Download Notepad++ 8.5.1

Version 8.5.1 of Notepad++ has been released. This extensive text editor has various options that are especially useful for programmers, such as syntax highlighting for C, C++, Java, HTML, XML and PHP, among others. The program also offers the option to edit more than one document at the same time or maintain one document in two different places. If you want to use the latest version, you must download it yourself. Notepad++’s built-in updater only offers updates a week after their release, in order to resolve any serious bugs. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Notepad++ v8.5.1 bug fixes and new features:

• Use new modern shell “Edit with Notepad++” of Windows 11 instead of hijacking “Pin to Quick access”. (Fix #13320implement #13330)
• Update scintilla to 5.3.4 and lexilla to 5.2.4. (Implement #13338)
• Add MS Transact-SQL support. (Fix #5940, #7988, #11718, #12610, #13160)
• Add GDScript language support with autocomplete & function list. (Fix #13329)
• Fix UDL empty button regression after changing localization. (Fix #13228)
• Add ability to copy “Find what” to “Replace with” and vice versa in Find Replace dialog. (Fix #12122)
• Fix DocSwitcher RTL problem, and use edit field instead of a small popup value dialog. (Fix #13244, #13248)
• GUI visual enhancement: Fix whole dialog items blink when an item value changed. (Fix #13230)
• Make tray icon context menu translatable. (Fix #11628)