Search++ version 0.8

Search++ is a work in progress. Testing is ongoing and serious bugs may be present. Use with caution. That said, your feedback is welcome and very much appreciated. There is a discussion topic in the Notepad++ community, or you can create a GitHub issue. There is a help file.

• Fix failure to handle hidden lines markers correctly when executing Show commands with Always hide all lines... not checked and when executing the Show only lines with shown text command on the Tools menu.

• Track and restore first line and last line hidden states across tab changes.

• Add Spy (temporarily show hidden lines) toggle to the Tools menu. When spy mode is on all lines are visible even though the markers for hidden lines and collapsed folding groups remain; hidden lines can be restored by toggling spy mode off again.

• Replace the Reset button in the Expand visible configuration dialog with a Tools button. Make Tools menu keyboard shortcuts work in that dialog.

• General reassignment of shortcut keys for greater consistency. Quite a few things have changed, so it is important to check the help, the community thread and/or the Tools menu and the Find and Replace box context menus for the new assignments if you use keyboard shortcuts in Search++. I regret the disruption; hopefully this will be a one-time change, and keyboard shortcuts will stay the same after this.

To install Search++ download Search++-0.8-x86.zip or Search++-0.8-x64.zip, depending on whether you're using 32-bit or 64-bit Notepad++. Unzip the file to a folder named Search++ (the name must be exactly that, or Notepad++ will not load the plugin) and copy that folder into the plugins directory where Notepad++ is installed (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins for 32-bit versions or C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins for 64-bit versions).