Notepad++ v8.4.1 Release (2022-05-11)

1.Fix HTML syntax highlighting in PHP files regression.

2.Fix "Reload from disk" loosing syntax highlighting regression.

3.Fix unfocused selected text background color changed regression.

4.Update Scintilla from 5.2.1 to 5.2.2 and Lexilla from 5.1.5 to 5.1.6.

5.Fix multi-part keyword in prefix mode freezes Notepad++ in UDL.

6.Add several dark mode enhancement.

7.Add DarkMode usage detection support for plugins.

8.Add "Framed current line" option beside of "Highlight current line background".

9.Add file monitoring command line argument [-monitor].

10.Add File Dialog enhancement.

11.Add a new format argument/option "ADD_ZERO_PADDING" to NPPM_GETNPPVERSION.

12.Restore auto-completion & calltip default fg/bg colors when no theme is applied.

13.Sort "Search result" to the bottom in language list of Style Configurator.

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1. Fix crash on “Copy Binary Content” command without selection on edit zone.
2. Fix crashes by re-invoking with command line argument “-udl”.
3. Make toolbar icons customizable.
4. Make fold/unfold current level commands toggleable.
5. Add command line argument for plugin, a related notification and an API.
6. Fix horizontal scrolling with scroll wheel on Logitech MX issue.
7. Enhance dark mode.
8. Add encoding context menu via right/double click on status bar.
9. Add gui4cli keywords and fix its style IDs in stylers.model.xml.
10. Display installed plugin versions in Debug Info dialog.

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Notepad++ v8.4.3 Release (2022-07-08)

1. Add an option which allows to show only 1 entry per found line in search result.

2. Make EOL (CRLF) display customizable.

3. Add 2 more shortcuts "plus" (new file) and "arrow" (drop down list of opened files) buttons on menu bar.

4. Update Lexilla to 5.1.7 & Scintilla to 5.2.3 and use new API for large files.

5. Fix Find in files performance regression since updating Scintilla 5.

6. Add dark mode support for plugins - support dark mode for plugins with docking GUI.

7. Fix a crash issue due to opening an empty .NFO file.

8. Fix language fonts regression in Style Configurator (make font definition possible again).

9. Add NPPM_CREATELEXER message for plugins to instantiate lexers.

10. Enhance dark mode (edge colors).

11. Fix "CMD Here" command open Explorer issue.

12. Fix crash issue of “Style Configurator…” command if “stylers.xml” is absent.

13. Fix Selected text changes color issue when editor window loses focus.

14. Skip save all warning dialog if only current editing file is dirty.

15. Fix a small regression in DebugInfo dialog.

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Notepad++ v8.4.4 Release (2022-07-15)

1. Fix Find in Files crash regression.

2. Add shortcuts toward the settings of preferences dialog into Styler Configurator.

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Notepad++ v8.5.1 Release

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New update:24.03.2023
1. Use new modern shell "Edit with Notepad++" of Windows 11 instead of hijacking "Pin to Quick access". 2. Update scintilla to 5.3.4 and lexilla to 5.2.4. 3. Add MS Transact-SQL support. 4. Add GDScript language support with autocomplete & functionlist. 5. Fix UDL empty button regression after changing localization. 6. Add ability to copy "Find what" to "Replace with" and vice versa in Find Replace dialog. 7. Fix DocSwitcher RTL problem, and use edit field instead of a small popup value dialog. 8. GUI visual enhancement: Fix whole dialog items blink when a item value changed. 9. Make tray icon context menu translatable.

