clear all marks”, “Inverse Bookmark”, “Remove Consecutive Duplicate Lines” & “Find All Current Document” to be macro recordable.
  • Make “Command Argument Help” MessageBox modal.
  • Fix Folder as Workspace crash and “queue overflow” issues.
  • Make Combobox font monospace in Find dialog.
  • Fix folding in user-defined languages for non-windows line endings.
  • Fix crash of Folder as Workspace when too many directory changes happen.
  • Fix ‘-nosession’ overwrites config.xml issue.
  • Fix the crash due to NPPM_DESTROYSCINTILLAHANDLE message.
  • Improve GUI in Find dialog for Find Previous & Find Next buttons.
  • Fix Sort Line as Integer regression.
  • Add more OS information to debug info.
  • Fix tab dragging issues under WINE and ReactOS.
  • Fix indent indicators continue to following code blocks for Python.
  • Fix Python folding collapse issue.
  • Fix crash when sorting “out of range” columns.
  • Fix find 2 times for the same occurrence in both original and cloned documents issue.
  • Fix command line issues where filenames have multiple white spaces in them.
  • Fix Document Peeker constantly changing focus problem.
  • Make backward direction checkbox be also on Find dialog’s Mark tab.
  • Add 2 new columns for HTML Code in the Character Panel.
  • Fix “clear all marks in find dialog also removes bookmarks” issue.
  • Enhance supported language (on function list or auto-completion): LISP, BaanC,(PL/)SQL & COBOL.

New in Notepad++ 7.7.1 (Jun 20, 2019)

  • Fix drag and drop tab regression: dragging tab is switched to another tab issue.
  • Fix an input regression: Cyrillic, Turkish and other languages input issue in ANSI mode.
  • Fix an ASP regression: VB looses syntax highlighting in ASP document.
  • Fix Reload dialog displaying issue during File Monitoring.
  • Fix “unhide lines” markers disappears issue.
  • Fix Plugin menu is not localized issue if no plugin installed.
  • Add “Copy File Name” command in context menu of “Folder as Workspace”.
  • Fix crash while sorting lines with numbers longer than 20 digits.
  • Enable Scintilla Virtual Space Option change from macro.
  • Add Tcl, CMake and AutoIt keywords; add Python and SQL new syntax highlighting cathegories.

New in Notepad++ 7.7 (May 20, 2019)

  • list itemContinue Microsoft binary code signing thanks to the offer from DigiCert (again).
  • Upgrade Scintilla from v3.56 to v4.14.
  • Fix a regression about memory issue while reloading a file.
  • Fix cursor flickering problem after double clicking on URL.
  • Make Python files default to using spaces instead of tabs.
  • Add “Count in selection” option in Find dialog.
  • Add Ctrl + R shortcut for “Reload from disk” command.
  • Fix display problem in CSS while using themes (Remove Batang font for CSS tags).
  • Fix crash while right clicking on DocSwitcher’s column bar.
  • Fix all plugins being removed problem while Plugin Admin romoves an old plugin (of old system).

New in Notepad++ 7.6.6 (Apr 4, 2019)

  • Notepad++ v7.6.6 bug-fix:
  • Fix crash issue inserted by adding an enhancement for retaining read only setting state in session.
  • Notepad++ v7.6.5 enhancements & bug-fixes:
  • Security enhancement: GPG Signature is provided for Notepad++ release.
  • Fix a long waiting issue about file auto change detection: enhance "File status Auto-Detection" to avoid switching editing tab off behaviour.
  • Fix encoding (language) detection regressions since v7.6.
  • Fix a regression: double-clicking on a "find all in current document" result for an unsaved doc prompts to save it.
  • Added close all unchanged tabs command.
  • Restore deleted "Launch in browser" customized shortcuts in EU-FOSSA bounty program by implementing them in more secure way: Add "View Current
  • Retain read only setting state in session.
  • Enhancement: after file reload user can still undo.
  • Fix a bug in command "Remove Consecutive Duplicate Lines" and make it work with old Macintosh EOL.
  • Fix UDL language marker bullet position, if UDL Name exceeds 14 characters, extend UDL names to max 64 characters.
  • Enhance external call code to avoid eventual arbitrary commands execution. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Fix crash issue by command "On Selection->Open File" while the number of selected characters is exceed 2048. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Fix crash issue of User Define dialog while deleting a unallocated entry. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Fix crash issue on shortcut command while its length exceed 260. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Add an enhancement on "Open..." command to prevent from the eventual crash. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Fix stack Buffer Overflow in Command::extractArgs. (EURO-FOSSA)

New in Notepad++ 7.6.5 (Apr 2, 2019)

  • Security enhancement: GPG Signature is provided for Notepad++ release.
  • Fix a long waiting issue about file auto change detection: enhance "File status Auto-Detection" to avoid switching editing tab off behaviour.
  • Fix encoding (language) detection regressions since v7.6.
  • Fix a regression: double-clicking on a "find all in current document" result for an unsaved doc prompts to save it.
  • Added close all unchanged tabs command.
  • Restore deleted "Launch in browser" customized shortcuts in EU-FOSSA bounty program by implementing them in more secure way: Add "View Current File in Browser" for Firefox, Chrome, IE & Edge.
  • Retain read only setting state in session.
  • Enhancement: after file reload user can still undo.
  • Fix a bug in command "Remove Consecutive Duplicate Lines" and make it work with old Macintosh EOL.
  • Fix UDL language marker bullet position, if UDL Name exceeds 14 characters, extend UDL names to max 64 characters.
  • Enhance external call code to avoid eventual arbitrary commands execution. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Fix crash issue by command "On Selection->Open File" while the number of selected characters is exceed 2048. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Fix crash issue of User Define dialog while deleting a unallocated entry. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Fix crash issue on shortcut command while its length exceed 260. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Add an enhancement on "Open..." command to prevent from the eventual crash. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Fix stack Buffer Overflow in Command::extractArgs. (EURO-FOSSA)

New in Notepad++ 7.6.4 (Mar 6, 2019)

  • Add Markdown in zip packages and fix Markdown not working in installer package of v7.6.3.
  • Switch from certificate verification to hashes verification due to "Notepad++" is rejected by certification authority.
  • Enhance User Defined Language System for supporting more than one UDL file. Here is new behaviour.
  • Add "Remove Consecutive Duplicate Lines" feature to remove duplicate consecutive lines from whole document.
  • Add new shortcut "shift + scroll" for horizontal scrolling.
  • Add Stack Overflow as search engine.
  • Add the capacity to rename non-existing document's tab.
  • Fixed file open hang issue in old style mode.
  • Fix "Find in files" tab translation issue on initial dialog call.
  • Fixed macro playback junk characters display issue on Find dialog.
  • Ensure each recorded command is playable before playing to avoid exploit in hacking. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Enhance "Search on Internet" command to avoid command hijacked. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Fix buffer overrun in Print dialog. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Load nppPluginList.dll as resource instead of binary for the sake of security. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Check Updater's authenticity before its each launch to prevent from hijacking. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Fix stack buffer overflow in WordStyle dialog. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Fix stack buffer overflow issue on User Define Language dialog. (EURO-FOSSA)
  • Prevent eventual DLL hijacking while loading plugins. (EURO-FOSSA)

New in Notepad++ 7.6.3 (Mar 6, 2019)

  • From this version Notepad++ will load plugins only from <NPP_INST_DIR>plugins. In the case of installer, Notepad++ is installed in %ProgramFiles%Notepad++ - plugins are loaded from %ProgramFiles%Notepad++plugins instead of %ProgramData%Notepad++plugins in the previous version. This change has no impact on current loading behaviour of portable version. Sorry for the inconvenience regarding this change - I believe there's no more modification concerning the plugins location in the future.

New in Notepad++ 7.6.2 (Jan 1, 2019)

  • Fix Plugins Admin unzip (0 lengh) bug.
  • Add generation of SHA-256 hash feature.
  • Add Plugins Admin module into portable version (zipped package).
  • Add new feature: double click splitter resets panes to equal size.
  • Fix the plugin crash issue due to the inexistent plugin conf path.

New in Notepad++ 7.6.1 (Dec 13, 2018)

  • X64 build available.
  • Fix the DLL Hijacking Vulnerability of previous versions (by updating NSIS to v3.0).
  • Auto-updater improvement: periodical check can be disable via auto-update prompt dialog.
  • Installer enhancement: Check if Notepad++ is running and ask the user to close it before continue.
  • Enhancement: add conflict detection to Shortcut Mapper.
  • Fix auto-completion on XML comment <!-- comment --> and <?xml> tag bug.
  • Fix file saving crash which can be reproduced through a specific way to save file.
  • Fix a crash issue while UDL's user keyword list is too long.
  • Fix HDPI issues for some components (task list, margins and shortcut mapper).
  • Add a new feature(optional) : Close the last document will quit Notepad++.
  • Add more Change Case variants (Title Case, Sentence case, iVERT cASE, rANdOm caSe).
  • Add Open file & open containing folder commands on selected file/folder name in text content.
  • Add Search on Internet command on selected word(s) in text content.
  • Add Scroll Tab Bar with mouse wheel capacity.
  • Add commands for moving the current file tab Forward/Backward.
  • Fix bug of monitoring not working for files under root.
  • Ruby is supported by Function List.
  • Added new option: Enable scrolling beyond last line.
  • Add an option to restore old behaviour (open files in folder) while folder being dropped.

