[Feature Request] - Option to hide prompt when closing an unsaved file

[vbergaaa]

Description of the Issue

Needing to close multiple tabs that you don't want to save changes to is tedious due to the multiple prompts that appear when trying to close these tabs

Use Case

I often use notepad++ as a scrapbook to write down notes I need to store for a limited time. The duration could range from 10s to a week.
When needing to create a note, I open Notepad++ and create a new tab to store the information. The note is named 'New n' for the duration of it's life, and because I know it's a temp file, I don't want to save it, I just rely on Notepad++ to store it for it's duration.
I might create 10-20 tabs like this during a day. This quickly builds up, and at so at the end of the day (or week), I often go through each file and decide if it's ready to be deleted or not.
If its something I want to keep for another day, I go to the next tab, if not, I hit the x to delete it, then have to navigate to the prompt to hit 'no' because it's unsaved.
This is the tedious part and the part I wish I didn't have to do. I'm more than aware I'm deleting an unsaved file and that I'll be losing those changes, having a prompt appear in the middle of the window every time is unnecessary to me.

Proposed Feature

Add some type of optional way that a user can delete the file without being prompted about losing the unsaved changes
A few possible ideas (with my prefered one at the top):

• Hold Shift while clicking close to close without prompt (and have a tooltip when the prompt appears saying 'hold shift while clicking to force delete without this prompt' (Discord does this and it's very effective).
• A checkbox (or two) on the prompt that says ("do not show this prompt again" and/or "do not show this prompt again for new files")
• A user preference you can navigate to that allows the prompt to not appear for new files.

Thank you for your consideration

[alankilborn]

Hold Shift while clicking close to close without prompt

Seems like a good idea in general, but it excludes those that are dedicated keyboardists and don't wish to use the mouse. But a keyboard way of doing it seems dangerous as you could suffer a "keyboard stutter" and lose data. There isn't a big danger with the Shift+clickX method, as that can hardly occur accidentally.

The other ideas you present have no stutter protection (including "mouse stutter" as well as keyboard), and seem dangerous to me.

[doug1234]

I was able to add the shift+click feature @alankilborn but do you think it is a useful addition without some keyboard way of doing it? Also, how would you document the feature's existence?

[alankilborn]

@doug1234

but do you think it is a useful addition without some keyboard way of doing it

I'm not a good judge of this. :-)
The procedure is to submit a PR for the feature and let the Notepad++ author decide.

how would you document the feature's existence?

In the Notepad++ user manual, but no point in talking about that unless a change is going to be accepted.

Good luck.

[doug1234]

Thank you! I will get a PR together and see.

[alankilborn]

I will get a PR together and see.

Be sure to follow the instructions in CONTRIBUTING.md.

[donho]

I personally don't like this idea - it's above all data security to me.
Let's see if there are the similar request coming.

[alankilborn]

@avishayp You are describing a different scenario than the one presented by this issue. You should create a new issue.

[donho]

I don't see it as a good behaviour. This feature won't be implemented.

[donho]

Instead, please use the feature of #13776