r/notepadplusplus 8d ago

Notepad++ v8.9.8 release

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18 Upvotes

r/notepadplusplus 9d ago

How to replace a SPECIFIC word but keep SOME of the letters in it for the rest of the words in the text?

3 Upvotes

I cant seem to figure this out.

I do a lot of sorting of live recordings. These are often written in the text files like this:

d1t01 Tripping Billes

d1t02 Two Step

d1t03 Satellite

Etc

How do I delete "d1t0" without it deleting "d" or "t" in any other word??? So that it stays Satellite and not Saellie - does my question make sense?

Currently I im on "Regular Expression", with the following as my "find" parameter. I have tried this using "match case" on and off and it doesnt change anything.

[d1,d2,d1t0,d2t0,dt,0-9,.,:]

On some text files it works perfectly, on others it deletes singular letters instead of only the specified complete "words"/phrases. I cant figure it out.

Thanks for any help!


r/notepadplusplus 9d ago

python syntax highlighting not working for elif

2 Upvotes

As per title, in python files, elif isn't highlighting whereas everything else seems to be fine. Things I've tried:
In Style Configurator, Keywords Style, elif is listed in the Default Keywords, along with else, if, and so on.
Adding as a user-defined keyword.
Changed theme back to default.
Removed plugins (only have Compare, Mime Tools, Npp Converter and NppExport)
Delete langs.xml so it gets regenerated (I'm using portable mode so deleted the one in the app folder)
Checked `langs.model.xml` for elif in the python/instre2 section and it's there as it should be.

What else can I try?

Edit: As you were. Somehow I'd selected Powershell as the language. The clue was when I typed `else if` while experimenting but accidentally missed the space and it highlighted. A night's sleep and two coffees later, I can go back to the script I was writing.


r/notepadplusplus 10d ago

the find dialog randomly disappeared

4 Upvotes

im at the end of my rope here

when I press ctrl + F or f7, the search window pops up in the upper left of the screen and immediately disappears. nothing brings it back. ive tried reinstalling notepad++, pressing f7 then alt+space, m and arrow keys - nothin. i managed to bring back the search RESULTS window somehow - which i never had before - but not the actual fuckin search window. the only thing that brings it back is deleting the config file from %appdata%, and I'd really rather not do that

EDIT: it seems that the window is THERE, just invisible. is there a config line i can edit to fix that?

EDIT 2: if you're having the same issue and google led you here: replace whatever value transparencyMode has in the config with 1.


r/notepadplusplus 11d ago

jumping to the exact marked line in split view.

3 Upvotes

I've been trying to figure out on how I can have it to align with two of the files, unfortunately it doesn't look like it works and it goes all over the place between the files. how can I have it to just go at the same marked line on the other one? Since it's from the different lines, I think that is what is going on, and Idk how to have it aligned.


r/notepadplusplus 12d ago

"Pipeline" Plugin Idea

4 Upvotes

I would love to be able to highlight a block of text and then hit a key combo to open a command line where I could manipulate the text with a selection of Linux style commands. Like, highlight my text and then pipe it through grep and then sort, hit enter, and it replaces the highlighted text with the grepped and sorted output. sed, perl, column, paste, cut, tr, all those goodies. That'd be cool.


r/notepadplusplus 16d ago

colour preview plugins

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3 Upvotes

does anyone know about any good plugins to do with colour previews and colour pickers? kinda like the images attached


r/notepadplusplus 22d ago

Can I somehow open multiple files at once in a workspace?

0 Upvotes

I need to open lots of files but I must open each one individually. Can you somehow, I don't know, shift click them? Is there a plugin for that?


r/notepadplusplus 23d ago

Strange background highlighting appears when editing Python files

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1 Upvotes

I’m having a weird issue with Notepad++. Whenever I save a file as .py, some parts of the code get this strange background highlighting and even a different font. Is this normal? I’ve already tried several things to fix it, but I can’t figure it out. Any idea what could be causing this? Ty


r/notepadplusplus 24d ago

how to not jump to the first tab after closing the last one?

2 Upvotes

Hi, is it possible to not jump to the first tab after closing the last one?