New in Notepad++ 7.6 (Nov 20, 2018)

  • Add Built-in Plugins Admins. Users can install, update and remove plugins by some clicks via Plugins Admin
  • Change plugin loading method: Remove the legacy plugin loading way and apply only the new plugin loading method.
  • Add new message NPPM_GETPLUGINHOMEPATH in Notepad++ API for plugin, so plugin can get its path easily.
  • Fix a regression of performance issue while word wrap option is enable.
  • Fix a performance issue for switching back to folded document.
  • Fix crash issue due to Unix style path input in Open file dialog.
  • Fix UTF-8 detection problem: 4 byte characters UTF-8 character can be detected now.
  • Enhance/Fix encoding detection/problem.
  • Fix auto-indent issue by typing Enter on empty line.
  • Fix "Close all but this" behaviour if multiple views are present and some files are dirty.
  • Fix tool tip in document switcher showing the old name issue (after being renamed).
  • Add autoit and lua autoCompletion.

New in Notepad++ 7.5.9 (Oct 15, 2018)

  • Bug-fixes & enhancement:
  • Fix hanging problem while switching back a fully-folded document by using shortcut (Ctrl-TAB).
  • Fix possible file corruption during backup or power loss or other abnormal N++ termination.
  • Fix wrong backup file deleted issue.
  • Fix backup not fully disabled issue.
  • Add 2 command line flags "-notepadStyleCmdline" and "-z" for the replacement of notepad.exe.
  • Add new plugin API NPPM_REMOVESHORTCUTBYCMDID to allows plugins to remove unneeded shortcuts.
  • Fix Tail monitoring incoherent status after deleting a monitored file.
  • Fix issue with wrong smart highlighting when it is disabled.
  • Fix last active tab is ignored on Notepad++ restart issue.
  • Fix Tab non-responding by mouse click after dragging bug.
  • Fix switching back position restoring issue for wrapped document.
  • Add several spiritual quotes and a subtle Easter egg in the source code.
  • Included plugins:
  • NppExport v0.2.8 (32-bit x86 only)
  • Converter 4.2.1
  • Mime Tool 2.1
  • DSpellCheck 1.4.6
  • Updater (Installer only):
  • WinGup (for Notepad++) v5.0.3

New in Notepad++ 7.5.8 (Jul 24, 2018)

  • Remove annoying "no update" notification.
  • Fix Folder as Workspace not updating regression.
  • Fixed crash issue by checking & unchecking "Disable extension column" option in preferences dialog.
  • Fixed a crash when trying to launch a secondary instance with command line arguments.
  • Fix "Explorer Here" from "Folder as Workspace" problem if folder name contains comma.

New in Notepad++ 7.5.7 (Jul 1, 2018)

  • Fix hanging problem while shutdown and backup file is absent.
  • Fix Sort Lines as Integers issue: use Natural Sort algorithm.
  • Fix JavaScript not working regression in Function list.
  • Fix Open File Dialog error for a long path.
  • Fix document map display bug when the view is scrolled past the end of the file.
  • Fix tool bar display bug in big icon mode issue.
  • Make caret line always visible on click from Finder panel.
  • Fix UDL export extension issue.
  • Fix Run Macro multiple times dialog display glitch after deleting a Macro.

New in Notepad++ 7.5.6 (Mar 19, 2018)

  • Fix macro playing back crash issue on new added "find previous" and "find next" buttons
  • Function List enhancement: Highlight the current function based on cursor position
  • Fix crash on styler dialog of User Defined Language dialog
  • Fix file status detection issue under Windows XP
  • Ghost typing enhancement: Unicode, syntax highlighting and speed support
  • check the url for the usage of ghost typing on command line: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/ghost-typing.html )
  • Add a message from outer space

New in Notepad++ 7.5.5 (Feb 27, 2018)

  • Notepad++ 7.5.5 enhancements & bug-fixes:
  • Restore 2 buttons "<< Find Previous" & "Find Next >>" in Find dialog (optional).
  • Fix monitored (tail -f) file not always updated issue.
  • Keep Doc Switcher's ordering in sync with Tab bar.
  • Shortcut Mapper enhancements: Add filter capacity and make dialog resizable and maximizable.
  • Fix for "Toggle Single Line Comment" malfunctioning with HTML/XML.
  • Make Unix style path (slashes) work in open file dialog (optional).
  • Fix tab sticks to mouse pointer problem after external update of a opened file.
  • Fix encoding not sync (on status bar) after reloading.
  • Fix menu items' state is not maintained due to save macro command.
  • Fix line ending changes are not detected in reloaded changed files issue.
  • Fix highlighting of <script> tags in XML files issue.
  • Fix Unicode file name comparison to match Windows behaviour (as opposed to doing a linguistic filename comparison).
  • Included plugins:
  • NppExport v0.2.8 (32-bit x86 only)
  • Converter 4.2.1
  • Mime Tool 2.1
  • DSpellCheck 1.3.5
  • Updater (Installer only):
  • WinGup v4.2

New in Notepad++ 7.5.4 (Jan 2, 2018)

  • Notepad++ v7.5.4 enhancements & bug-fixes:
  • Fix a crash bug due to disordered notifications sent to plugins.
  • Fix encoding broken regression.
  • Improve smart highlighting performance.
  • Auto-completion enhancement: remove unwanted symbols {} for variable names.
  • Add auto-completion for BaanC & CoffeeScript.
  • Fix localization copy regression in Installer.

New in Notepad++ 7.5.3 (Dec 6, 2017)

  • 3 installer's issues have been fixed in release 7.5.3: shell extension registration, copying theme files and DSpellCheck installation failure.

New in Notepad++ 7.5.2 (Nov 28, 2017)

  • Fixed hanging issue while modifying JavaScript TAB settings.
  • Add DSpellCheck plugin into distribution.
  • Add version and other info into installer.
  • Fix an issue while installing a x64 version, x86 version (if it exists) is not removed - and vice versa.
  • Fix display glitch of certificate checking error message.
  • Remove unused/empty entries from shortcut mapper.
  • Add BaanC function list feature.
  • Add batch auto-completion into installer.

New in Notepad++ 7.5.1 (Aug 30, 2017)

  • Fix some excluded language cannot be remembered bug.
  • Fix a localization regression bug.
  • Fix the bug that Notepad++ create "%APPDATA%localnotepad++" folder in local conf mode.
  • Add Visual Prolog language support.
  • Add auto-completion support for batch file (*.bat).
  • Enhance Function List for PHP and JavaScript.
  • Enhance Shortcut Mapper by adding category column.
  • Make double click work for language menu disabling/enabling in preferences dialog.
  • Make double click work to improve file extension movement in Preferences dialog.
  • Fix bug: language menu item is restored back on the wrong zone.
  • Add a spiritual quote.

New in Notepad++ 7.5 (Aug 16, 2017)

  • Add new languages support: ASN.1, AviSynth, Blitz Basic, Csound, Erlang, escript, Forth, FreeBASIC, LaTeX, MMIX, Nimrod, nnCron, OScript, PureBasic, Rebol, registry, Rust, SPICE, txt2tags
  • Add "Open file in its default viewer" command.
  • Add "-quickPrint" command line argument: Launch Notepad++, print document & exit.
  • Add /noUpdater argument for installer to not install updater (useful in silent mode).
  • Add new installer argument /allowAppDataPluginsLoading.
  • Roll back to 1 "Find next" button in Find/Replace dialog, due to the inconsistence after removal of direction option.
  • Enhancement: empty fields "Replace with" and "Filters" of Find/Replace dialog are remembered in the next session.
  • Fix text selection in combo boxes of find/replace dialog problem on resizing.
  • Fix the issue of passing non-exist folder via command line without any warning.
  • Fix multi-line tab button remaining pushed issue while switching off.
  • Fix TAB key wired behavior on find/replace dialog's transparency radio button.
  • Fix click on tab without hitting close button but close file issue.
  • Fix Notepad++ modifying command line arguments issue (command line arguments could be visualized by system tools).
  • Fix file not dirty while its content changed on the hard drive.
  • Fix saved duplicated file in the same view issue.
  • Fix "Folder as Workspace" toolbar button not activated after dropping folder issue.

New in Notepad++ 7.4.2 (Jun 19, 2017)

  • Add SWIFT language support.
  • Fix replace in files regression.
  • Enhance Find Replace dialog (resizable & remove search direction radio buttons).
  • Fix a crash issue while doing a column insertion on a CJK unicode document.
  • Fix repeated notification dialog for modification from outside of Notepad++.
  • Fix a visual glitchy during tab drag and drop.

New in Notepad++ 7.4.1 (May 18, 2017)

  • A critical regression (in replace in files feature) has been found in v7.4.1, a new version with fix will come out this weekend. In the meantime please use Notepad++ v7.3.3. Sorry for the inconvenience.
  • Fix Notepad++ hanging issue on start up due to its connection on Internet - disable the certification chain verification.
  • Fix the opened zero length file not saving bug.
  • Improve Document Peeker performance issue for large files.

