Download Notepad++ 8.6.1

Version 8.6.1 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++ v8.6.1 new features & bug fixes:

• Updated to Scintilla 5.4.1 & Lexilla 5.3.0. (Implement #14375)
• Fix a regression: the position in the previous session is now restored correctly in cloned document. (Fix #14164)
• Fix a regression: customized extension in Style Configurator is now saved correctly. (Fix #14437)
• Add an ability (disableLineCopyCutDelete.xml) to disable line copy/cut/delete when no selection is made. (Fix #14470, ref, ref))
• Add an ability (noColumnToMultiSelect.xml) to disable column mode to multi-select mode. (Fix #14464, ref)
• Fix deletion in column mode also delete an unexpected EOL. (Fix #14426)
• Fix hidden results of long lines for Search results with “Find in…” commands. (Fix #12023)
• Enhance Search results by showing search options for “Find in…” commands. (Fix #14306)
• Fix an issue: replacements are no longer duplicated (the 2nd time in cloned document) for “Replace in Opened Docs”. (Fix #14505)
• Fix a regression to make F3 & Shift-F3 work again in Incremental Search. (Fix #14503)
• Add document tab navigation commands: “First tab” & “Last tab”. (Fix #14416)
• Add document tab commands: “Move to Start” & “Move to End” commands. (Fix #9525, #13982)
• 3 RTL new abilities: RTL per document, RTL per document remembered across the sessions & new attribute editZoneRTL=“no” in RTL localization files. (Fix #9665, #9950, #14385)
• Enhance the “-loadingTime” command line parameter. (Fix #14472)
• Enhance the performance: disable undo collection while loading a file. (Fix #14455)
• Sort language list in the Preferences dialog. (Fix #14245)
• Fix a visual glitch that occurred during multi-paste. (Fix #14410)
• Fix confusing memory allocation error message. (Fix #14418)
• Fix python wrong decorator attribute color. (Fix #5894)
• Fix file status in “other view” is not detected. (Fix #14225)
• Fix dropped file being opened in the wrong view. (Fix #14354)