Although the Windows operating system was updated significantly over the past years.  However, the default Windows Notepad has not been updated in 20 years. If you need a text editor for simple programming tasks, using the vanilla Windows Notepad just does not cut it.

Therefore, we created Notepad3 with all the features that the default Windows Notepad currently lacks. Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight Scintilla-based text editor with syntax highlighting. It has a small memory footprint but is powerful enough to handle most programming jobs without breaking a sweat.

Notepad3 is based on code from the awesome Notepad2 by Florian Balmer and Notepad2-mod by XhmikosR.

Basic Notepad3 Features

Notepad3 has the following features: code folding, bracket matching, automatic indentation, word auto-completion, convert character encoding between various formats (ASCII, UTF-8, and UTF-16), newline format conversion (between DOS (CR/LF), Unix (LF), and Macintosh (CR) formats), multiple undo or redo, bookmarks, and regular expression-based find and replace.

Notepad3 Build 350 Screen

Supported Languages

Previously we mentioned that Notepad3 can handle almost any programming job and we are not lying. Just take a look at the list of supported programming languages below and spot your favorite.

It offers syntax highlighting support for Apache, ASP, Assembly, AutoHotkey, AutoIt3, AviSynth, Awk, Bash, BAT, C, C++, C#, CGI, CMake, CoffeeScript, CSS, CSV, D, Dart, DIFF, Go, HTML, INF, INI, Inno Setup, Java, JavaScript, JSON, Kotlin, LaTeX, Lua, Makefiles, Markdown, MATLAB, Nim, NSIS, Pascal, Perl, PHP, PowerShell, Python, REG, Resource, R-S-SPlus Statistics, Ruby, Rust, Shell, SQL, Tcl, TOML, VB, VBScript, VHDL, XHTML, XML, YAML and improved support for NFO ANSI.

Download Notepad3

Notepad3 comes in two flavors. A setup for installing it to your computer and optionally replacing the default Windows Notepad. And a portable version for running it straight from a memory stick or portable hard drive.

Just download whichever you prefer.

Download Notepad3_5.20.915.1_Setup.zip (790119 downloads)
Download (x86) Notepad3_5.20.915.1_x86_Setup.zip (38433 downloads)
Portable Notepad3_5.20.915.1.zip (186545 downloads)
Version5.20.915.1
UpdatedSeptember 15, 2020
File Size4 MB
LicenseOpen Source
RequirementsWindowsยฎ 7, 8 / 8.1, 10 (32 and 64 bit)

Release Candidate (new)

Download Notepad3_5.21.207.1_rc_Setup.zip (46932 downloads)
Download (x86) Notepad3_5.21.207.1_rc_x86_Setup.zip (8786 downloads)
Portable Notepad3_5.21.207.1_rc.zip (58398 downloads)
Version5.21.207.1
UpdatedFebruary 7, 2021
File Size4 MB
LicenseOpen Source
RequirementsWindowsยฎ 7, 8 / 8.1, 10 (32 and 64 bit)

Installing Notepad3

Simply download the installer above and run it to start the installation process. It supports replacing the default Windows Notepad using a clean, unobtrusive registry-based method, but can also be installed along-side Windows Notepad.

Recent Changes

Please go here to view the latest change-log.

Source Code

Browse the GitHub Repository.

Contributors

311 thoughts on “Notepad3”

  1. hpwamr Reply

    Hello everybody ! ๐Ÿ˜€

    For our Notepad3 translation projects, we are urgently looking for motivated volunteers, with a priority to resume “aborted” translations for these languages:

    Please, send me a PM if you are willing to help. ๐Ÿ˜€

    โ€“ Chinese Traditional (zh-TW)
    โ€“ Greek (el-GR)
    โ€“ Indonesian (id-ID)
    โ€“ Portuguese Brazilian (pt-BR)
    โ€“ Spanish Mexican (es-MX)
    โ€“ Turkish (tr-TR)
    โ€“ Vietnamese (vi-VN)

    Feel free to join our Notepad3 translation projects: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues

  2. Thwei Reply

    I was using Notepad2 for last for last two years and tried Notepad3 which is great with its new features. Unfortunately I have problem working with large text files 300+ MB. The problem is with text selection which is terribly slow. With Notepad2 selecting fragments as large as 200 MB was almost instant while in Notepad3 it’s at least 10 times slower. Are there any settings to Notepad3 which would improve my experience working with large text files?