New in Notepad++ 7.4 (May 15, 2017)

  • Add document peek feature (while mouse hovering on tab).
  • Add peek on document map feature.
  • Fix issue with clicking links in html/js/asp/php.
  • Fix folding vertical line loses colour after changing folding style via Preference dialog.
  • Enhance folding feature (multi-line quotes) for python.
  • Improve certificate verifying method.
  • Fix issue of losing syntax highlighting while changing file extension (by "save as").
  • Enhance the UI of "Windows" dialog (Menu "Window->Windows...") for sorting.
  • Apply the new file custom encoding (Unicode or not) while opening an empty content file.
  • Improve whitespace visibility while the visualization of whitespace is activated.
  • Support RTL for header and footer printing.
  • Add a warning message for launching folder as Workspace while both files and folders are dropped in Notepad++.
  • Drag and dropping tabs is possible in multi-line tab mode.
  • Fix issue of right clicking on multiline tabs.
  • Add new moving tabs with mouse wheel feature (SHIFT + Mouse Wheel)
  • Fix text on active tabs (multi-line mode) being clipped problem.
  • Fix regression for saving session file (for session file extension, if set).
  • Enhance saving workspace file by adding workspace file extension (if set).
  • Fix change.log always opened issue.

New in Notepad++ 7.3.3 (Mar 9, 2017)

  • Fix CIA Hacking Notepad++ issue (https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/cms/page_26968090.html).
  • Fix mouse wheel to task list scroll crash bug.
  • Fix flickering issue while switching back after modifying or deleting a document from outside.
  • Support Motorola S-Record, Intel and Tektronix extended hex file formats.
  • Improve multi-line tab: maintaining the selected tab position.
  • Fix add char into word char list bug.
  • Add Shift+Enter in Find dialog for searching in the opposite direction.
  • Fix a regression that delimiter settings is not retained correctly.
  • Add clear command button in shortcut mapper.
  • Enhancement: file extension supported in Load/Save Session dialog if a session file extension is set.

New in Notepad++ 7.3.2 (Feb 14, 2017)

  • Fixed:
  • Crash issue on column mode editor.
  • "Use new style save dialog" setting's regression.
  • Word char list settings not applying on next launch issue.
  • Block uncomment for line comment bug.
  • The caret position not maintained issue between document move.
  • Caret goes to wrong position after word completion.
  • Toolbar not showing issue while launching Notepad++ from system tray in some unknown configuration.
  • Enhanced:
  • "Open file" command - open a file from editor zone without selecting its full path.
  • Function List for supporting language.
  • Added:
  • Error notification on run dialog.
  • Check mark in Language menu.
  • BaanC Language is supported.

New in Notepad++ 7.3.1 (Jan 17, 2017)

  • Notepad++ 7.3.1 bug-fix & enhancement:
  • Fix geneation of MD5 on Unicode bug
  • Enhancement : make "Word characters list" customizable
  • Included plugins:
  • NppExport v0.2.8 (32-bit x86 only)
  • Plugin Manager 1.3.5 (32-bit x86 only)
  • Converter 4.2
  • Mime Tool 2.1
  • Updater (Installer only):
  • WinGup v4.1

New in Notepad++ 7.3 (Jan 2, 2017)

  • Add MD5 functionalities.
  • Fix the problem of launch Notepad++ with Admin right after installation.
  • Fix a problem of recent file history - add to recent file history only if file is removed from all the views.
  • Get back Find dialog while you lost it (in a multi-screen + laptop configuration).
  • Fix long hyperlinks truncated problem.

New in Notepad++ 7.2.2 (Nov 28, 2016)

  • Fix auto-updater setting toggles between startups bug.
  • Fix "Replace All" button shortcut accelerator in Replce dialog not working regression.
  • Fix unusual plugin update prompt after upgrade to 7.2.1 version.

New in Notepad++ 7.2.1 (Nov 21, 2016)

  • Fix x64 installer regression issue - install in "C:Program Files" instead of "C:Program Files (x86)"
  • Fix expanding environment variables regression in backup path.
  • Make installer Unicode again.

New in Notepad++ 7.2 (Nov 3, 2016)

  • Add option for smart highlighting extension to anothe view
  • Fix Installer for 64-bit fails with argument "/D"
  • Fix uninstaller silent mode issue
  • Fix a tab settings regression
  • Fix file not saving bug (Ensure backup directory exists)

New in Notepad++ 7.1 (Oct 17, 2016)

  • Notepad++ v7.1 enhancements and bug-fixes:
  • Fix x64 crash on macro recording.
  • Fix x64 crash on new language dialog of UDL.
  • Check plugin architecture (32-bit or 64-bit) before loading.
  • Enhance Smart Highlighting feature: 1. match case 2. whole word only 3. use find dialog settings for both.
  • Fix poor performance of hex XML entities.
  • Reshow CallTip text on separator character.
  • Skip Auto-Complete self-closing HTML tags (, , ... etc).
  • Fix 2 UI issues for RTL layout.
  • Fix Folder as Workspace toolbar button inconsist behaviour.
  • Add option to skip word completion on numbers (default: ON).
  • Fix bookmarks toggled off's bug.
  • Sort plugin menu by plugin name.
  • Installer: Add 64-bit/32-bit old install detection, and old installation removal ability.
  • Installer: Ask user for keeping user data during uninstallation.
  • Installer: Fix uninstaller bug to not remove themes files from APPDATA.

New in Notepad++ 7.0 (Sep 22, 2016)

  • x64 build available.
  • Fix the DLL Hijacking Vulnerability of previous versions (by updating NSIS to v3.0).
  • Auto-updater improvement: periodical check can be disable via auto-update prompt dialog.
  • Installer enhancement: Check if Notepad++ is running and ask the user to close it before continue.
  • Enhancement: add conflict detection to Shortcut Mapper.
  • Fix auto-completion on XML comment and tag bug.
  • Fix file saving crash which can be reproduced through a specific way to save file.
  • Fix a crash issue while UDL's user keyword list is too long.
  • Fix HDPI issues for some components (task list, margins and shortcut mapper).
  • Add a new feature(optional) : Close the last document will quit Notepad++.
  • Add more Change Case variants (Title Case, Sentence case, iVERT cASE, rANdOm caSe).
  • Add Open file & open containing folder commands on selected file/folder name in text content.
  • Add Search on Internet command on selected word(s) in text content.
  • Add Scroll Tab Bar with mouse wheel capacity.
  • Add commands for moving the current file tab Forward/Backward.
  • Fix bug of monitoring not working for files under root.
  • Ruby is supported by Function List.
  • Added new option: Enable scrolling beyond last line.
  • Add an option to restore old behaviour (open files in folder) while folder being dropped.

New in Notepad++ 6.9.2 (May 18, 2016)

  • Add most wanted feature: Log Mornitoring (tail -f)
  • Add new feature: Find in Finder
  • Fix status bar display bug in high dpi environment
  • Fix open in explorer problem while path contain unusual characters
  • Fix smart highlighter issue after zoom or code folding change

New in Notepad++ 6.9.1 (Mar 29, 2016)

  • Fix bad detection of sub-folder in Folder as Workspace.
  • Enhancement: Add "Find in files" command in "Folder as Workspace".
  • Enhancement: Add "Open Folder as Workspace" command in File menu.
  • Fix "copy" command bug in find result panel.
  • Improvements for JSON highlighting.
  • Fix Find In Files progress bar position bug.
  • Add Ctrl+Shift+Z shorcut for Redo.
  • FORTRAN 77 is supported.
  • Fix html tag auto-completion bug.

New in Notepad++ 6.9 (Feb 22, 2016)

  • Add "Folder as Workspace" feature (How to use: drop any folder in Notepad++).
  • Fix Notepad++ hanging issue while user uses touchscreen to activate Notepad++ window.
  • HTML auto-close tag enhancement: Prevent , , , and from being closed automatically.
  • Project enhancement: Allows user defined extension to associate workspace file.
  • Make behavior of SHIFT+END and SHIFT+HOME more consistent when word wrapping is enabled.
  • Add new API NPPM_SAVEFILE (for plugins) to save any file, not only the focused one.
  • Add file extensions for FreePascal/Lazarus pascal, lex (as C).
  • Update keywords for C, C++, JavaScript, Python and YAML.

New in Notepad++ 6.8.8 (Dec 10, 2015)

  • Fix a regression of link style in html/php.
  • Fix find in files progress window alway on top issue.
  • Add Debug Info helper feature.
  • Fix highlighting for tags inside comment problem.
  • Make editor border edge display optional.
  • Enhance syntax highlighting for D, Powershell, Lua and Python.
  • Enhance syntax highlighting of preprocessor comments for several languages.
  • Improve close button in tab position.

New in Notepad++ 6.8.7 (Nov 27, 2015)

  • Fix crash while "backups and session snapshots" is activated.
  • Restore file extension feature in save dialog.
  • Fix crash issue while moving Find In Files progress window.
  • Fix tab settings not working in javascript.
  • Fix user customized keywords no effect in Javascript.
  • Enhance language detection on "Save as".
  • Add back-quoted string support for javascript.
  • Move position to center when using "-n" option in command line.
  • Installer enhancement: Allow user to keep DSpellCheck plugin.

New in Notepad++ 6.8.6 (Oct 29, 2015)

  • Fix function list not working for Javascript regression.
  • Fix maintain indent not working in javascript regression.
  • Improve the language detection at the beginning of file content.
  • Fix possible file corruption during macro playback.
  • Fix wrong EOL mode for opening/reloading big files.
  • Fix loading 3 bytes file error due to bad encoding detection (UTF16 w/o BOM).
  • Fix DocMap not updating issue when switching to user defined language or external lexer.
  • Fix reload file issue: document marked as unsaved after reloading.
  • Enhance the detection of EOL: if a document has no EOL for detecting, use EOL of new document settings.

New in Notepad++ 6.8.5 (Oct 19, 2015)

  • Javascript autocompletion not working regression is fixed in this release.

