Notepad++ for Windows

The most efficient and lightweight editor which supports several languages with a simple & clean interface

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Notepad++ is a text editor with extended features to use for coding. Even if you are a beginner or an experienced developer who wants to stay at a simple editor, Notepad++ will be a great editor to stay with. By supporting over 70 languages, allowing multiple ways to customize for self, and being efficient and lightweight, Notepad++ managed to be popular for all these years.

Features & Highlights

Use less computer resource usage
Syntax highlighting support for over 70 languages
Efficient and lightweight
Customize the editor
Extend features with various plugins

License

Open Source

Developer

Don Ho

Requirements

Windows XP/ Vista/ 7/ 8/ 10

Version

8.4.9

Size

4.4 MB

Updated

January 31, 2023

January 31, 2023

Fixes and Improvements.

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.

December 25, 2022

Fixes and Improvements.

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++ v8.4.7 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)

November 8, 2022

Fixes and Improvements.

Fix empty session issue due to forced Windows update restart. (Fix #9850, #12389, #5737, #4148, #2730… and much more)
Fix printing with extra background colors issue due to Change History. (Fix #12281)
Update to scintilla 5.3.1 and lexilla 5.2.0. (Implement #12327)
Updated nlohmann json to 3.11.2 and boost to 1.80.0. (Implement #12271, #12273)
Make large file restriction configurable. (Fix #11389, #12260, #11670)
Optimize open/save large files time. ( Commit)
Remember Column Editor settings through the sessions. (Implement #12386)

September 29, 2022

Bug/Regression Fixes and New Features.

Add Change History markers for document saved/unsaved/undone modification. (Fix #12164, #12046)
Add setting tab color ability. (Fix #2271)
Update to Scintilla 5.3.0 and Lexilla 5.1.9 (Implement #12045)
Fix “Never” button not showing on Updater dialog regression. (Implement 9c86a33)
Fix a printing selection regression. (Fix #11826, #12033, #11638)
Revamp tab context menu: make it less cluttered by adding sub-menu. (Fix #12147)
Fix a security vulnerability. (Fix #12113)
Add dark mode support to Choose Color dialog. (Fix #12148)
Add a page (tab) for incompatible (unloaded) plugins in Plugin Admin. (Fix #12069)
Add Plugin list repository link and its version in PluginAdmin dialog.
Fix horizontal bar showing issue while resizing document list’s height. (Fix #12191)
Fix NPPN_DARKMODECHANGED wrong return value to plugins. (Fix #12144).

September 7, 2022

Bug Fixes & New Enhancement.

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)