Download Notepad++ 8.5

Version 8.5 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 bug fixes and new features:

• Fix notepad replacement opening file name containing white space regression. (Fix #13032)
• Fix regression about visual glitch of Find in Files progress window & Document Switcher. (Fix #13185, #13053)
• Update to Scintilla 5.3.3 and Lexilla 5.2.2. (Implement #13082)
• Add new explorer context menu entry “Edit with Notepad++” for WINDOWS 11. (Fix #10320, #10565, #4368, #8786, #10640, #10856, #10653, #7747, #6169, #92)
• Add show non-printable characters command. (Fix #827, #4731, #8284)
• Apply tab colors to document list items, and add groups to document list. (Fix #12155, #12689, #13026)
• Add middle mouse click ability to close doc in Document List. (Fix #12949)
• Add Begin/End Select in Column Mode command. (Fix #12833, #12832)
• Add option to make auto-completion list brief. (Fix #12783)
• Remove duplicate items in function/word list of Auto-completion. (Fix #13061)
• Fix missing items in word autocomplete. (Fix #13060)
• Fix autocomplete to sort case insensitive issue. (Fix #12495)
• Change behavior: make Select and Find (Next/Previous) always in normal search mode. (Fix #3229)
• Change behavior: make volatile Find uses least-strict option settings. (Fix #13145)
• Change behavior: Don’t populate in Find what if a stream selection more than 1024 characters. (Fix #12603)
• Fix wrong value set in Preferences->Performance->“Define Large File Size”.(Fix #13280)
• Fix untitled document number jumping or repeated problem. (Fix #8677, #11704, #13194)
• Fix dock-able panels not restoring for mono instances when Notepad++ is in the tray. (Fix #9454)
• Fix panels not restored from systemtray with “Edit with Notepad++” in admin mode. (Fix #13041)
• Fix hit text in search results not being scrolled in the view issue. (Fix #13129)
• Add new notification NPPN_EXTERNALLEXERBUFFER for lexer plugin with buffer ID when a new lexer is applied to the buffer in question. (Fix #12351)
• Fix Synch H/V Scrolling commands not sync with 2 views. (Fix #5250, #13071)
• Add several GUI enhancements. (Fix #11695, #13176, #13187, #13162)
• Make several GUI items translatable. (Fix #13175, #8020, #8858, #13088, #8927, #10876, #9343, #8004)