New in Notepad++ 6.8.4 (Oct 17, 2015)

  • Improve document switching performance while folding restoring.
  • Enhance Javascript syntax highlighting: 2 groups of keywords more for syntax highlighting customization.
  • Improve auto-insert usability: the open symbols (", ', (, [ and { ) triggers the close symbols according to the context.
  • Apply new added language auto-detection (for php, xml, html and bash) in the case of unknown file extension.
  • Add JSON language support.
  • Fix macro playback inserting/removing characters randomly.
  • Fix Save All button is still enabled problem while no file to save.
  • Make file save dialog modern style.
  • Fix auto-insert for xml comment incorrect insertion.
  • Fix user command save problem on exit.
  • Fix macro save problem on exit.
  • Fix the restoring from system tray problem while running in admin mode.
  • Fix smart highlighting not working in some case.
  • Enlarge tabbar height.

New in Notepad++ 6.8.3 (Sep 4, 2015)

  • Fix a crash issue by using wild card (*) to open files on command line.
  • Fix the problem of display refresh missing on exit.
  • Fix plugin shortcut configuration lost problem by using option -noPlugin.
  • Fix Norwegian localization bad display and wrong encoding.
  • Fix functionList display problem under high DPI.

New in Notepad++ 6.8.2 (Aug 20, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Remove Source Code Pro font du to the different issues.
  • Add back "Notepad++ Community (Forum)" menu item.
  • Fix a visual glitch on starup and on exit.
  • Fix "Open in/Move to new instance" issue (to memorize the language and the position).
  • Fix Preferences dialog loses focus issue while enabling document list panel.
  • Fix the narrow columns problem in Ascii Insert Panel under a high DPI.
  • Fix the list items' squeezed height problem in function list panel and project panel under a high DPI.
  • Fix panel caption squeezed display under a high DPI.
  • Fixed buffer overrun when opening a recent file.
  • Make toolbar refresh properly while switching over small/big icons.

New in Notepad++ 6.8.1 (Aug 4, 2015)

  • Fix the Source Code Pro font making OS hanging issue (for some specific hardware configuration).
  • Make current default font (Source Code Pro) prettier by adding its bold, italic and bold-italic fonts.
  • Fix "Restore recent close file" text disappearing issue for some circumstance.
  • Fix snapshot file after saving being always dirty problem.
  • Fix document tab moving by clicking close button issue due to splitter inaccuracy.
  • Fix a regression of Preferences dialog in which some modified options are not applied immediately.
  • Fix inconsistent untitled document name issue (new 0 instead of new 1).
  • Fix Macro button on toolbar inconsistent issue at Notepad++ startup.

New in Notepad++ 6.8 (Jul 22, 2015)

  • Settings on cloud feature allows users to write their settings on whichever cloud.
  • Use Source Code Pro as default font.
  • Make smooth font optional.
  • Fix the context menu disappears problem after find in files operation.

New in Notepad++ 6.7.9.2 (Jun 23, 2015)

  • Fix JavaScript block not recognized in HTML document.

New in Notepad++ 6.7.9.1 (Jun 22, 2015)

  • Fix Hanging on exit of Notepad++ issue (update DSpellCheck for its instability issue)
  • Fix JavaScript block not recognized in HTML document

New in Notepad++ 6.7.9 (Jun 12, 2015)

  • Upgrade Scintilla to v3.56.
  • Add Language and EOL conversion context menu on status bar.
  • Enhance sort lines feature: Add lexicographic and numeric (integer and real) sorting with ascending and descending order.
  • Add new feature which launches a new instance with administrator privilege to save the protected file.
  • Fix the context menu not working problem after doing find in files action.
  • Improve copy (to clipboard) in found results panel.
  • Improve find in files modal dialog.

New in Notepad++ 6.7.8.2 (May 25, 2015)

  • Disable Notepad++ updater (WinGup) under XP.

New in Notepad++ 6.7.8.1 (May 19, 2015)

  • Fix "Missing msvcr120.dll" message error (of WinGup).

New in Notepad++ 6.7.8 (May 16, 2015)

  • Fix an annoying regression about message "The buffer passed to GetFullPathName was too small!".
  • Update WinGup to version 3.0 which has SSL support and customizable User-Agent.
  • Improve sort lines performance greatly.
  • Fix tabbar close button usability issue (too small) on a high resolution laptop (Surface Pro 3).
  • Fix Settings on cloud - Google drive detection error.
  • Hiding tab bar via command line won't make hidden tab setting be saved in the next session.
  • Fix a bug of "Jump to next indicator" command.
  • Fix "File Status auto-detection" settings bug.

New in Notepad++ 6.7.7 (Apr 16, 2015)

  • Fix "Restore last closed file" (Ctrl+Shift+T) display bug.

New in Notepad++ 6.7.6 (Apr 15, 2015)

  • Add "Restore last closed file" (Ctrl+Shift+T) feature.
  • Fix Setting on Cloud for dropbox and for google drive not working issue.

New in Notepad++ 6.7.5 (Mar 11, 2015)

  • Add ghost typing feature: launch Notepad++ with the auto-typing text from command line (via command line with argument -qn, -qt or -qf).
  • Fix auto-insert bad behaviour : under some condition typing " or ' makes erase the further " or '.
  • Fix the crash issue while user Ctrl + double click on an empty document.
  • Fix crash bug on loading dropbox settings.
  • Show progress window instead of a static window during FindInFiles and ReplaceInFiles.
  • Filename rendered incorrectly on tab bar while it contains '&' character.
  • Make highlighting (if enabled) follow typing for Incremental search, and add several Incremental search enhancements.
  • Add the followings notifications for plugins : NPPN_BEFORESHUTDOWN NPPN_CANCELSHUTDOWN NPPN_FILEBEFORERENAME NPPN_FILERENAMECANCEL NPPN_FILERENAMED NPPN_FILEBEFOREDELETE NPPN_FILEDELETEFAILED NPPN_FILEDELETED
  • Make keystroke ENTER trigger the shortcut editor dialog in Shortcut Mapper.
  • Allow drop files onto doc switcher and other side panels.
  • Installer remembers user's choices of last installation.
  • Fix Auto-indent in new code block not respecting current EOL bug.
  • Restore focus to editor when a panel is closed.

New in Notepad++ 6.7.3 (Jan 3, 2015)

  • Fix a crash issue for old processors due to SSE2 instruction.
  • Fix the regression for the translation: remap the sub-menu entry for the added command "Mark...".

New in Notepad++ 6.7.2 (Dec 29, 2014)

  • A crash issue and some regressions have been fixed in this release.
  • The User Defined Language dialog has been improved - its height is reduced in this version for people who cannot afford a bigger screen

New in Notepad++ 6.7.1 (Dec 22, 2014)

  • Fix crash issue on GotoLine.
  • Fix a random crash issue while typing random characters.
  • Fix the bug of auto-insert skipping feature that ] and } don't be skipped if "auto-insert ()" is disabled.
  • Add new feature: auto-insert skipping character feature works for "" and '' now.
  • Fix reloaded file on dirty status issue.
  • Add "Mark..." menu command.
  • Fix a regression (broken with compare plugin) due to a new feature of MRU in v6.7 (the feature is removed).

New in Notepad++ 6.7 (Dec 15, 2014)

  • The C style smart indent is added in release 6.7 for languages php, JavaScript, c, c++, Java, c# and Objective-C.
  • To enable/disable it, check/uncheck "Auto-indent" in MISC tab of preferences dialog.
  • An enhancement makes Auto-insert of {} [] () more usable: Just after auto-insert of ), ] or }, If users type ), ] or } then the typed symbol won't be inserted, and the caret will be brought behind inserted ), ] or }.

New in Notepad++ 6.6.8 (Jul 28, 2014)

  • Settings on Cloud supports Google Drive now.
  • Better theme support: all internal docking dialogs apply selected theme background / foreground colour.

New in Notepad++ 6.6.7 (Jun 25, 2014)

  • Microsoft OneDrive is supported for the feature Settings on Cloud.
  • A crash issue in 666 is fixed.

New in Notepad++ 6.6.6 (Jun 13, 2014)

  • session snapshop & periodic backup feature is enhanced
  • a bugs of settings on cloud (dropbox) has been fixed.

New in Notepad++ 6.6.4 (Jun 5, 2014)

  • In this release, you can centralize your settings on cloud, via Dropbox.

New in Notepad++ 6.6.3 (May 19, 2014)

  • Session snapshot is main feature in v6.6.x, it is stable and bugless in v6.6.3 (hopefully).
  • In this release, a hanging issue and 3 bugs regarding session snapshot feature have been fixed.
  • The docking error for some configurations has been fixed as well in this version.

New in Notepad++ 6.6.2 (May 9, 2014)

  • In v6.6.2 release, a session snapshot bug has been fixed - The correct behaviour is: the session snapshot feature cannot be enabled if "remember current session" option is disabled.

New in Notepad++ 6.6.1 (May 5, 2014)

  • A hanging issue has been found in Notepad++ Workers' Day edition
  • It has been fixed in Notepad++ v6.6.1 May the 4th be with you Edition
  • As a reminder, the main feature of v6.6.x is Session snapshot & periodic backup - user won't be asked to save unsaved file as he quits Notepad++, and on startup Notepad++ restores the unsaved file and unsaved untitled document of last session. Such periodic backup of unsaved files will protects your data from the PC crashing or power outage

New in Notepad++ 6.6 (May 2, 2014)

  • The main feature of this release is Session snapshot & periodic backup.
  • If this feature is enabled (enabled by default), user won't be asked to save unsaved file as he quits Notepad++, and on startup Notepad++ restores the unsaved file and unsaved untitled document of last session.
  • This feature brings another advantage - periodic backup of unsaved files which protects your data from the PC crashing or power outage.