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Notepad++ v8.5.2 Release

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New update:06.04.2023

1. Enhance "Edit with Notepad++" context menu and fix several issues.

2. Make Find/Replace dialog swap/copy button usage more explicit.

3. Fix unexpected caret column jump post brace match.

4. Add hits in-progress increased number to Search Progress dialog.

5. Add HTML Hexadecimal column and more items to ASCII panel.

6. Add ability to do leading spaces with Column Editor.

7. Add programming language support for Hollywood.

8. Fix dock panels visual glitch while finding in search results.

9. Fix Mark dialog's Copy Marked Text button is not macro-able issue.

10. Dark mode enhancement: make focused combobox more visible.

11. Fix find dialog flicker issue.

12. Enhance Notepad++ icon's display in system tray.

13. Fix some options in Mark dialog not remembered though the session issue.

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Notepad++ v8.5.3 Release

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New update:15.05.2023

1. Fix session file data loss issue.

2. Fix Explorer context menu "Edit with Notepad++" needs restarting os to appear issue under Win 8/10.

3. Fix Explorer context menu "Edit with Notepad++" not installed for multiple users issue.

4. Fix Explorer context menu "Edit with Notepad++" double entries in some applications (Winzip).

5. Make Explorer context menu "Edit with Notepad++" translatable.

6. Add the UTF8 character ability for Run & Macro menu.

7. Add hide/show ability of Control Characters (C0 & C1) and Unicode EOL.

8. Fix Change history margin in black color issue.

9. Improve "Remove consecutive duplicate lines" command performance.

10. Project Workspace "Save a Copy As" confusion issue.

11. Make "Remove consecutive duplicate lines" support more line break.

12. Fix UDL deletion issue.

13. Fix RTL not working on FindInFiles progress window.

14. Fix search results output alignment for large file searches.

15. Several GUI Enhancements.

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Notepad++ v8.5.4 Release

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New update:18.06.2023

1. Fix macro recording regression on Unicode character.

2. Fix regression of defective detection for file read-only attribute removal via Explorer.

3. Fix opening multi-files on multi-instance mode regression.

4. Update: Scintilla 5.3.5 Lexilla 5.2.5

5. Fix Notepad++ hanging issue running macro to EOF.

6. Fix EOL symbol color/appearence being reset issue while changing encoding.

7. Enable code folding in Assembly source files.

8. Fix document language not remembered through sessions issue.

9. Add SHA-1 hash features.

10. Add "open new blank document in addition on startup" ability.

11. Fix lexer plugin is sorted unconventionally in language menu issue.

12. Add message NPPM_DARKMODESUBCLASSANDTHEME to allow plugin to use generic dark mode.

13. Add the ability to close multiple files without saving in Document list.

14. Several GUI Enhancements.

15. Fix tabContextMenu_example.xml not being deleted while uninstallation.

16. Fix error message on uninstallation.

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Notepad++ v8.5.5 Release

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New update: 09.08.2023

1. Update to Scintilla 5.3.6 and Lexilla 5.2.6.

2. Add change history navigation commands: Go to next/prev change & Clear change history.

3. Fix Change History incorrect display after "Reload from Disk" command.

4. Remember through sessions the directory of "Remember last used directory".

5. Fix regression of double clicking on find result not going to the document.

6. Fix regression of opening file rejection if file name contains dot at the end.

7. Fix error message of opening file with '=' as end of file name.

8. Fix menu Tools contains 2 SHA-256 item while using localization.

9. Fix SHA-1 hash result wrong length bug while "Treat each line as a separate string" enabled.

10. Add SHA-512 hash features.

11. Fix normal.xml for Normal text auto-completion not working issue.

12. Fix Korean IME append file extension issue in save dialog.

13. Make find/replace in files result more inaccurate while used RegExpr is invalid.

14. Fix Project panel's inaccurate initialized path in save dialog.

15. Fix wrong syntax highlighting of URLs with quotes in JSON.

16. Fix Clipboard History panel shows corrupted data issue.

17. Improve lines sorting memory consumption.

18. Enhance "Add new document at startup": add new document only when the session is remembered.

19. Enhance "Convert case to Proper Case" command: fix the error conversion after quote.

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Notepad++ v8.5.6 Release

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New update:15.08.2023

Notepad++ v8.5.6 bug-fixes and new features:

1. Fix plugin crash regression due to CET enhancement.

2. Add new API: indicator allocation for plugins.

3. Fix hide lines merging to avoid merging across a visible line.

4. Fix "Clear Change History" issue: cloned document markers are not cleared.

Notepad++ v8.5.5 bug-fixes and new features:

