Make column to multi-select be abled to be disabled

[donho]

In order to disable the "Column to multi-select" ability (new feature introduced in v8.6), users must add an empty file named "noColumnToMultiSelect.xml", in "%APPDATA%\Notepad++" directory (or in the Notepad++ installed directory in portable mode) to prevent this behaviour.

ref: #14296 (comment)

Fix #14464, fix #14492, fix #14521

[cmanley]

Wasn't it possible to use a checkbox preference to achieve the goal instead of using an empty file?

[Shararamosh]

I closed Notepad++, added this file to %appdata%/Notepad++, opened Notepad++ again, but it has not affected it - it still has multi-line editing.

[alankilborn]

I closed Notepad++, added this file to %appdata%/Notepad++, opened Notepad++ again, but it has not affected it - it still has multi-line editing.

Where did you get the notepad++.exe file you tried this with?

[Shararamosh]

It's an unmodified official version of Notepad++. I was always using the latest version and updated every time app prompted me.

[alankilborn]

@Shararamosh

The change that uses the noColumnToMultiSelect.xml isn't in a official version of Notepad++ yet, so that explains why it did nothing for you when you tried it.

[Shararamosh]

Oh, boy.
Alright, guess I'll just wait for the update.

[alankilborn]

@Shararamosh If you want to try it NOW, you can get the .exe file containing the change by clicking "Checks" and then "Artifacts" and then picking the correct thing to download, e.g. MSVC x64 release, if you are using the 64-bit version of Notepad++ (what most people run):

Rename what you download to be notepad++.exe and copy it over the original of that file wherever you run Notepad++ from (perhaps rename the original to e.g. notepad++_orig.exe first).

[DougALug]

Creating the noColumnToMultiSelect.xml worked perfectly. Thank you so much for that.