  3. Wisenut Reply

    Notepad3 wraps text untimely for Chinese and English mixed text when the option โ€œWrap text between wordsโ€ is selected, could you make some improvements? Thank you very much!

    • FORMOSA Reply

      1. Settings -> Technology -> Rendering -> GDI(no ligatures)
      2. Settings -> Technology -> RTL Layout(GDI) -> Edit Area

  6. Jim Reply

    Again, all of you at Rizonesoft are AMAZING… thank you for carrying the torch like this!!!

    Great job!!!

  7. matif Reply

    Latest version [5.20.722.1] does not have Shift-Esc working as it is documented and as it was working before.
    On a changed file, pressing Shift-Esc still brings up the prompt to save instead of just saving and exiting without any messages.
    It does this using my old INI file from last years June version [the version I upgraded from] as well as the factory default INI for this version so its not a settings issue from my end.
    This is just an FYI, I have set up a fix in AutoHotKey for myself that will fix it cleanly until you have it fixed in the next iteration/beta/rc etc.
    The fix is to send an Esc and an Enter everytime I press Shift-Esc in Notepad3 and is shown below

    #IfWinActive ahk_exe notepad3.exe
    +Esc::Send, {Esc}{Enter}
    #IfWinActive

    Cannot thank you enough for continuing the work of Notepad2

  8. Jorge Reply

    Please fix the 32bit version.
    It can not be downloaded (chrome and firefox claim it’s malware).
    If you download with another browser, the resulting file (only about 2MB in size) is corrupted.

  9. Elmali Turtaseverim Reply

    This version (5.20.414.1) very very slow ๐Ÿ™
    I wait 10 seconds even though my computer is strong.

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @Elmali Turtaseverim ,
      Thank you for your interest in Notepad3. ????
      Could you please report this issue/request directly at: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.
      If necessary, including a “.zip” file with screenshot(s) and /or sample file(s).
      Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!
      PS: This problem is solved from “Notepad3Portable_5.20.515.1_BETA.paf.exe.7z” (see issues #2331 and #2332)

  10. hpwamr Reply

    Hello everybody ! ๐Ÿ˜€

    We are looking for motivated volunteers for our Notepad3 translation projects for many languages, with a priority to the following languages:

    Please, send me a PM if you are willing to help. ๐Ÿ˜€

    โ€“ Bulgarian (bg-BG)
    โ€“ Chinese Traditional (zh-TW)
    โ€“ Czech (cs-CZ)
    โ€“ Finnish (fi-FI)
    โ€“ Greek (el-GR)
    โ€“ Indonesian (id-ID)
    โ€“ Irish (ga-IE)
    โ€“ Norwegian (nb-NO)
    โ€“ Romanian (ro-RO)
    โ€“ Turkish (tr-TR)
    โ€“ Ukrainian (uk-UA)
    โ€“ Vietnamese (vi-VN)
    โ€“ etc โ€ฆ

    Feel free to join our Notepad3 translation projects: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello Jonny,
      It was a “False Positive” from Kaspersky.
      Now all in again in order.
      hpwamr

  12. Michael Bloch Reply

    Hallo,

    vielen Dank fรผr die Entwicklung an Notepad3! Ich finde ihn gut, mรถchte aber einen Verbesserungsvorschlag geben.

    Bei Absรคtzen mit mehreren Zeilen sind alle Zeilen bis auf die erste links eingerรผckt. Das ist ungewohnt; auch beim Vorgรคnger Notepad2 war es NICHT so. Daher mein Vorschlag: kann man dieses Verhalten in den Einstellungen abschaltbar machen, so dass der Benutzer selbst auswรคhlen kann, ob er dieses Einrรผcken will oder nicht?

    รœber eine Umsetzung wรผrde ich mich sehr freuen. Vielen Dank im Voraus!

