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Notepad++ v8.7.8 regression-fixes, bug-fixes & new features:​

1. Fix regression (v8.7.1 - v8.7.7) of saving backup file without modifications. (Fix #16186)
2. Fix syntax highlighting regression while switching among UDL files. (Fix #16154)
3. Add ability to hide selected toolbar buttons via a XML configuration.(Fix #15106, #15440, #16000)
4. Optimize switching programming language performance for large files. (Fix #16106)
5. Improve folding/unfolding performance for large files. (Fix #16064)
6. Fix SQL Backslash Preference state regression (from v8.7). (Fix #16249)
7. Fix count operation on regex causing Notepad++ to hang. (Fix #16207)
8. Fix FunctionList not refreshing with current document lexer changes. (Fix #16221)
9. Improve Style Configurator GUI organization. (Fix #15939)
10. Adds SAS programming language support. (Fix #16148)
11. Make existing DirectWrite rendering modes accessible. (Fix #16126)
12. Allow DirectWrite use on non-Core Windows Server. (Fix #15916)
13. Use VTS instead of LTS for specific control code abbreviation. (Fix #16107)
14. Fix installer silent mode doLocalConf.xml setting handling issue. (Fix #16233)

Notepad++ v8.7.9 regression-fixes, bug-fixes & new features:​

1. Fix incorrect syntax highlighting regressions. (Fix #16271, #16309 - Revert 4 of v8.7.8)
2. Update to Scintilla 5.5.5 & Lexilla 5.4.3. (Implement #16235)
3. Fix bug where plugin button hiding settings in toolbarButtonsConf.xml are ignored. (Fix #16280)
4. Fix SQL Backslash Escape preference not taking effect immediately. (Fix #16244)
5. Add new low-level DirectX11 DirectWrite 1.1 Scintilla rendering mode. (Implement #16284)
6. Add versions of external libraries (Scintilla/Lexilla/Boost) to Debug Info. (Fix #11466)

• Update to Scintilla 5.5.6 & Lexilla 5.4.4. (Implement #16373)
• Fix a hanging issue on regexp regression. (Implement #16371)
• Fix vertical tab bar messed up regression. (Fix #16385)
• Add option to apply different color to fluent toolbar icons. (Fix #16369, #15430)
• Add “Show only pinned button” option to prevent from inacurate click. (Fix #15963)
• Fix broken cloned file state after Notepad++ restart. (Fix #16412)
• Fix inactive buffer reloading problem. (Fix #16344)
• Dark mode enhancements: combobox, slider, treeview edit, inactive menu bar & toolbar chevron. (Fix #16349, #16379, #16418, #16445, #10103)
• Reorganize GUI (add Toolbar & Tab Bar sections) of Preferences dialog. (Commit, Implement #16459)
• Fix invalid dot-character(s) handling in filenames checking. (Fix #16328)
• Fix crash when using custom toolbar icons. (Fix #16366)
• Add class & method recognization ability for JavaScript function list. (Fix #13013)
• Remove toolbarIcons.xml, use toolbarButtonsConf.xml for toolbar custom icons & hidding buttons. (Fix #16402)
• Add GUI option in Preferences dialog instead of using zero length enableSelectFgColor.xml. (Fix #16391)
• Fix “Keep selection when right-click outside of selection” not working issue. (Fix #16325)
• Fix Find dialog status text too left visual glitch. (Fix #16359)
• Force npcNoInputC0 value as “true” by default to avoid C0 code input. (Fix #16326, #15839, #15729)
• Remove “-pluginMessage” argument unnecessary restriction. (Fix #16273)
• Fix an easter egg not showing issue. (Fix #15170)

1. Fix ShortcutMapper regression (from v8.7.6) of displaying wrong shortcut while editing. (Fix #16491)
2. Fix Find in files progress bar visual regression (from v8.8). (Fix #16504)
3. Fix search result cut off result content due to nul characters (’\0’). (Fix #6281, #15216, #16466)
4. Add Locale-based line sort feature. (Fix #13456, #927, #8481, #11261, #16406, #16409)
5. Enable selection history for undo & redo. (Fix #16488)
6. Fix plugins removal failure issue (fixed in WinGUp).(Fix #16364, #15673, #11819, #9148, WinGUp #82)
7. Fix tab settings for external lexers cannot be saved issue. (Fix #16460)
8. Add ErrorList syntax highlighting. (Fix #16437, #8078)
9. Fix disabled Paste command with no previous text-data in clipboard. (Fix #16456)
10. Fix wrong directory opened for opening files issue. (Fix #16465)
11. Improve Find dialog look & feel (more space).

