What's New in version 7.9.3:

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)

What's New in version 7.9.2:

• 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 &'37;20.

What's New in version 7.9.1:

• 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).

What's New in version 7.9:

• 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.

What's New in version 7.8.9:

• 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.

What's New in version 7.8.8:

• 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.

What's New in version 7.8.7:

• 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.

What's New in version 7.8.6:

• 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.

What's New in version 7.8.5:

• 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.

What's New in version 7.8.4:

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

What's New in version 7.8.3:

• 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.

What's New in version 7.8.2:

• 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.

What's New in version 7.8.1:

• 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.

What's New in version 7.8:

• 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.

What's New in version 7.7.1:

• 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.

What's New in version 7.7:

• 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).

What's New in version 7.6.6:

• Fix crash issue inserted by adding an enhancement for retaining read only setting state in session.

What's New in version 7.6.2:

• 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.

What's New in version 7.6.1:

• 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.

What's New in version 7.6:

• Add Built-in Plugins Admins. Users can install, update and remove plugins by some clicks via Plugins Admin: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/plugin-admin.html
• 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' behavior 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

What's New in version 7.5.9:

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

What's New in version 7.5.8:

• 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.