New in Notepad++ 6.5.5 (Mar 7, 2014)

  • The word-completion feature is re-enabled for ANSI document under Chinese environment
  • Auto-detection encoding feature can detect non-Unicode encoding
  • Wildcard character (* and ?) and recursion (-r) support for command line arguments

New in Notepad++ 6.5.4 (Feb 19, 2014)

  • In v6.5.4, Notepad++ is conformed to DPI-aware application, it means Notepad++ will scale itself in a higher DPI configuration.
  • As a result, it's more comfortable to read the code in Notepad++ under any high DPI environment.

New in Notepad++ 6.5.3 (Jan 3, 2014)

  • Make advanced scrolling optional so it can be disabled in case of touchpad scrolling problem.
  • Enhance sort lines feature: if several lines are selected, only the selected lines are sorted.
  • Add hex value column in Ascii Insert Panel.
  • Enhance performance: prevent switched-in document from being parsed by function list and by document map while these 2 panels are hidden.
  • Fix the bug that modified tab interface colour settings cannot be saved in stylers configurator.
  • Fix text crazy flickering while resizing the frame on a specific position.
  • Fix the context menu not shown for the all other users (accounts) in the same PC.

New in Notepad++ 6.5.2 (Dec 11, 2013)

  • Add sort lines feature.
  • Make 2 external commands as build-in commands: Open containing folder in Explorer/cmd.
  • URL hovered highlighting can be customized.
  • Fix the bug that Global Styles are not loaded completely in Stylers Configurator.
  • Improve php and js parsers in functionList.
  • Add panel icons for 6 panels: ascii insertion, clipboard history, doc map, doc switcher, function list and project.
  • Fix function list class border determination problem (while open/close symbols are in the comment zone).
  • Fix crash (buffer overflowed problem) for function calltip.
  • Fix a bug in path auto-completion feature.
  • Fix tab close button's color remains hovered while mouse leaves.
  • Update html auto-completion file.

New in Notepad++ 6.5.1 (Nov 4, 2013)

  • Add search and sort capacities in function list.
  • Fix synaptics touchpad scrolling problem

New in Notepad++ 6.5 (Sep 29, 2013)

  • The language CoffeeScript is supported.
  • Auto-close feature allows not only to complete parentheses, quotes, bracket and matched xml/html tag, but also to define user's delimiter pairs. You can enable them in preferences dialog.
  • Multi-paste: the copied text will be pasted multiply when multi-selection or /and column mode is/are applied.
  • Enhancement of function list: new reload button, user defined languages supported, new parsers (php, perl, xml, batch, ini and nsis).

New in Notepad++ 6.5 RC (Sep 23, 2013)

  • Update Scintilla to 3.3.4
  • Add Coffee script support.
  • Add multi-paste support for multi-selection/column mode.
  • Add new feature: auto-close parenthis, quotes, bracket and matched xml/html tag.
  • Add php, perl, xml, batch, ini and nsis for the build-in function list.
  • Add User Defined Languages support for the build-in function list.
  • Fix a minor problem of file extension support for the build-in function list.
  • Fix a tag matching bug by disabling tag matching inside PHP code blocks.
  • Fix right-to-left text after closing document map bug.
  • Fix canceling shutdown make Notepad++ quit w/o saving files bug.
  • Enhance "Begin/End select" feature: Check "Begin/End select" menu item when active.
  • Enhance Mark all feature: 2 options "Match case" and "Match whole word only" in Find/Replace dialog .
  • Fix a Replace dialog status bar display problem by clearing status bar before processing any action.
  • Add new feature: if Notepad++ is running as administrator, display this info on the title bar.
  • Rename "block comment" to "Single line comment" and "stream comment" to "block comment".
  • Remove invalid command "Online Documentation".

New in Notepad++ 6.4.5 (Aug 10, 2013)

  • Fixed a regression on recent files history

New in Notepad++ 6.4.4 (Aug 9, 2013)

  • Fix a crash issue while there's missing tag in functionList.xml.
  • Fix UTF-8 (w/o BOM) detection bug.
  • Fix line numbers space problem while folding.
  • Fix opening file in Notepad++ makes Aero-snapped cancelled.
  • Change behaviour: statusbar reports the number of selected characters instead of number of bytes now.
  • Add "close all tab to left" and "close all tab to right" features.
  • Add direct access to the tab feature (Ctrl + NumPad).
  • Fix macro replaying crash issue.
  • Add insert blank line above/below the current line feature(Ctrl+Alt+Enter/Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Enter respectively).
  • Add selection between matching braces feature.
  • Fix opening file problem from the network drive.
  • Fix C++ class (*.h) parsing problem in function list while there is comment on the beginning of document.
  • Enhance function list's C/C++ parser.

New in Notepad++ 6.4.3 (Jul 29, 2013)

  • A fix of crash issue of Function List and the enhancements of delimiter selection and multi-instance options.

New in Notepad++ 6.4.2 (Jul 9, 2013)

  • Contains some new features/enhancement and a few regression fixes.

New in Notepad++ 6.4.1 (Jun 30, 2013)

  • Contains a crash issue fix from v6.4

New in Notepad++ 6.4 (Jun 30, 2013)

  • Add Function List Panel (customizable, support C++ and Javascript for the moment).
  • Display the error/result in the new added statusbar of Find/Replace dialog instead in popup dialogs.
  • Add delimiter select by ctrl+Double click feature.
  • Add set begin position feature for selection.
  • Fix fold all command bug (which folds partially).
  • Fix opening the same file twice due to its different path (for example symbol link).
  • Fix deleting macro from macro menu crash issue.
  • Fix the bug of Window position not saved/restored properly.
  • Fix small window size problem due to closing Notepad++ in icon state (reduced in the taskbar) on the last session.
  • Enhance Block comment: remove 1024 bytes limit.
  • Fix a detection error of UTF16 file from a binary file.
  • Enhance the performance of switching files if folding is applied.
  • Fix macro problem: Find functionality doesn't work in "Run a Macro Multiple Times".
  • Enhance the performance while double clicking on a very long word.
  • Enhance TAB/Space conversion: UTF8 support and preserving the current state.
  • Change the Preferences dialog's UI (List interface instead of tab interface).

New in Notepad++ 6.3.3 (May 6, 2013)

  • Remember folding states of last session.
  • Close selected/non-selected files.
  • New spell checker.

New in Notepad++ 6.3.2 (Apr 3, 2013)

  • Fix a regression (performance issue)
  • Recognize wscript and Rakefile respectively as python and ruby file

New in Notepad++ 6.3.1 (Mar 18, 2013)

  • Fix replacing '\n' bug in both extended and regex mode.
  • Remember folding states for each file in session.
  • Fix a crash bug on uncommenting.
  • Add "Set Updater proxy..." command for setting the proxy of updater.
  • Fix the problem of Window position not saved/restored properly.
  • Add new API NPPM_GETCURRENTVIEW.

New in Notepad++ 6.3 (Feb 4, 2013)

  • the major bug fix and enhancement of regex search replace critical issue.
  • UDL new features and bug fixes.
  • several minor bug fixes.

New in Notepad++ 6.2.3 (Dec 17, 2012)

  • Fix find "\r\n" bug in RegExpr mode.
  • Change "Delete file" command to "Move to Recycle Bin".
  • Add Remove empty lines feature.
  • Change document default value from ANSI to UTF8 w/o BOM.
  • Enable Word-completion under CJK environment for unicode document.

New in Notepad++ 6.2.2 (Nov 19, 2012)

  • Fix URL link style problem in php document.
  • Add selected line count display on the status bar.
  • Add the capacity to treat path like "\test\test.txt".

New in Notepad++ 6.2.1 (Nov 12, 2012)

  • Fix link hotspot colourising issue.
  • Fix a regression bug about Configurator GUI: font setting controls are disabled.
  • Fix a crash issue due to the inconsistent userDefineLang.xml.
  • Fixed bug of UDL2 where "Folder in code" keywords were detected even outside of commnets.
  • Fixed for the hex number detection bug of UDL2 (for example, 0xfece57 ok, but not 0xfe57ce).
  • Fix a crash bug while file path as argument and its length is more than 260 characters.

New in Notepad++ 6.2 (Oct 10, 2012)

  • More keyword groups were added (more syntax highlighting can be defined):
  • 3 folding groups
  • 8 keyword groups
  • 2 comment groups
  • 1 number definitions
  • 2 operators groups
  • 8 delimiter sets
  • Multipart keywords are supported (for example: "else if" can be defined as a single keyword)
  • Whitespace is no longer mandatory as keyword separator: Operators, Delimiters and Folding keywords can be recognized with or without whitespace separators.
  • Numbers recognition support is greatly improved (prefix, suffix, range and extra symbols supported).
  • Operators and delimiters can be longer than one character.
  • The same characters can be used as comments AND operators.
  • Comments and delimiters support nesting (even within each other).
  • Improvements to Comments include:
  • Comment folding
  • Comment continuation
  • Comment only start at the beginning of line
  • In the case of several comment pairs defined, comment open symbols match only with comment close symbols of the same order. (for example: /* C comment */, /+ D comment +/, but not /* mixed comment +/)

New in Notepad++ 6.1.8 (Sep 17, 2012)

  • In this version, a regression of wrong behaviour is fixed : a "No more disk space" message is displayed while saving an empty file.