Notepad++ 8.8.2​

1. Fix regression of folding state not being remembered through sessions. (Fix #16597, #16670)
2. Fix “Go To Settings” links in Style Configurator regression (from v8.8). (Fix #16592)
3. Fix small regression of tab background (hovered) highlighting issue after drag&drop. (Fix #16559)
4. Fix an unresponsive (hang) issue due to hide lines. (Fix #16316)
5. Fix installer security issue by using the absolute path instead of an unspecified path (CVE-2025-49144). (commit, fix report on GitHub, fix #16744)
6. Installer component “WinGUp”: update cURL to 8.13.0 for fixing cURL’s security issue CVE-2025-0167. (Fix #16531, #16515)
7. Update to scintilla 5.5.7 & Lexilla 5.4.5. (Implement #16649)
8. Add feature to update Notepad++ on exit. (Fix #16601, #13749, #10317, #8495, #8457, #3755)
9. Add “/relaunchNppAfterSilentInstall” command argument for installer. (Fix #issue)
10. Add feature to set read-only attribute on file so user can toggle (set/remove) read-only attribute of a file. (Fix #326, #4594, #6216, #7841, #12520, #15571, #16603)
11. Add new plugin API: NPPM_GETTOOLBARICONSETMODE & NPPN_TOOLBARICONSETCHANGED to get toolbar icon set choice. (Fix #16547, #16646)
12. Deprecate 3 APIs: Deprecate NPPM_GETOPENFILENAMES, NPPM_GETOPENFILENAMESPRIMARY & NPPM_GETOPENFILENAMESSECOND. (Fix #15997)
13. Add new feature of using first line of untitled document for its tab name. (Fix #3994, #16584)
14. Enhance NPPM_DARKMODESUBCLASSANDTHEME: Enable darkmode progress bar for plugins. (Fix #16675)
15. Various dark mode enhancements. (Fix #16668, #16674, #16560, #16537, #issue)
16. Fix right click on caption bar unhidding main menu. (Fix #16652)
17. Fix rename tab error message when tab name is unchanged. (Fix #16661)
18. Fix Python FunctionList absorbing next function issue if space after colon. (Fix #16636)
19. Remove .log from errorlist lexer’s default extensions. (Fix #16627)
20. Make raw string syntax highlighting work for Golang. (Fix #16609)
21. Fix Notepad++ tray icon lost after Windows Taskbar crashing & being relaunched. (Fix #16588)
22. Fix changing toolbar icon set not updating to matching panel icon set. (Fix #16595)
23. Fix Windows dialog file list not react with keystroke (character match). (Fix #2239)
24. Add “*” mark on modified file entries in “Windows” dropdown menu. (Fix #16542)

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Notepad++ 8.8.3​

pseymour said:

@Stigg If you hold the right mouse button and scroll the wheel, it cycles through the tabs. Also, if you hold Ctrl and scroll, it will cycle through the tabs, but only if the pointer is in the tab row.

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pseymour said:

That's why I said the 2nd part, for when you're on the tabs.