1. Update to Scintilla 5.3.6 and Lexilla 5.2.6.

2. Add change history navigation commands: Go to next/prev change & Clear change history.

3. Fix Change History incorrect display after "Reload from Disk" command.

4. Remember through sessions the directory of "Remember last used directory".

5. Fix regression of double clicking on find result not going to the document.

6. Fix regression of opening file rejection if file name contains dot at the end.

7. Fix error message of opening file with '=' as end of file name.

8. Fix menu Tools contains 2 SHA-256 item while using localization.

9. Fix SHA-1 hash result wrong length bug while "Treat each line as a separate string" enabled.

10. Add SHA-512 hash features.

11. Fix normal.xml for Normal text auto-completion not working issue.

12. Fix Korean IME append file extension issue in save dialog.

13. Make find/replace in files result more accurate while used RegExpr is invalid.

14. Fix Project panel's inaccurate initialized path in save dialog.

15. Fix wrong syntax highlighting of URLs with quotes in JSON.

16. Fix Clipboard History panel shows corrupted data issue.

17. Improve lines sorting memory consumption.

18. Enhance "Add new document at startup": add new document only when the session is remembered.

19. Enhance "Convert case to Proper Case" command: fix the error conversion after quote.

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Notepad++ v8.5.7 Release

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New update:08.09.2023

1. Fix 4 security issues CVE-2023-40031, CVE-2023-40036, CVE-2023-40164 & CVE-2023-40166.

2. Security enhancement: Sign uninstall.exe.

3. Change the slogan in installer.

4. Fix eventual memory leak while reading Utf8-16 files.

5. Fix dragging tab performance issue while Document List is displayed.

6. Add supperss 2GB file warning option for x64.

7. Fix cloned document disassociated issue after Notepad++ being relaunched.

8. Fix session file saving problem if it's read-only.

9. Fix activating wrong file(s) issue after loading session file.

10. Fix wrong product version value displayed in file's properties.

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Notepad++ v8.5.8 Release

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New update:17.10.2023

1. Fix "Clear Read-Only Flag" command not working immediately regression.

2. Fix saving files losing Alternate Data Stream issue.

3. Fix data loss issue due to no room on disk for saving.

4. Add Win10/Win11 Restart-application feature.

5. Fix user created session being modified behaviour on exit.

6. Improve document list display performance.

7. Update Scintilla to v5.3.7 & Lexilla to v5.2.7.

8. Fix unwanted Afrikaans installer language issue.

9. Fix a crash issue while reading settings from cloud.

10. Fix security issue CVE-2022-31901.

11. Enhance non-saved search text's persistence in Find dialog combobox while pressing arrow key.

12. Make auto-checking of Find InSelection configurable (resizable & can be disabled).

13. Perl enhancement: Update Stylers & the keywords for Perl v5.38.

14. Fix "Single Line Uncomment" uncommenting an extra line issue.

15. Fix "Next Bookmark" command not resetting current column issue.

16. Allow menu command Window->Windows to be assigned a shortcut.

17. Fix wrong categories in Shortcuts Mapper.

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Notepad++ v8.6 Release

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New update:23.11.2023

1. Multi-edit is fully supported in Notepad++.

2. Make multi-select background & caret colours customizable.

3. Make session inaccessible files remembered (empty & read-only document as placeholder).

4. Fix missing session invalid error for user session & enhance API NPPM_GETNBSESSIONFILES.

5. Fix network shared files saving regression.

6. Update Scintilla to v5.3.8 & Lexilla to v5.2.8.

7. Fix docking panel crash due to messing up config.xml.

8. Fix invalid styler.xml making Notepad++ crash issue.

9. Fix tab-closing crash by middle mouse button (unexpected mouse position).

10. Fix 2 performance issues in Style Configurator.

11. Add 3 line operation (delete, copy & cut) shortcuts.

12. Display extra info in the status bar of Find/Replace dialog to avoid PEBKAC.

13. Fix "Hide lines" command hiding unselected lines issue.

14. Fix silent installer mode when Notepad++ is running issue.

15. Fix Updater's vulnerability (update cURL in WinGUp for fixing CVE-2023-38545).

16. Fix incoherent behaviour of "Duplicate Current Line" menu command.

17. Fix JSON5 not using JSON keywords.

18. Fix empty message showing while cancelling session file saving dialog.

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Notepad++ v8.6.1 Release