New in Notepad++ 6.1.7 (Sep 11, 2012)

  • Several random crash issues and enhancements are fixed and added in this version.

New in Notepad++ 6.1.6 (Aug 16, 2012)

  • In version 6.1.6, Notepad++ doesn't elevate to Administrator right for checking update. Therefore the update auto-detection is added under vista / Windows7 / Windows8 environment from this version.
  • A hanging bug due to Chinese/Japanese/Korean input (in ANSI document as word completion enabled) is worked around.

New in Notepad++ 6.1.5 (Jul 9, 2012)

  • Fix a html tag match freezing issue.
  • Fix the sidebar splitter failed in Windows 8 issue.
  • Fix un regression: folding/unfolding performance issue.
  • Fix tab context menu in the other localization regression due to adding new command "Reload".
  • Fix lower/UPPER case on selected text which contains NULL characters.
  • Fix wrap/unwrap line position not being kept bug.
  • Fix xml syntax highlighting broken because of php preprocessor instruction inside.
  • Fix a GUI bug which shows empty tab row while closing a last tab in a row (in the multi-line tab mode).

New in Notepad++ 6.1.4 (Jun 25, 2012)

  • Notepad++'s Shell Extension (Explorer's context menu) has been worked to fix Window 8's Computer manager's crash.

New in Notepad++ 6.1.3 (May 28, 2012)

  • Enhance the performance issue for xml matching tags highlighting and for displaying clickable links.
  • While the amount of file to open is larger than 200, a dialog will be shown to warn user.
  • Fix Notepad++ close bug while move one cloned new empty document into another view, in the destination contained only this new empty document.
  • Fix hanging problem while double-click on a project folder then (immediately) drag it.
  • Fix a bug while command argument contain an empty string ("").
  • Fix mouse cursor disappearing bug on right click while a project item is dragging.

New in Notepad++ 6.1.2 (Apr 27, 2012)

  • A hanging bug is fixed (while opening files containing a half of UTF-8 double byte sequence at the end of the file).

New in Notepad++ 6.1.1 (Apr 18, 2012)

  • Enhance project's License (GPL) to avoid the other malicious websites bundle Notepad++ release with their parasite software.
  • Fix selectAll-copy-paste on the same document crash bug while document map has been activated.
  • Fix a regression about auto-completion feature.
  • Fix focus on document map problem after its launch.

New in Notepad++ 6.1 (Apr 10, 2012)

  • Fix search/replace bug while Document Map is opened.
  • Fix User Defined Language syntax highlighting problem while Document Map is opened.
  • Fix showing Chinese characters problem while Document Map is opened.
  • The old behaviour of comment/uncomment without selection is restored.
  • Fix selecting all the text in document map while clicking on its dialog caption.

New in Notepad++ 6.0 (Mar 26, 2012)

  • PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) is supported.
  • Add Document Map feature (via Menu View->Document Map).
  • Enhance the loading performance for the large file.

New in Notepad++ 5.9.8 (Jan 5, 2012)

  • Add drag and drop capacity in Project Manager (only inside of Project Manager).
  • Add "Move Up" (Ctrl+Up) and "Move Down" (Ctrl+Down) commands in Project Panel.
  • Edit Zone border can be customizable via "Editing" tab of Preferences dialog.
  • Fix an aesthetic problem in incremental search bar.
  • Fix "Save all" GUI bug.
  • Make plugins in %APPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\ override les plugins in Notepad++ installation directory. (Plugins loading from %APPDATA%\Notepad++\plugins\ is enabled only if NPP_INSTALLED_DIR\Notepad++\allowAppDataPlugins.xml is present)

New in Notepad++ 5.9.6.2 (Nov 14, 2011)

  • A crash issue has been fixed in Notepad++ v5.9.6.2.

New in Notepad++ 5.9.6.1 (Nov 14, 2011)

  • Notepad++ v5.9.6.1 includes an enhancement and a fix of crash issue.

New in Notepad++ 5.9.6 (Nov 1, 2011)

  • New features and fixed bugs:
  • Add a new feature "Adding files recursively from a floder" in Project Manager.
  • Fix a bug in Project Manager regarding open and reload commands.
  • Included plugins (Unicode):
  • Spell Checker v1.3.3
  • NppFTP 0.24.1
  • NppExport v0.2.8
  • Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1
  • Converter 3.0
  • Included plugins (ANSI):
  • TextFX v0.25
  • NppExec v0.4.1
  • Spell Checker v1.3.3
  • NppExport v0.2.8
  • Light Explorer v1.6
  • Compare Plugin 1.5.5

New in Notepad++ 5.9.5 (Oct 24, 2011)

  • New features and fixed bugs:
  • Fix Project Panel loading non-project file bug.
  • Fix saving project file bug while saving it on the root.
  • Fix adding/hidding Language Menue item problem in Preference dialog.
  • Make Project Panel translatable.
  • Included plugins (Unicode):
  • Spell Checker v1.3.3
  • NppFTP 0.24.1
  • NppExport v0.2.8
  • Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1
  • Converter 3.0
  • Included plugins (ANSI):
  • TextFX v0.25
  • NppExec v0.4.1
  • Spell Checker v1.3.3
  • NppExport v0.2.8
  • Light Explorer v1.6
  • Compare Plugin 1.5.5
  • Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

New in Notepad++ 5.9.4 (Oct 11, 2011)

  • Add 3 Project Panels for the management of projects
  • Doc Switcher can be sorted now.
  • Fix a crash bug - crash on launch time if default User defined language was set on the previous session.
  • Fix crash issue while printing for some printers.
  • Fix ANSI version Clipboard history entries display bug.
  • Fix wrong display of tab number setting dialog in Lang Menu/Tab settings of Preferences dialog.

New in Notepad++ 5.9.3 (Jul 24, 2011)

  • Update Scintilla to 2.27.
  • Make Recent File List totally customizable.
  • Add Vertical File Switcher feature.
  • Add active folding area highlighting feature (only for box and circle mode).
  • Detect if Scintilla is absent.
  • Add 2 plugins messages NPPM_GETLANGUAGENAME & NPPM_GETLANGUAGEDESC.
  • Fix wrong result returned by NPPM_GETLANGUAGENAME.

New in Notepad++ 5.9.2 (Jun 6, 2011)

  • A crash issue (under XP) of the clipboard history feature due to no data in clipboard is fixed in this version.
  • Some installer issues have been improved and fixed.

New in Notepad++ 5.9.1 (Jun 1, 2011)

  • 3 features (which are useful to me) are added in this release: Character Insertion Panel, Clipboard History and Find characters in range feature.
  • An issue was detected in release 5.9: 4 lexer plugins AHKExternalLexer, NppExternalLexers (powershell lexer), ExternalLexerKVS and Oberon2Lexer make Notepad++ crash (with Unknown exception) on Notepad++ startup. The issue is still present in this release. 4 plugins in question are removed by installer. However, you have to remove them manually to prevent Notepad++ 5.9.1 from crash if you use zipped package.

New in Notepad++ 5.9 (Mar 31, 2011)

  • Update Scintilla from 2.21 to 2.25.
  • New feature: Non-greedy regular expression (Scintilla).
  • Add Copy/Cut/Paste Binary Content feature.
  • Add "paste HTML content" and "paste RTF content" commands.
  • Fix the inverse of title and message for some MessageBox.
  • Add "Remove Unmarked Lines" command.
  • Add "Column Mode Tip" to notice users the usage of column mode in Notepad++.
  • Make stream comment foldable in php/javascript.

New in Notepad++ 5.9 RC (Mar 26, 2011)

  • Update Scintilla from 2.21 to 2.25
  • New feature: Non-greedy regular expression (Scintilla).
  • Add Copy/Cut/Paste Binary Content feature.
  • Add "paste HTML content" and "paste RTF content" commands.
  • Fix the inverse of title and message for some MessageBox.
  • Add "Remove Unmarked Lines" command.
  • Add "Column Mode Tip" to notice users the usage of column mode in Notepad++.

New in Notepad++ 5.8.7 (Feb 1, 2011)

  • An annoying regression is fixed
  • Wrong input characters are inserted due to non modal message boxes.
  • The installer is enhanced in this release: by choosing Minimalist option during installation procedure, user can install or update Notepad++ without any extra component (default value is Custom).
  • This release (except minimalist package) contains the offline user manual in html format (instead of chm file, which was included in the previous releases), it is extracted from the online documentation site with HTTrack. Offline document does not work well under IE6, but it should be OK with the other browsers (tested with IE6/7/8, Firefox and Chrome). I don't agree with chrome's policy to do update automatically without even asking user's permission, but hey Microsoft should do the same, just for IE6.

New in Notepad++ 5.8.6 (Dec 19, 2010)

  • A minimalist package is added.
  • It contains only the files needed to run Notepad++ with no plugins, no themes, no autocompletion API files, no updaters and no localization files.
  • The package is much smaller and Notepad++ should run faster.

New in Notepad++ 5.8.5 (Nov 24, 2010)

  • Due to some complains about new icon, one option to switch back to the old one is available in the installer.
  • ChangeIcon.exe and old icon will be available ASAP for those who use the zip package and desire his/her old icon back.
  • In this version several bugs are fixed, especially regarding Windows 7 :
  • tab settings saving problem and switching the languages on the fly bug (UAC issue).
  • files closing problems in x64 file system (in the session and in the recent file history list).