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Notepad++ 8.8.4​

Notepad++ v8.8.4 regression-fixes, bug-fixes & new features:​

1. Fix -notabbar & asNotepad.xml stop hiding tabbar regression (from v8.7.9). (Fix #16794)
2. Fix “Edit with Notepad++” not removed by uninstaller regression (from v8.8.3). (Fix #16896)
3. Fix possible heap memory leak. (implement #16883)
4. Increase search input length from 2046 to 16383. (Fix #1088, #16749)
5. Add warning tip for the max length on search input (Find/Replace). (Fix #16749)
6. Fix JavaScript listed twice in Language & Indent settings of Preferences issue. (Fix #4521, #16861, #16884)
7. Fix external lexers showing several time in Indent settings issue. (Fix #16462)
8. Add button to insert variables in the run dialog. (implement #16820)
9. Enhance “Go to settings”: guide users to the related setting explicitly. (Fix #16846)
10. Add a clear button for filter field in Shortcut Mapper. (Fix #15742)
11. Make NFO font overridable by adding font name in Lexer “nfo” of stylers.xml. (Fix #16839)

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New features & bug-fixes:​

1. Add capacity of pasting multiline into Find/Replace fields. (Fix #16952)
2. Improve UAC in Notepad++ for seamless elevated operations. (Fix #886, #8655, #9561, #10302, #14990, #15008, #15137, #15323)
3. Fix Pin Tab operation being too long with many opened documents. (Fix #16117)
4. Add 2 new full-readonly modes via command line argument (-fullReadOnly & -fullReadOnlySavingForbidden). (Fix #15993, #16532)
5. Add apply/remove read-only for all documents commands. (Fix #15993, #16532)
6. Column Editor enhancement: GUI input fields now support radix to match the output format. (Fix #16912)
7. Add Window dialog “File Modified Time” sorting capacity. (Fix #16953)
8. Fix NPPN_CMDLINEPLUGINMSG not working issue & define the pluginMessage usage protocol. (Fix #17024, #17022)
9. Fix pasting from column mode to multi-selection issue due to different EOL. (Fix #16889)
10. Add NPPM_GETNPPSETTINGSDIRPATH message to get Notepad++ settings directory path. (Fix #16944)
11. Enhance SQL function list parser. (Fix #16605)
12. Fix C# function list not working with comments. (Fix issue)
13. Add function list ability for CSS. (Implement #17006)
14. Allow user to customize max selected chars to auto-fill “Find what” field. (Fix #16955)
15. Restore undo/redo behaviour in Find/Replace fields after Copy/Paste or Ctrl-F. (Fix issue 1, issue 2)
16. Fix text corruption issue caused by selection within multibyte characters. (Fix #16879)
17. Fix DOCTYPE styling in xml and html. (Fix #17012)
18. Fix double clicking on edit zone’s border creates a new tab issue. (Fix issue)
19. Update cURL in WinGUp (Notepad++ updater) for fixing CVE-2025-5399. (Fix security issue)

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Notepad++ 8.8.7​

• Sign Notepad++ binaries with GlobalSign certificat to fix false-positive alerts. (Fix #16971, #16809, #16812, #16770, #16773, #16779, #16785, #17062)
• Fix Monitoring in one view affects selections and position in second view. (Fix #17046)
• Fix Shortcut Mapper memory leak issue. (Fix #17069)
• Enhance Perl FunctionList for class. (Fix #17043)
• Fix pressing Alt or Tab causes controls redrawing problem in UDL dialog. (Fix #17061)

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Notepad++ v8.8.8 new features, regression fixes & bug-fixes:​

1. Add Notepad++ MSI (x64) for enterprise IT deployment. (Fix #2326, #2368, #16767)
2. Security enhancement: prevent Notepad++ Updater from being hijacked. (Implement #17116, commit)
3. Fix multi-selection crash (regression) when smart highlighting is enabled. (Fix #17086, #17126)
4. Add tab label length limitation option to have reasonable tab width. (Fix #3332, #5563, #12563, #16417)
5. Improve the performance of saving session on exit. (Implement #17079)
6. Fix Distraction free mode disabling tab bar hiding regression. (Fix #17102, #16831)
7. Add text scale support. (Fix #16427, #17167, #17129)
8. Fix switching among some encoding not working issue. (Fix #17033)
9. Fix Notepad++ not handle system default code page UTF-8 well. (Fix #17057)
10. Improve Rust handling: keywords and autoCompletion. (Fix #16904)

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Add Notepad++ MSI (x64) for enterprise IT deployment

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