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Notepads Changelog

What's new in Notepads 1.5.5.0

Apr 25, 2024
  • What's Changed:
  • lang: nl-NL - Minor improvements without removal of the comments by @Stephan-P in #1295
  • action-deps: bump actions/cache from 3.3.2 to 3.3.3 by @dependabot in #1296
  • action-deps: bump actions/cache from 3.3.3 to 4.0.1 by @dependabot in #1320
  • action-deps: bump ncipollo/release-action from 1.13.0 to 1.14.0 by @dependabot in #1308
  • action-deps: bump microsoft/setup-msbuild from 1 to 2 by @dependabot in #1305
  • action-deps: bump NuGet/setup-nuget from 1.2.0 to 2.0.0 by @dependabot in #1304
  • action-deps: bump al-cheb/configure-pagefile-action from 1.3 to 1.4 by @dependabot in #1303
  • action-deps: bump actions/cache from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2 by @dependabot in #1328

New in Notepads 1.5.4.0 (Jan 9, 2024)

  • lang: nl-NL by @0x7c13 in #1290

New in Notepads 1.5.2.0 (Dec 21, 2023)

  • Fixed a bug presented in previous two releases.

New in Notepads 1.5.1.0 (Dec 21, 2023)

  • action-deps: bump github/codeql-action from 2 to 3 by @dependabot in #1282
  • action-deps: bump actions/upload-artifact from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #1280
  • action-deps: bump actions/download-artifact from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #1281

New in Notepads 1.5.0.0 (Dec 12, 2023)

  • vi-VN: Update to Vietnamese by @quanultra in #1194
  • lang: Update french translation by @ArmandDelessert in #1197
  • nuget-deps: bump System.Text.Json from 7.0.1 to 7.0.2 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1200
  • action-deps: bump actions/cache from 3.2.3 to 3.2.5 by @dependabot in #1199
  • action-deps: bump actions/cache from 3.2.5 to 3.2.6 by @dependabot in #1203
  • lang: Update to pt-PT by @United600 in #1213
  • nuget-deps: bump Newtonsoft.Json from 13.0.2 to 13.0.3 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1211
  • action-deps: bump actions/cache from 3.2.6 to 3.3.1 by @dependabot in #1215
  • other: Code refactoring for LoggingService.cs by @aayushpandya in #1217
  • nuget-deps: bump System.Text.Json from 7.0.2 to 7.0.3 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1241
  • nuget-deps: bump Microsoft.AppCenter.Crashes from 5.0.1 to 5.0.2 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1234
  • nuget-deps: bump Microsoft.AppCenter.Analytics from 5.0.1 to 5.0.2 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1233
  • action-deps: bump NuGet/setup-nuget from 1.1.1 to 1.2.0 by @dependabot in #1226
  • action-deps: bump ncipollo/release-action from 1.12.0 to 1.13.0 by @dependabot in #1258
  • nuget-deps: bump Win2D.uwp from 1.26.0 to 1.27.0 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1256
  • nuget-deps: bump ColorCode.UWP from 2.0.14 to 2.0.15 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1252
  • action-deps: bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #1262
  • action-deps: bump actions/cache from 3.3.1 to 3.3.2 by @dependabot in #1261
  • nuget-deps: bump Microsoft.AppCenter.Analytics from 5.0.2 to 5.0.3 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1264
  • nuget-deps: bump Microsoft.AppCenter.Crashes from 5.0.2 to 5.0.3 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1263
  • style: update bing logo by @United600 in #1266
  • lang: update pt-PT translation by @United600 in #1265
  • nuget-deps: bump Win2D.uwp from 1.27.0 to 1.27.1 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1275
  • nuget-deps: bump System.Text.Json from 7.0.3 to 8.0.0 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1273
  • action-deps: bump actions/setup-java from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #1276

New in Notepads 1.4.9.0 (Jan 28, 2023)