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New update:05.01.2024

1. Updated to Scintilla 5.4.1 & Lexilla 5.3.0.

2. Fix a regression: the position in the previous session is now restored correctly in cloned document.

3. Fix a regression: customized extension in Style Configurator is now saved correctly.

4. Add an ability (disableLineCopyCutDelete.xml) to disable line copy/cut/delete when no selection is made.

5. Add an ability (noColumnToMultiSelect.xml) to disable column mode to multi-select mode.

6. Fix deleting in column mode also delete an unexpected EOL.

7. Fix hidden results of long lines for Search results with "Find in..." commands.

8. Enhance Search-results by showing search options for "Find in..." commands.

9. Fix an issue: replacements are no longer duplicated (the 2nd time in cloned document) for "Replace in Opened Docs".

10. Fix a regression to make F3 & Shift-F3 work again in Incremental Search.

11. Add document tab navigation commands: "First tab" & "Last tab".

12. Add document tab commands: "Move to Start" & "Move to End" commands.

13. 3 RTL new abilities: RTL per document, RTL per document remembered across the sessions & new attribute editZoneRTL="no" in RTL localization files.

14. Enhance the "-loadingTime" command line parameter.

15. Enhance the performance: disable undo collection while loading a file.

16. Sort language list in the Preferences dialog.

17. Fix a visual glitch that occurred during multi-paste.

18. Fix confusing memory allocation error message.

19. Fix python wrong decorator attribute color.

20. Fix file status in "other view" is not detected.

21. Fix dropped file being opened in the wrong view.

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Notepad++ v8.6.2 fixed

1. Fix Shift-DEL, Ctrl-INS and Shift-INS not working regression. (Fix #14470, #14571)
2. Fix Ctrl+V cannot paste into the text fields of certain plugins regression. (Fix #14568)
3. Remove option “disableLineCopyCutDelete.xml” (the empty file takes no effect).
4. Fix a regression: the position in the previous session is now restored correctly in cloned document. (Fix #14164)

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Notepad++ v8.6.3 Release

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New update:18.02.2024

1. Restore multi-editing option & add "Column To Multi-editing" option on GUI.

2. Make "copy/cut line while no selection" optional.

3. Fix all open files lost after restarting as Admin to save a file.

4. Fix "Replace All" crash & performance issue.

5. Fix calltip crash due to the division by zero.

6. Enhance Function List for Python to support "async def" & colons in argument list.

7. Fix Copy/Cut/Paste issue in Vertical Edge text field in preferences dialog.

8. Fix macro recording twice for some commands.

9. Fix "Open File" command not working with TAB preceded.

10. Add auto-completion keywords for PHP, JavaScript and CSS.

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Notepad++ v8.6.4 Release

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New update:20.02.2024

-Fix regression that the view cannot be activated by mouse clicking..

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Notepad++ v8.6.5 Release

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New update:30.03.2024

1. Fix "Replace All" action not notifying plugins of modification regression by adding NPPN_GLOBALMODIFIED.

2. Fix plugins not receiving some Scintilla notification types regression.

3. Fix Shortcut Mapper pontential crash problem.

4. Fix period backup pontential crash due to the dead lock.

5. Fix NUL characters file corruption after power outrages.

6. Remedy losing session problem after power outrages.

7. Fix URLs are not detected after a "Replace All" regression.

8. Notify user while saving failure due to hardware problem.

9. Update to scintilla 5.4.3 (from 5.4.1) & Lexilla 5.3.1.

10. Support template literal (template strings) in JavaScript & make `back-quoted strings` more readable.

11. Add support for Change History in the text, besides in the margin. Also, make Change History color configurable.

12. Fix NPPM_RELOADFILE API return wrong result issue.

13. Enhance Shortcut Mapper filter to find command items more easily

14. Prevent typing control characters into document & make it optional.

15. Fix possible no-GUI state when using systray.

16. Make context menu popup location at current text position when invoked via keyboard.

17. Fix Notepad++ blocked when closed minimized or from systray.

18. Fix python wrong decorator attribute colors & add "ATTRIBUTE" color in styles.xml.model.

19. Fix Mouse Wheel Scrolling in Shortcut Mapper & reduce also the memory use.

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