New in Notepad++ 5.8.4 (Nov 15, 2010)

  • User can set supported encoding charsets in "New Document Settings".
  • All the item in context menu can be renamed. Make your contextMenu.xml in "UTF8 as ANSI" if you want to modify the menu items in your language.
  • And bugs fixes...
  • For those who don't like the new application icon, a binary (Unicode version) contains the old icon is available.

New in Notepad++ 5.8.3 (Nov 2, 2010)

  • Context menu is improved and more accessible in v5.8.3.
  • Files in x64 filesystem are reachable via Notepad++.
  • More bug fixed.

New in Notepad++ 5.8.2 (Oct 12, 2010)

  • Fix windows 7 crash bug while executing update.
  • Fix macro recording bug for the non-ASCII characters.
  • Fix C# syntax highlighting disabled problem after reloading.
  • Fix find performance issue related macro recording.
  • Modify SaveFile dialog behaviour: it browses inside the directory instead of creating the new file with the given directory name.

New in Notepad++ 5.8.1 (Sep 29, 2010)

  • Fix Actionscript lexer crash problem.
  • Fix saving UCS-2 text file corrupted bug.
  • Add word count in Summary feature.
  • Fix hidding/showing status bar bug.
  • Included plugins (Unicode):
  • TextFX v0.26
  • Spell Checker v1.3.3
  • NppFTP 0.23
  • NppExport v0.2.8
  • Compare Plugin 1.5.6.1
  • Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1
  • Included plugins (ANSI):
  • TextFX v0.25
  • NppExec v0.4.1
  • Spell Checker v1.3.3
  • MIME Tools v1.6
  • NppExport v0.2.8
  • Light Explorer v1.6
  • Compare Plugin 1.5.5
  • Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

New in Notepad++ 5.8.0 (Sep 22, 2010)

  • New features and fixed bugs:
  • Upgrade Scintilla to version 2.21.
  • Fix a vulnerability issue: Load ScinLexer.dll with its full path to avoid hijack.
  • Fix Unicode file corrupted on saving bug (the buffer alignment issue).
  • Fix DBCS encodings file saving corruption bug.
  • Fix file containing NULL character loading bug.
  • Fix php syntax highlighting bug.
  • Fix dragging undocked window performance issue while using Vista Aero UI style.
  • Fix dragging undocked window performance issue while using Vista/Windows7 Aero UI style.
  • Fix large file truncated after loading problem.
  • Improve file loading performance.
  • Fix Shortcut Mapper inconsistence issue after deleting a macro or an user command.
  • Add 2 line wrap methods (default plus aligned and indent).
  • Add 2 menu commands : "Modify Shortcut/Delete Macro" and "Modify Shortcut/Delete Command".
  • Add "Modify" and "Delete" buttons on Shortcut mapper dialog.
  • Add macro new ability to record search and replace actions.
  • Fix SaveSession bug.
  • Remove characters count feature from the status bar due to its performance issue with UTF8 file.
  • Fix crash issue due to themes switching.
  • Make folding margin hidable.
  • Add NPPM_GETCURRENTNATIVELANGENCODING, NPPM_ALLOCATECMDID and NPPM_ALLOCATEMARKER message (to get the current native language enconding).
  • Change editing settings saving behaviour : one set of settings are applied in 2 scintilla controls (except zoom).
  • Add Statistics feature which is accessible from the menu command "Summary..." (under menu "View") and the 2nd zone of statusbar (double click).
  • Included plugins (Unicode):
  • TextFX v0.26
  • Spell Checker v1.3.3
  • MIME Tools v1.6
  • NppExport v0.2.8
  • Compare Plugin 1.5.6.1
  • Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1
  • NppFTP 0.23
  • Select 'N' Launch 1.0
  • Included plugins (ANSI):
  • TextFX v0.25
  • NppExec v0.4.1
  • Spell Checker v1.3.3
  • MIME Tools v1.6
  • NppExport v0.2.8
  • Light Explorer v1.6
  • Compare Plugin 1.5.5
  • Plugin Manager 0.9.3.1

New in Notepad++ 5.7.1 RC 2 (Sep 10, 2010)

  • Fix "Select and Find Next" and "Count" regressions.
  • Fix the menu items settings non-memorized regression.
  • Fix Lexer SearchResult syntax highlighting bug.
  • Fix macro recoding for find in files regression.
  • Fix html/xml/php folding disappeared problem.
  • Fix "#if 1 //" making Notepad++ crash issue.

New in Notepad++ 5.7.1 RC (Aug 29, 2010)

  • Upgrade Scintilla to version 2.20.
  • Fix Unicode file corrupted on saving bug (the buffer alignment issue).
  • Fix DBCS encodings file saving corruption bug.
  • Fix file containing NULL character loading bug.
  • Fix php syntax highlighting bug.
  • Fix Shortcut Mapper inconsistence issue after deleting a macro or an user command.
  • Add 2 line wrap methods (default plus aligned and indent).
  • Add 2 menu commands : "Modify Shortcut/Delete Macro" and "Modify Shortcut/Delete Command".
  • Add "Modify" and "Delete" buttons on Shortcut mapper dialog.
  • Add macro new ability to record search and replace actions.
  • Fix SaveSession bug.
  • Remove characters count feature from the status bar due to its performance issue with UTF8 file.
  • Fix crash issue due to themes switching.
  • Make folding margin hidable.
  • Add NPPM_GETCURRENTNATIVELANGENCODING message (to get the current native language enconding).
  • Change editing settings saving behaviour : one set of settings are applied in 2 scintilla controls (except zoom).

New in Notepad++ 5.7 (Jul 5, 2010)

  • Upgrade Scintilla to version 2.12.
  • Add "Inverse bookmark" feature.
  • Add NPPM_SAVECURRENTFILEAS message.
  • Fix premature deallocation bug for import UDL.
  • Add import/export User Defined Language features.
  • File detection : Switch to modified or deleted file while user is asked to reload or keep the file.
  • Fix closing several detected non-existing files bug.
  • Fix language switching to English not working bug.
  • Reduce PostIt/FullScreen restore button size.
  • Fix PostIt wrong restore button position after toggling off fullScreen mode.
  • Fix crashes on new 11 character long UDL names bug.
  • Fix "Save all" inconsistent icon state on toolbar.
  • Add new keywords of HTML 5 and css.

New in Notepad++ 5.6.8 (Mar 5, 2010)

  • Fix comment stream without selection bug.
  • Fix Find in files results highlighting regression bug.
  • Fix regression bug (include the correct SciLexer.dll) about insensible case search mode.

New in Notepad++ 5.6.7 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • Fix "Find in files" crash bug
  • Focus (switch to) the dirty document while asking to save unsaved document when user close Notepad++
  • Fix the bug while giving command C:\NppDir>notepad++ (w/o quote), npp try to open file "notepad++"
  • Enlarge regconition of clickable link from "http://" to any URI
  • Fix the bug while changing the language list in Style Configurator, the "Save and close" button is enabled

New in Notepad++ 5.6.6 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • Fixed Search bug with Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters.

New in Notepad++ 5.6.5 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • Fix loading encoding file making file corrupted (after saving)
  • Fix xml/html encoding overrides BOM if present
  • Fixed Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters display problem after "find in the current document"
  • Add "set find text and find next" feature
  • Add JSP
  • Recover langsxml while its length is zero
  • Fix "Close Window(s)" in Window dialog bug (if file is dirty and cancel to close)
  • Fix finding "\0" or "\x00" issue in find extened mode
  • Add "\u" in find extened mode to find Unicode encoding character(ex "\u00e9" find 'é')

New in Notepad++ 5.6.4 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • Add feature of conversion from a localization encoding to UNICODE.
  • Fix status bar display bug that xml/html utf8 indicator makes status bar display ANSI instead of ANSI as UTF-8.

New in Notepad++ 5.6.3 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • Add restore button in fullscreen and postIt mode.
  • Fix auto-updater bug.

New in Notepad++ 5.6.2 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • Fix the Unicode localization file display problem
  • Update templat localization file (englishxml) to v561
  • Fix tag highlighting bug while disabling indent guide lines
  • Fix the translated sub menu entries applying on the menu item
  • Display more information while catching of plugins crash

New in Notepad++ 5.6.1 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • Fix brace highlighting breaking issue and related performance problem
  • Add new encodings in the shortcuts map
  • Remove annoying encoding issue warning dialogs
  • Enhance Html encoding auto-detection
  • Fix case-insensitive searching bug for non-ascii characters (for example some characters in French and Cyrillic letters)
  • Add find result commands in the menu
  • Add DOS CodePage : CP437, CP737, CP850, CP852, CP855, CP857, CP858, CP860, CP861, CP863, CP865, CP866 and CP869
  • Fix localization combo box unselected in preference dialog bug after startup (when a localization file is in use)

New in Notepad++ 5.6 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • Add languages encoding - Chinese traditional (BIG5), Chinese Simplified (GB2312), Japanese (Shift JIS), Korean (EUC), Thai (TIS-620), Hebrew (iso-8859-8), Hebrew (1255), Central European (1250), Cyrillic (1251), Cyrillic (KOI8-U), Cyrillic (KOI8-R), Cyrillic (Mac), Western European(1252), Greek (1253), Turkish(1254), Arabic (1256), Baltic (1257), Vietnamese (1258), ISO_8859-1 to ISO_8859-16 and a lot of more.
  • Add auto-detection of HTML and XML files encodings.
  • Add COBOL, D, Gui4Cli, PowerShell and R language support.
  • Add Marker Jumper feature (Jump down/up : Ctrl+Num/Ctrl+Shift+Num).
  • Add indent guide line highlighting for html/xml tags.
  • Add system tray context menu and new command argument "-systemtray".
  • Fix Unicode to ANSI encoding bug.
  • Fix last recent file list menu items localization encoding bug.
  • Fix last recent file number goes to zero issue.
  • Add new command argument "--help".
  • Fix Calltip hint bug and add a new capacity in it.
  • Add the ability to add the second keyword group for user in both LISP and Scheme languages.
  • Fix the wrap symbol display problem.
  • Add SQL ESC symbol '\'.
  • Fix column editor insert number bug in virtual space mode.
  • Fix status bar displaying "-2 char" issue for a empty document.
  • Fix installation of NppShell64 failed issue in installer.