  • Fix: Incorrect translation into Polish by @Nexer8 in #1108
  • Action-deps: bump actions/cache from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 by @dependabot in #1115
  • Action-deps: bump NuGet/setup-nuget from 1.0.5 to 1.0.6 by @dependabot in #1099
  • Nuget-deps: bump System.Text.Json from 6.0.3 to 6.0.4 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1109
  • Nuget-deps: bump System.Text.Json from 6.0.4 to 7.0.1 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1175
  • Nuget-deps: bump Newtonsoft.Json from 13.0.1 to 13.0.2 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1172
  • Nuget-deps: bump ColorCode.UWP from 2.0.12 to 2.0.14 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1160
  • Nuget-deps: bump UTF.Unknown from 2.5.0 to 2.5.1 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1125
  • Nuget-deps: bump Microsoft.NETCore.UniversalWindowsPlatform from 6.2.13 to 6.2.14 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1117
  • Action-deps: bump actions/cache from 3.0.3 to 3.2.3 by @dependabot in #1184
  • Nuget-deps: bump Microsoft.AppCenter.Crashes from 4.5.1 to 5.0.1 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1178
  • Nuget-deps: bump Microsoft.AppCenter.Analytics from 4.5.1 to 5.0.1 in /src/Notepads by @dependabot in #1177
  • Action-deps: bump NuGet/setup-nuget from 1.0.6 to 1.1.1 by @dependabot in #1158
  • Action-deps: bump al-cheb/configure-pagefile-action from 1.2 to 1.3 by @dependabot in #1162
  • Action-deps: bump ncipollo/release-action from 1.10.0 to 1.12.0 by @dependabot in #1174
  • Action-deps: bump github/codeql-action from 1 to 2 by @dependabot in #1105
  • Feat: exit app when closing last tab by @soumyamahunt in #601

New in Notepads 1.4.8.0 (May 25, 2022)

  • nuget-deps: bump DiffPlex from 1.7.0 to 1.7.1 in /src/Notepads
  • action-deps: bump actions/upload-artifact from 2.2.4 to 3
  • nuget-deps: bump System.Text.Json from 5.0.2 to 6.0.2 in /src/Notepads
  • action-deps: bump mrchief/universal-changelog-action from 1.3.1 to 1.3.2
  • action-deps: bump actions/cache from 2.1.7 to 3.0.2
  • action-deps: bump actions/checkout from 2 to 3
  • action-deps: bump actions/download-artifact from 2 to 3
  • action-deps: bump ncipollo/release-action from 1.8.10 to 1.10.0
  • action-deps: bump actions/setup-java from 1 to 3.1.0
  • nuget-deps: bump System.Text.Json from 6.0.2 to 6.0.3 in /src/Notepads
  • nuget-deps: bump Microsoft.AppCenter.Crashes from 4.5.0 to 4.5.1 in /src/Notepads
  • nuget-deps: bump Microsoft.AppCenter.Analytics from 4.5.0 to 4.5.1 in /src/Notepads

New in Notepads 1.4.7.0 (Mar 16, 2022)

  • New features:
  • You can now move line(s) up and down using Alt + Up/Down shortcut.
  • Improvements:
  • Replace will first replace the current selected text if it matches the finding.

New in Notepads 1.4.6.0 (Nov 2, 2021)

  • Updated dependencies and translations.

New in Notepads 1.4.2.0 (Sep 2, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Added proofing suggestions when right click on misspelling words.

New in Notepads 1.4.0.0 (Aug 28, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Added classic notepad log entry feature (For files starting with ".LOG").
  • Added environment variable support for command line activation.
  • Improvements:
  • Added support for opening any kind of file (Only supported on Windows 10 version 2004 or above).
  • Better shadow window detection logic.
  • Cut/Copy now works for current line when there is no selection.
  • Some UI tweaks.

New in Notepads 1.3.9.0 (Jun 14, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Added option to switch app language in advanced settings (only supported languages installed on your system will be shown).

New in Notepads 1.3.8.0 (Jun 14, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Added "Smart Copy" feature. Once enabled, Notepads will smartly trim leading and trailing spaces, tabs, and empty lines before copying the selected text to the clipboard. You can turn this feature on and off under Advanced Settings.

New in Notepads 1.3.7.0 (May 29, 2020)

  • New features:
  • You can now move line(s) up and down using Alt + Up/Down
  • Improvments:
  • Replace will first replace the current selected text if it matches the finding.

New in Notepads 1.3.5.0 (May 22, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Added option to rename a file or unsaved document. Please note, you can rename unsaved document to any extension you want but not for renaming any existing files. Rules are more restricted when renaming existing files due to the UWP restrictions.
  • Improvements:
  • Added more file extension supports including *.ps1, *.vbs, *.xaml etc.
  • Some minor UX changes.

New in Notepads 1.3.4.0 (May 13, 2020)

  • Fixed an issue where app might crash when line highlighter is showing.