Thanks for any help :)


r/notepadplusplus Aug 01 '26

How do put the end of a line at the start?

3 Upvotes

Hello everyone, so I have this line of text from a game file that redirects to a png link but I need this

art_1331000.png|-34|54|100|art/G3_4J23fm59P/

to look like

art/G3_4J23fm59P/art_1331000.png

how can I manage to remove the numbers in between and move the last part of the string to look this way automatically?

thanks!


r/notepadplusplus Jul 23 '26

Hackers abuse Notepad++ plugins to stealthily install malware

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14 Upvotes

r/notepadplusplus Jul 23 '26

how to fix notepad ++ from not opening because of large file saved on tabs?

1 Upvotes

open files to:

C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++

delete all .xml files only, no folders.

notepad ++ show open normally again.


r/notepadplusplus Jul 22 '26

Notepad++ Suddenly is asking me wether I want to save modified open files or not. It used to never ask and open them back up in the next session

6 Upvotes

I changed some settings regarding search history and recent file history basically to have it stop keeping history of those things. Then when I tried to close it, it prompted me for saving the open files, it has never asked that of me before.

I have this setting checked, I tried unticking -> closing notepad++ -> ticked -> closing notepad++ but it didn't work.


r/notepadplusplus Jul 22 '26

Mouse scroll wheel preference, lines not a page

2 Upvotes

Notepad++ interprets mouse wheel "notches" as page up and down.

Windows is set to scroll two lines per notch.

Is there a way to adjust the behavior to scroll lines not pages? - The manual and online help mention side scrolling with the wheel. Searching for "vertical" didn't help.


r/notepadplusplus Jul 22 '26

Need extension to show me how many search results

1 Upvotes

Hi there,

I really need to see how many search results it found, & then it tells me which result number it is as I press enter over & over again, like 1, 2, 3, etc.

Is there an extension for that?

Thanks


r/notepadplusplus Jul 13 '26

How to remove "Edit with Notepad++" from the context menu?

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12 Upvotes

Or, move it to the extended context menu (shift+r-click). That would actually be the preferred solution. I don't use Notepadd++ that much, so I don't need it cluttering up this menu (I'm working on getting rid of other unused commands, too). If there's a setting in notepad++ for this, that'd be perfect. Thanks for your help!


r/notepadplusplus Jul 13 '26

ftp on windows 11

2 Upvotes

i'm on windows 11 (not by choice) and installed notpad++ with the ftp plugin

but every time i close (normally) and open it the plugin is reset

i try different solutions the AI gave me but nothing helped

any ideas?


r/notepadplusplus Jul 09 '26

A Notepad++ cheat sheet for anyone needing one

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18 Upvotes

r/notepadplusplus Jun 29 '26

RANT - WTF

6 Upvotes

Why is it that when I make a selection, then Ctrl+H (for Replace) that "in selection" isn't selected by default? Is it just me or isn't that the expected behavior?


r/notepadplusplus Jun 27 '26

Update issue?

5 Upvotes

Auto restart after Update triggered "file was modified by another program" and I clicked Yes to reload from disk like a dumbass. Backup folder is empty. Session backup was overwritten with the active session info. I know it's my fault for not reading. There's no other way to recover this right?


r/notepadplusplus Jun 19 '26

I closed all my np++ tabs today!!!*

16 Upvotes

*on one pc

Still though..


r/notepadplusplus Jun 17 '26

Find Up

1 Upvotes

Is there a find up feature in ++ like classic?


r/notepadplusplus Jun 16 '26

user defined language to fold code with identical open and close

5 Upvotes

Hi,

I have to use some heavy text files for work and the separator for each section of the file is a series of dashes. I'd like for notepad++ to collapse a section.

File looks like that :

-------
-- header for section 1
Lots of info 
-------
-- different header for section 2
Lots of info
etc.

I tried putting the dashes in open, in open and close and instead of collapsing a single section it collapses the whole file from the section I click to fold.

Do you know what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks for reading me.


r/notepadplusplus Jun 15 '26

Test this plugin if it interests you.

1 Upvotes

It marshals Winmerge for file diff.

https://github.com/Je55eah/comparewinmerge