    Viele GrรผรŸe, Michael

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @Michael Bloch ,
      Thank you for your warm comments and your interest in Notepad3. ????
      Could you please report this issue/request directly at: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.
      If necessary, including a “.zip” file with screenshot(s) and /or sample file(s).
      Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!

  13. Nathaniel Reply

    Is this program completely free installing and using without any modification in the company?

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @Nathaniel ,
      Thank you for your interest in Notepad3. ????

      The short answer is yes: Notepad3 is a FREE Open Source program under the BSD License (https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).

      See in Help –> About…

      Notepad3 Licence:

      Notepad3 and MiniPath Copyright ยฉ 2008-2020 Rizonesoft, All rights reserved.
      https://www.rizonesoft.com

      Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
      are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

      1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

      2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
      documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

      3. Neither the name of Florian Balmer nor the names of its contributors
      may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
      without specific prior written permission.

      THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
      ‘AS IS’ AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
      TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
      PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
      OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
      SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
      LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
      DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
      THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
      (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
      OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

  14. Sigi Sorglos Reply

    Hallo,

    ich finde ja Notepad 3 voll super nur hab ich immer wieder Probleme mit Umlauten bei vielen Textfiles welche ich mit Notepad 2 zB nicht habe!

    Zb statt รค ist dann ein schwarzer block mit xE4

    Wenn ich dann von utf8 auf Ascii wechsle hab ich dann ein ? an der Stelle.
    Aber Textfiles nun zu รคndern wรคre ja sowieso keine Alternative fรผr mich.

    Was kann man da tun?

    Besten Dank!

    • Sigi Sorglos Reply

      I think Notepad 3 is really great, but I always have problems with umlauts for many text files that I don’t have with Notepad 2, for example!

      Eg instead of รค there is a black block with xE4

      Then when I switch from utf8 to Ascii do I have one? at the point.
      But changing text files would not be an alternative for me anyway.

      What can you do there?

      Thank you so much!

      • hpwamr Reply

        Hello @Sigi Sorglos ,
        Thank you for your warm comments and your interest in Notepad3. ????
        Could you please report this issue/request directly at: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.
        If necessary, include a “.zip” file with screenshot(s) and /or sample file(s).
        Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!

  15. turment Reply

    Microsoft Defender goes crazy when downloading. Had major issues trying to have a copy.

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @turment ,
      Thank you for your interest in Notepad3. ????
      Definitively, this is a “False Positive”.

  17. Chandra9000 Reply

    Hello, Notepad3 is fantastic, since today it has replaced the Windows Notepad in my PC. Please coould you tell me where can I find the file with the tags? I’d like to add my own tags, for example …, …, etc, with my own colors. I’m using the portable version, and Windows 10. Thank you very much from Las Palmas, on the Canary Islands (Spain)!

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @Chandra9000,
      Thank you for your warm comments and your interest in Notepad3. ????
      Could you please report this issue/request directly at: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.
      If necessary, include a “.zip” file with screenshot(s) and /or sample file(s).
      Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!

  18. David Reply

    Is it possible for the user to add syntax highlighting support for new type? If not, could you please add support for Verilog HDL?

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @David,
      Thank you for your interest in Notepad3. ????
      Could you please report this issue/request directly at: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.
      If necessary, include a “.zip” file with screenshot(s) and /or sample file(s).
      Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!

  19. Marek Reply

    Hi my Friends! I used original Notepad2 for several years, but I needed a richer version that displays the Ruby language syntax. I found several variants of Notepad2, but Notepad3 turned out to be the best in this family. Thank You for the good work! Greetings from a programmer from Poland!

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @Marek,
      Thank you for your warm comments and your interest in Notepad3. ????

      • Marek Reply

        Today I have corrected in the Notepad3 sources the incorrect caption of menu option in my Polish language (English: “Single File Instance”). I am glad that I can do something to improve the quality of this wonderful program.????

  20. Wonder Reply

    Hi, thank you for this program! I like it a lot, but I wanted to ask – is it possible to make in notepad 3 (or in future releases) more than one border for long lines? I’m translator, and on one line I can have two or three lines in the game. And the game line may be 50-60 symbols, so 2 or 3 visual borders would be the great help.