New in Notepads 1.3.3.0 (May 11, 2020)

  • Fixed an issue with previous release.

New in Notepads 1.3.2.0 (May 11, 2020)

  • [New features]:
  • Added settings to change font style and font weight.
  • [Improvements]:
  • When you drag a file into Notepads, it now can be saved silently without prompting a file save picker.
  • Improved DiffViewer rendering performance.
  • Minor visual adjustments to line highlighter when multiple lines are selected.
  • [Bug fixes]:
  • Fixed a bug where in some cases, clipboard content might be cleared upon app exit.
  • [New Localization]:
  • [zh-TW][Chinese (Traditional)]

New in Notepads 1.3.1.0 (May 6, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Reducing memory footprint when line numbers are showing.

New in Notepads 1.3.0.0 (May 5, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Added option to display line numbers (You can turn it off in settings).
  • Improvements:
  • New app icon (Designed by Mahmoud Qurashy).
  • Line highlighter now has a better look with reveal effect.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where default search engine reset to Bing after app restart.
  • Fixed a bug where GoTo line might not work properly in some cases.
  • New Localization:
  • [hr-HR][Croatian (Croatia)]

New in Notepads 1.2.7.0 (Apr 27, 2020)

  • Added "Copy Full Path" and "Open Containing Folder" buttons in path indicator flyout menu.
  • Enabled horizontal scrolling ("Shift + Wheel") in DiffViewer.

New in Notepads 1.2.5.0 (Apr 26, 2020)

  • Fixed an issue where app might crash after changing high contrast value.

New in Notepads 1.2.4.0 (Apr 21, 2020)

  • Added "F1" shortcut to open the app settings.

New in Notepads 1.2.3.0 (Apr 19, 2020)

  • [New Localization]:
  • [ka-GE][Georgia]
  • [bg-BG][Bulgarian]

New in Notepads 1.2.2.0 (Apr 14, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Display file name in taskbar.
  • Decreased overall font sizes in Settings UI.
  • Now acrylic effect will be disabled when transparency effects is turned off in system settings or device is currently in battery saver mode. Opacity will be adjusted to 100% and opacity setting will be temporarily disabled.
  • Added tab and line ending replacement support in replace mode when regular expression is enabled. Please note that default line ending in Notepads is 'r' when you trying to do find and replace.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed few bugs that might cause the app to crash during markdown preview mode.
  • Fixed a bug where you cannot open any links in markdown preview mode after switching the tabs.

New in Notepads 1.2.1.0 (Apr 7, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Now you should be able to close the settings panel by hitting "Esc" button on the keyboard.

New in Notepads 1.2.0.0 (Apr 4, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved texture appearance of the acrylic background.
  • Slightly reduced color intensity of the text in dark mode.

New in Notepads 1.1.9.0 (Apr 1, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Find and Replace now supports "Find Previous" (Shift+F3).
  • Added "Right-to-Left Reading order" button in context menu for switching between LTR and RTL mode (Ctrl+L/R will do the same).
  • Improvements:
  • Your current selected text or selected word will be set as default search string when opening Find and Replace control.
  • You can now use F3/Shift+F3 to quickly search thru document even when Find and Replace control is hidden.
  • Automatically indent on new lines with "Enter" or "Shift+Enter" ("Ctrl+Enter" or "Alt+Enter" will not add indentation in case you needed).

New in Notepads 1.1.8.0 (Mar 29, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Always-on acrylic background now applies to both light and dark mode.
  • Added tab separator (Visual update).
  • Support opening files inside WSL environment (type: powershell.exe -c notepads ).
  • Added "Mouse middle button + Wheel" shortcut to quickly change horizontal scrolling.
  • Updated Ctrl + L/R shortcut to change full text flow direction (LTR <-> RTL).

New in Notepads 1.1.7.0 (Mar 22, 2020)

  • Fixed an issue where selection range becomes incorrect after quickly changing the line indent serveral times in a row using Tab or Shift+Tab.

New in Notepads 1.1.6.0 (Mar 21, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Editor will not jump to cursor position when switching between apps using Alt+Tab or switching between tabs. Scroll viewer's position will be recovered correctly in future sessions as well.
  • Selected count is now more accurate (two characters for Windows carriage return "rn").
  • Notepads now remembers previously chosen accent color after switching back from using Windows accent color.
  • Added more file icons.

