Freeware Notepad++ 8.7.1

Notepad++ v8.6.9 bug-fixes & enhancements:​

1. Make installation and updates easy & quiet by adding “Yes (Silent)” button. (Fix #8514)
2. Add new options ‘/closeRunningNpp’ & ‘/runNppAfterSilentInstall’ in the installer. (Implement #15230, implement #15280)
3. Fix crash of “Next Search Result” command on the empty search result. (Fix #15247)
4. Fix the regression where the Find dialog size is not remembered across sessions. (Fix #15294)
5. Fix the regression of content lost by using Encoding “Convert to…” commands. (Fix #15324, #15271, #3054, possibly #9426)
6. Fix the regression of exception/crash on Windows Server Core 2022. (Fix #15313)
7. Prevent DirectWrite from being enabled under Windows Server. (commit)
8. Enhance the quality of Fluent toolbar icon sets for different DPI settings. (Fix #15253)
9. Improve the look & feel of tabbar close button in dark mode. (Fix #15321, implement #15326)
10. Improve the dark mode tab bar icon in the search results panel. (Implement #15286)
11. Add ability to pre-populate the predefined color sets for custom tones. (Fix #15055)
12. Add “Show All Character” popup menu on toolbar button. (Fix #14832)
13. Fix the rectangular selection copy-paste bug. (Fix #15139, #15151)
14. Allow opening shortcut files (*.lnk) directly if the file extension is changed. (Fix #9643, #11089, #10139)
15. Fix the lost panels issue. (Fix #13084)
16. Add Backspace unindent option. (Fix #15180)
17. Fix CSS more indentation bug. (Fix #14962)
18. Include F13-F24 keys in Shortcut Mapper. (Fix #11975)
19. Fix the problem where the last empty clean untitled tab cannot be closed after renaming. (Fix #15306)
20. Add plugin a command (NPPM_SETUNTITLEDNAME) to rename untitled tab. (Fix #8916)
21. Display a message box with information about disabled backward regex searching. (Fix #15239)
22. Fix the display glitch for unsaved tabs containing tab characters. (Fix #15202)
23. Fix status bar and tab bar flicker during the GUI updated (fixed only for dark mode). (Fix #15260)
24. Fix the issue with “Begin/End Select” command after deletion. (Fix #15221)
25. Resolve the integer overflow problem in the Column Editor. (Fix #15167)
26. Adjust the position of hits text in the File Progress dialog. (Fix #13426, #15244)
27. Fix the deployment of other software blocked due to NppShell. (Fix #62)

If you find any regression or critical bug, please report here:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/25941/notepad-release-8-6-9

Notepad++ v8.5.4 bug-fixes and new features:​

1. Fix macro recording regression on Unicode character. (Fix #13757)
2. Fix regression of defective detection for file read-only attribute removal via Explorer. (Fix #13742)
3. Fix opening multi-files on multi-instance mode regression. (Fix #36, #13778)
4. Update: Scintilla 5.3.5 Lexilla 5.2.5. (Implement #13729)
5. Fix Notepad++ hanging issue running macro to EOF. (Fix #13342)
6. Fix EOL symbol color/appearence being reset issue while changing encoding. (Fix #13728)
7. Enable code folding in Assembly source files. (Fix #13758, #9888)
8. Fix document language not remembered through sessions issue. (Fix #13743)
9. Add SHA-1 hash features. (Fix #13791)
10. Add “open new blank document in addition on startup” ability. (Fix #11134, #9535, #5527)
11. Fix lexer plugin is sorted unconventionally in language menu issue (Fix #9516)
12. Add message NPPM_DARKMODESUBCLASSANDTHEME to allow plugin to use generic dark mode. (Fix #13574)
13. Add the ability to close multiple files without saving in Document list. (Fix #13768, #13178)
14. Several GUI Enhancements. (Fix #13764, #10349, #8109, #13703, #13701, #13686, #13665, #13657, #13676, #13667, #13624, #13622)
15. Fix error message on uninstallation. (Implement #13653)
16. Fix tabContextMenu_example.xml not being deleted while uninstallation. (Fix #13670)

If you find any regression or critical bug, please report here:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24591/notepad-v8-5-4-release

Notepad++ v8.5.3 bug-fixes and new features:

Fix session file data loss issue. (Fix #13514)
Fix Explorer context menu “Edit with Notepad++” needs restarting os to appear issue under Win 8⁄10. (Fix #13)
Fix Explorer context menu “Edit with Notepad++” not installed for multiple users issue. (Fix #13476)
Fix Explorer context menu “Edit with Notepad++” double entries in some applications (Winzip). (Fix #13499)
Make Explorer context menu “Edit with Notepad++” translatable. (Fix #17)
Add the UTF8 character ability for Run & Macro menu. (Fix #12670, #13221, #13488)
Add hide/show ability of Control Characters (C0 & C1) and Unicode EOL. (Fix #8111)
Fix Change history margin in black color issue. (Fix #12764, #13593)
Improve “Remove consecutive duplicate lines” command performance. (Fix #5538, #12548)
Project Workspace “Save a Copy As” confusion issue. (Fix #13135)
Make “Remove consecutive duplicate lines” support more line break. (Fix #13474)
Fix UDL deletion issue. (Fix #8101)
Fix RTL not working on FindInFiles progress window. (Fix #13458)
Fix search results output alignment for large file searches. (Fix #13481)
Several GUI Enhancements. (Fix #13615, #13601, #12812, #13579, #13577, #13575, #13597, #13524, #13540, #13544, #13315)