New in Notepad++ 5.4.1 (May 28, 2009)

  • Add ChangeMarkers plugin in installer.
  • Add theme description in installer.
  • Make installer update contextMenu.xml (backup the old one then override it with the new one).
  • Fix lastRecentFileList localization issue.
  • Add readonly change status notification for plugin system.
  • Fix Styler Configurator user extension handler.

New in Notepad++ 5.3.1 (Mar 29, 2009)

  • Fix inaccurate replace bug.
  • Increase Find what and replace with fields to 2047 characters.
  • Stop the indicator highlighting while the line change marker margin is hidden.
  • SConstruct and SConscript are recognized as python file.
  • Included plugins (Unicode):
  • TextFX v0.26
  • NppExec v0.3 RC1
  • Spell Checker v1.3.2
  • MIME Tools v1.5
  • FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
  • NppExport v0.2.8
  • Doc Monitor v2.2
  • NppNetNote v0.1
  • Included plugins (ANSI):
  • TextFX v0.25
  • NppExec v0.3 RC1
  • Spell Checker v1.3.1
  • MIME Tools v1.5
  • FTP_synchronize v0.9.6
  • NppExport v0.2.8
  • Light Explorer v1.5
  • Doc Monitor v2.2
  • NppNetNote v0.1

New in Notepad++ 5.3 RC (Mar 9, 2009)

  • Add Line change state vertical bar
  • Drop (or open in dos command line) a directory in Notepad++ to open all files in the directory recursively
  • Add "Find all in current file" feature
  • (Most of) Find/replace dialog settings are remembered
  • Add a hidden setting (dlgAlwaysVisible in configxml) to allow user set it manually to not hide the Find/Replace dialog if any result found
  • Fix uncomment block erasing first character bug
  • Enlarge some strings displayed zone for the translation
  • Fix ESC key for column mode behaviour
  • Fix read only file SaveAs bug
  • Change behaviour : no popup dialog while closing an unsaved empty untitled document
  • Changing "Search result" stylers via Styler Configurator takes visual effect on the fly now
  • Fix for L_EXTERNAL in loadSession
  • Variable $(CURRENT_WORD) is enlarged to 2039 charraters

New in Notepad++ 5.1 RC (Oct 6, 2008)

  • Make Notepad++ Unicode-compliant application(Unicode path supported).
  • Fix crash issue due to the incoherent modification/creation date.
  • Fix tag match highlighting mismatched bug.
  • Make tag match highlighting on non html zone optional.
  • Refine the Save/Open file directory settings (follow tab/last operation/user defined dir).
  • Add "Doc go to new instance" and "Doc open in new instance" features.
  • Add new pluin notification NPPN_DOCACTIVATED and NPPN_LANGCHANGED.
  • Fix context menu incorrect setting crash bug.
  • Fix a problem with Incremental search+UTF8 in win9x.
  • Fix bug with CPP lexer keyword list.

New in Notepad++ 5.0.2 (Jul 22, 2008)

  • Fix crash bug for tags match highlighting.
  • Fix the huge file makes notepad crash issue.
  • Fix adding item in the history file list while deleting file from Notepad bug.
  • Fix a bug that file detection options set are not saved due to doc monitor plugin.
  • Improve opening file performance.
  • Fix bug when closing file using close button.

New in Notepad++ 5.0.1 (Jul 16, 2008)

  • Fix tags match highlighter bug - more accurate
  • Fix word completion doesn't display bug
  • Fix word completion not in alphabet order
  • Fix Notepad launch problem under WINE
  • Fix crash issue due to timestamp problem
  • Fix bug : Files not in recent list on exit and no session saved
  • Fix bug : hide lines not working right when closing
  • Re-enable gcc compiler environment (minGW)
  • Fix bug : Syntax highlighting is not applied after "Save as"

New in Notepad++ 5.0 Beta (Jun 16, 2008)

  • Improve Notepad performance - on startup and on exit.
  • Add Calltip capacity.
  • All the menu commands can be added in context menu, including plugins' commands, macros and user defined commands.
  • Add bookmarked lines operations : delete all marked lines, copy all marked lines into clipboard, cut all marked lines into clipboard, paste from clipboard to replace all marked lines content.
  • Fix crash bug : Open files with date pre-1970.
  • Fix clone mode bug : now the actions done in one view will be synchronized in the cloned view.
  • Add tooltips in document tab to display the full file name path.
  • Change hide lines behaviour : Hide lines now saved during switches.
  • Change file history list behaviour : Most recent closed file is on the top. Add number on list.
  • Caret width and blink rate are customizable.
  • Add asterisk in title bar if file is dirty.
  • The bookmarks' look & feel are improved.
  • Add "Select all" and "copy" context menu items in Find in files results window.
  • Fix goto line with command line bug.
  • Improve smart highlight / mark all / incremental search highlight all visibility
  • Tabbar's coulours is configurable via Stylers Configurator(Active tab Text, Inactive tab text, Inactive tab background, Active tab focused indicator and Active tab unfocused indicator).
  • Add the smart highlight file size limit - 1.5 MB in order to improve the performance.
  • Add exception handling (dumping filedata).
  • Fix go to line command line bug.
  • Enhance Find in files and Find in all opened files features' performance.
  • Fix dialog off screen problem under multi-monitor environment.

New in Notepad++ 4.9 Beta (Apr 29, 2008)

  • Add smart highlighting feature (double click a word to highlight all the same word in the document)
  • Enhance visual effect of Mark all feature
  • Enhance Incremental search dialog docking
  • Enhance Incremental search : add Highlight all feature
  • Add auto-hide menu feature (IE7 style menu - Alt or F10 to toggle)
  • Enhance tool bar GUI usability (display a chevron while some tool icons hidden)
  • Add style transparency feature, right click on color to enable
  • Fix the files not opening by DnD bug
  • Enhance Find Replace dialog : Add "Extended" option - search (and replace) for tabs( ), newline(
  • ), and a characters by it's value (o, x, , d, ,
  • , and )
  • Bug fixed : Find dialog always scrolls text into view now
  • Add places bar in save as dialog
  • Fix non-recognized relative path bug in command line mode (under Dos prompt)
  • Add 2 messages for doc monitor plugin

New in Notepad++ 4.8.5 (Apr 15, 2008)

  • Fix crash bug while a "New 2" is in session.xml
  • Fix the Drag N Drop text bug between 2 views
  • Fix the annoying acrobat reader dialog problem
  • Fix the bug that the first new document encoding is not set as the setting in "New Document settings"
  • Fix crash bug while running the command "Close All But Me" in some context
  • Add scroll to end line feature after document reloading from disk
  • Enhance checking modification from outside feature

New in Notepad++ 4.7.4 (Jan 14, 2008)

  • Fix the horizon scroll bar flicker bug.
  • Fix the full screen (F11) bug regarding multi-display issue
  • Explorer context menu is available under xp 64 bits et vista 64 bits.
  • Fix the crash issue of window dialog while clicking Sort button without selected item.
  • Enhance Sort feature GUI part - Enable Sort button only after clicking on the column tab; Disable Sort button after sorting.

New in Notepad++ 4.3 RC (Sep 17, 2007)

  • Fix the crash bug due to the corrupted configuration file (config.xml and session.xml)
  • Fix the crash bug while the shortcut command is absent in shortcut.xml
  • Fix the file status auto-detection bug: a unwanted selection after a pop-up dialog
  • Enhance Styler Configurator: the visual effect is updated immediately while the setting is changing
  • Add Global override feature (in Styler Configurator)
  • Fix the bold/italic/underline refresh problem in Stylers Configurator for Scintilla component
  • Add hide lines feature (Menu: View->Hide lines)
  • Add new capacity (optional setting in Preferences dialog : Backup/Auto-completion tab) to trigger Auto-Completion (Function Completion or Word completion) automatically
  • The set languages in session are remembered now
  • Added new plugins messages (for plugin developers)

New in Notepad++ 4.0.2 (Feb 23, 2007)

  • Fix the crash issue.
  • Add Docking feature for plugin dialogs.
  • Fix the bug that current "open" and "save as" directory are unchanged with the shortcut Ctrl Tab.
  • Fix the bug that the new added languages in v3.9 can not be hidden from the language menu.
  • Fix the volatile search direction bug.
  • Fix the Tab display problem.
  • Add Haskell, InnoSetup languages support.
  • Add the option to open/save files in the last operation directory.
  • Enhance Document switcher (MRU and switch crossing view abilities).
  • Fix "Find Next" unicode bug for Find Replace Dialog.
  • Support Unicode in displayed result of Find in files & Find in all opened files.
  • Add Reload from disk feature.
  • Fix bug : Exit (close or restart Windows) without prompt to save.
  • All the shortcuts of plugins commands are customizable via the shortcut mapper.