New in Notepads 1.1.5.0 (Mar 21, 2020)

  • New features:
  • You can now Press Tab or Shift+Tab to adjust the indent on the selected lines.
  • Improvements:
  • You can now use Tab to switch between Find and Replace search boxes.

New in Notepads 1.1.4.0 (Mar 16, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Auto Guess Encoding feature has been added (You can enable it in Settings -> Default Decoding -> Auto guess Encoding)
  • Added "Auto Guess" option in "Reopen with Encoding" menu.

New in Notepads 1.1.3.0 (Mar 12, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Added support for more legacy encodings.
  • "Reopen with Encoding" and "Save with Encoding" are added (Click on the encoding indicator).
  • Added more supported file types.
  • Improvements:
  • "Recent Open" will track recently saved files as well.
  • You will be notified if regular expression used in Find and Replace is invalid.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where Go-To line might crash the app.
  • New Localization:
  • [pl-PL][Polish]

New in Notepads 1.1.2.0 (Mar 5, 2020)

  • [Bug fixes]:
  • Fixed an issue where Notepads might fail to get all installed fonts (microsoft/Win2D#759).
  • Added missing 512x512 size icons.
  • [Improvements]:
  • "Search in web" will redirect to the page directly if selected text is a valid http(s) url.

New in Notepads 1.1.1.0 (Mar 4, 2020)

  • Fixed few issues brought by v1.1.0.0

New in Notepads 1.1.0.0 (Mar 2, 2020)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Print
  • Go-to line
  • Show recent opened files in menu
  • Added regex search option in Find and Replace
  • Highlight current line with rectangle boarder
  • New zooming percentage indicator with slider
  • Search selected text on Web using your favorite search engine
  • Ctrl + Num (1-9) to quickly switch to specified tab
  • Added more font size options
  • New file icons (asp, bash, C, cfg, cpp, cs, css, h, html, ini, java, js, json, jsp, php, py, rb, rc, sh, vb, xml, yml)
  • NEW LOCALIZATION:
  • [ko-KR] Korean
  • [hi-IN] Hindi (India)
  • [or-IN] Odia (India)

New in Notepads 1.0.3.0 (Jan 13, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Added option to highlight misspelled words.
  • Added option to always open file in a new window instead of creating a new tab.
  • Improvements:
  • Copy selected text to clipboard now respect your line ending settings.

New in Notepads 1.0.2.0 (Dec 17, 2019)

  • Update dependencies.

New in Notepads 1.0.1.0 (Oct 29, 2019)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a locale related bug: microsoft/XamlBehaviors#154

New in Notepads 1.0.0.0 (Oct 21, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • UI tweaks

New in Notepads 0.10.3.0 Beta (Sep 29, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • Added more shadow and reveal highlight effects.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where mouse-clicking on Find button behaves incorrectly (Editor won't scroll to the search result).
  • Fixed a bug where file open error pops up when launching Notepads from Windows RUN.
  • Fixed a bug where opening files from PowerShell stops working.

New in Notepads 0.10.2.0 Beta (Sep 18, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • "New Window" button is added in the app menu

New in Notepads 0.10.1.0 Beta (Sep 13, 2019)

  • [Bug fixes]:
  • Fixed a bug where last window location and size are not remembered.
  • [Behavior changes]:
  • App will not exit automatically when last tab was closed, a new empty tab will pop-up instead.

New in Notepads 0.10.0.0 Beta (Sep 12, 2019)

  • New features:
  • Ctrl+D to duplicate current line or selection.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where shadow instance pops up when there is no instance running.

New in Notepads 0.9.9.0 Beta (Sep 8, 2019)

  • [New features]:
  • Session snapshot.
  • Multi-instances.
  • Drag and drop tabs between app instances.
  • [Bug fixes]:
  • Fixed a bug where the cursor jumps to the start of the file after saving.
  • [New Localization]:
  • [pt-BR] Brazilian Portuguese

New in Notepads 0.9.8.0 Beta (Aug 12, 2019)

  • New features:
  • CompactOverlay (Always-on-top) mode has been added (F12).
  • Improvements:
  • Text editor default line spacing has been adjusted to make text more readable.
  • DiffViewer default line spacing has also been adjusted to make text more readable.
  • Now you can find and search continuously using "Enter" key in addition to F3.
  • Changelog section has been added in About page.
  • New Localization:
  • [cs-CZ]