If you find any regression or critical bug, please report here:

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24462/notepad-v8-5-3-release

Notepad++ v8.1.2 bug-fixes and improvement:​

1. Make dark mode restartless. (Fix #10121)
2. Activate dark mode in Windows 11. (Fix #10136)
3. Make Notepad++ dark mode colors customizable: add 6 more color tone choices. (Implement #10128)
4. Add customizing dynamically dark mode colors capacity (Implement #10145)
5. Add command line flag -udl=“UDL name” to open a file by applying an existent UDL via its name. (Implement #10102)
6. Use always current file directory in File Rename dialog. (Fix #10095)
7. Fix “Remember last used directory” unexpected behaviour. (Fix #10115)
8. Fix corrupted encoding text on status bar if shortcut assigned to encode command. (Fix #10146)
9. Add a Save all confirm dialog. (Fix #2124, #9931)
10. Improve JavaScript auto-completion. (Fix #9858)

If you find any regression or critical bug, please report here: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/21516/notepad-v8-1-2-released


Auto-updater will be triggered in 1 week if there’s no critical issue found.

Notepad++ v8.1 regression-fixes and improvements:​

1. Fix regression of auto-completion performance issue (Fix #9975)
2. Fix Open dialog with “Save” label for “Open” button (Fix #9966)
3. Fix Notepad++ crash on dark mode while starting up (Fix #9961)
4. Improve look & feel in dark mode (Fix #9982)
5. Adapt Tooltips in dark mode (Fix #9962)
6. Remove white line under menubar in dark mode (Fix #9984)
7. Make multiline and vertical tabs work in dark mode (Implement #10017)

Notepad++ v8 new features & bug-fixes:​

1. Add Dark Mode. (Implement #9183 & #7692)
2. ARM64 build is available. (Implement #5158)
3. One button to build them all - build Notepad++ with Scintilla static lib and Boost RegExpr headers. (Implement #9594)
4. Add new Fluent UI icons for toolbar. (Implement #9742)
5. Add new feature “Distraction Free Mode” (Menu “View->Distraction Free Mode”).
6. Add new API NPPM_ADDTOOLBARICON_FORDARKMODE for dark mode (Implement #9928).
7. Add 1 click action (SHIFT-click) on close button to close all tabs in dockable panel (Implement #8922.
8. Add ability of changing select text foreground color (optional). (Fix #3397 & #1314)
9. Allow Replace to stop after replacement (optional). (Implement #4437)
10. Fix append extension feature not working in save dialog. (Fix #9939)
11. Add ability to reverse line order. (Implement #9837)
12. Add ability to style only current instance of text. (Fix #9263)
13. Fix duplicated entries in Auto-Completion pop-up window. (Fix #9711)
14. Fix Python Function List not showing functions in some circumstance. (Fix #9844)
15. Enhance Folder as Workspace performance while adding/removing files in bulk. (Fix #9203)
16. Add Ada, Fortran, Fortran77 & Haskell in function lists. (Fix #9698)
17. Improve performance of “Open all” command in Search results. (Fix #9819)
18. Add “Copy Pathnames” command to Search results context menu. (Fix #9821)
19. Catch regex search exceptions and show exception message. (Fix #9565)
20. Add MarkAll Preference settings for case and word. (Fix #9751 & #5148)
21. Fix regression: Handle “Default Directory” setting correctly in Open/Save File Dialog. (Fix #9767)
22. Fix a special character in UTF16 file crash issue (regression). (Fix #9797)
23. Add “Append extension” checkbox to Save As dialog. (Implement #9515)
24. Fix Copy command in Search result is available as there’s no selection. (Fix #9757)
25. Add padding ability in the edit zone. (Fix #2323)
26. Make new tab name translatable. (Fix #2837)
27. Improve character case handling in RegEx. (Fix #9636)
28. Fix dragged out UDL file is not applied to UDL in the new instance. (Fix #3451)
29. Add command line parameter for adding specified string to app title bar. (Implement #9539)
30. Fix Auto-Completion ignoring case issue. (Fix #3997, #4833 & #4998)
31. Fix “Match Whole Word” option being enabled in RegEx Search. (Fix #9766)
32. Fix sort with column key selection that appears after tab characters. (Fix #9682)
33. Fix “Reload Workspace” menu command not working issue. (Fix #9350)
34. Fix view file in Edge browser failure issue if name contains spaces. (Fix #9313)
35. Add ability to avoid accumulating multiple search results. (Fix #8777)
36. Fix UTF-16 decoding/encoding for code points above U+FFFF. (Fix #9597, #3747 & #5754)
37. Fix “Save As” command removing original path from recent files history issue. (Fix #9673)
38. Fix function List button tool tips mixed up issue. (Fix #9804)
39. Remove Microsoft Bing from Notepad++ for Search on Internet command, due to its poor reliability. (Ref)