New in Notepads 0.9.7.0 Beta (Aug 8, 2019)

  • New features:
  • Now Notepads will notify you when file has been modified, renamed, moved or deleted outside.
  • You can reload file if it has been modified outside by clicking on path indicator (Flyout will be shown).
  • You can hit F5 to insert date time string into current selection point (format is based on your current culture).
  • Now you can enable full screen mode by pressing F11 (Same button to exit full screen mode).
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed unwanted behavior where "Shift+Enter" insert 'v' instead of new line character.
  • Improvements:
  • Dark mode has been tweaked to show background acrylic effect even when app window is not focused.
  • When background tint opacity sets to 100%, acrylic effect will be disabled completely.
  • UI and animations tweaks.
  • Removed symbol fonts from font lists and fonts now are in alphabetical order.
  • Side-by-side DiffViewer's close button has been moved to the left.

New in Notepads 0.9.6.0 Beta (Jul 30, 2019)

  • New features:
  • You can preview your changes using side-by-side DiffViewer (Alt+D).
  • You can use built-in Markdown viewer to preview your markdown(.md) files (Ctrl+P).
  • Tab's right-click context menu has been added.
  • You can double click on tab to enable Full Screen mode (double click again to exit).
  • ANSI decoding supports for reading legacy files using Windows Code Page.
  • You now can revert all your changes made to the file to original state including line ending and encoding changes.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Text copied to clipboard will be black colored instead of white when using Dark mode.
  • Disabled ctrl + left click to deselect tab (unwanted behavior).
  • Improvements:
  • Text copied to clipboard will not be deleted after App exits.
  • Find and replace control is now owned by each tab.
  • Now, Notepads is smart enough to figure out if your file has been edited or not.
  • Changed Save As shortcut from Ctrl+Alt+S to Ctrl+Shift+S to follow Notepad and VS Code.
  • You now can select and scroll at same time (to quickly select a block of text).
  • Better ContentDialog showing logic.
  • Disable save button if file is untouched (Save As is always enabled anyway), Notepads now also skip untouched files on app exit.
  • New Localizations:
  • It-IT
  • Uk-UA

New in Notepads 0.9.5.0 Beta (Jul 14, 2019)

  • Now you can use Ctrl + Mouse Wheel to control font size.
  • Enabled Ctrl + NumberPad0 to reset font size (in addition to Ctrl + 0).
  • Added Alt + Z shortcut to switch word wrapping on current/selected document.
  • Changed Save As shortcut from (Ctrl+Shift+S) to (Ctrl+Alt+S).
  • "Save All" button is added with improved UX on App closing save reminder dialog.
  • Tabs now closed automatically after "save and close".
  • Now, Notepads will not change existing tabs when tab key behavior sets to spaces. Only new tabs entered by user will be taken into effect.
  • Renamed new document default name from "New Document.txt" to "Untitled.txt".
  • Show "hand" mouse cursor when mouse pointer pointed on path, encoding and line ending indicators.
  • Fixed an issue that prevents Notepads from saving files to Dropbox folder.
  • Fixed an issue where you can undo on newly opened files.
  • Fixed a bug on calculating number of selected characters.
  • Updated existing localizations and added localizations: [tr-TR][Turkish], [hu-HU][Hungarian], [de-DE][German], [de-CH][German (Switzerland)], [ja-JP][Japanese], [ru-RU][Russian]

New in Notepads 0.9.4.0 Beta (Jul 9, 2019)

  • Added show/hide status bar toogle in Settings (Advanced Settings).
  • Lazy loading some of the controls for faster App startup.
  • Improved UX by replacing current "New Document.txt" with your open file if it is empty and it is the only tab that has been created instead of creating a new one.
  • Make status bar text color more visible.
  • Added LTR/RTL flow direction shortcut (Now you can use Ctrl+L/R to change text flow direction).
  • Added UTF-8 BOM (Byte order mark) supports.
  • Fixed a bug where dummy new document tab might be opened along with your opening file.
  • Added more languages/translations (partially): fr-FR, es-ES, zh-CN.
  • Internationalization and localization are done by the community, please check my GitHub repo for more details: https://github.com/JasonStein/Notepads

New in Notepads 0.9.3.0 Beta (Jul 9, 2019)

  • Fix an issue related to AltGr key (Block user from typing certain characters).
  • Allow user to save file without extension (Choose unknown type on file save picker).
  • Redirect to existing tab if file is already opened.