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @Wonder,
      Thank you for your warm comments and your interest in Notepad3. ????
      Notepad3 support is provided exclusively from: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.
      Open an issue on GitHub.com and if necessary add a “screenshot” or a “sample file packed .zip file”.
      Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!

  21. hikkuto Reply

    Please add support for ligaturized font, such Cascadia Code, FiraCode, Consolas ligaturized, etc. and also dark mode please.

    • hikkuto Reply

      it seems dark mode is already exists, but not working in mine. will try to reset to default settings first to see whether it works.

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @hikkuto,
      Thank you for your interest in Notepad3. ????
      Notepad3 support is provided exclusively from: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues .
      Open an issue on GitHub.com and if necessary add a “screenshot” or a “sample file packed .zip file”.
      Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!

  22. ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุณู‡ู„ุงู† ุฑุดูŠุฏูŠ ุจู† ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุญูŠุฒ ุงู„ุฏูŠู† Reply

    When will the Right to Left mode be supported, it is needed for writing in some languages like Arabic and Hebrew

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello,
      Thank you for your interest in Notepad3. ????
      Notepad3 support is provided exclusively from: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.
      Open an issue on GitHub.com and if necessary add a “screenshot” or a “sample file packed .zip file”.
      Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello “PremiumUse”,
      You know, “XP IS NOT THE FUTURE” ????
      Microsoft stopped XP SUPPORT almost 5 years ago (2014/04/08) and the latest version of Notepad3 supporting XP is dated on “2017/08/18”.
      I think, it’s good like that, Windows 10 is 100x more secure and easier! ????

      FIY : The author of Notepad3 has written a very interesting article about : GET OVER WINDOWS XP at :https://www.rizonesoft.com/get-over-windows-xp

  24. Marcรญlio Nascimento Reply

    Is there a way to hide the Zoom message when I open Notepad3? For example: If in my last file I was with 150% zoom applied and close and reopen Notepad3, it show a zoom message with. It’s a desnecessary…

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @Marcรญlio Nascimento,
      Thank you for your interest in Notepad3. ????
      Notepad3 support is provided exclusively from: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issue.
      Open an issue on GitHub.com and if necessary add a “screenshot” or a “sample file packed .zip file”.
      Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @Azim bin Arabi,
      Thank you for your warm comments and your interest in Notepad3. ?

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @hachiko,
      My opinion is that it’s a “false positive”, probably because in this case, binaries were not signed and the systemโ€™s Notepad replacement routines in the setup.

      Thank you for your comments and your interest in Notepad3.
      Notepad3 support is provided from: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.
      Open an issue on GitHub.com and if necessary add a sample file (packed .zip file).
      Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!

  27. Jorge Reply

    just found another bug in v.5.19.726.2515 x64. Whenever I double click a .txt file, NP3 opens and complains that “unknown file extension (.txt). Open anyway?”
    If I click “yes”, the file opens.

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @Jorge,
      Thank you for your comments and your interest in Notepad3.
      Notepad3 support is provided from: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.
      Open an issue on GitHub.com and if necessary add a sample file (packed .zip file).
      Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!

  28. Jorge Reply

    there is a bug in notepad3 (and yes, i tried the most recent RC). it won’t open some files. when i double click the file, np3 opens with an empty document. if i try to open he file from the “file” menu, nothing happens, the “no title” empty document remains.
    Needless to say, the file I want to open, opens just fine on other editors, like npp.
    the file i’m trying to open is an .inf file, which is about 2MB in size.

  29. Nemo271 Reply

    When I open file (in Notepad3 v5.19.630.2381) between each character I have NUL character .
    On version Notepad3 5.19.108.1602 is correct

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello Nemo271,
      Thank you for your comments and your interest in Notepad3.
      Notepad3 support is provided from: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.
      Open an issue on GitHub.com and if necessary add a sample file (packed .zip file).
      Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!

  30. Martin Reply

    How to fold code like in sublime text 3 CTRL + K + 1 ? How to format code (html, lua etc.) ?

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello Martin,
      Thank you for your comments and your interest in Notepad3.
      Notepad3 support is provided from: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.
      Open an issue on GitHub.com and if necessary add a sample file (packed .zip file).
      Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @ๆœจๅถ,
      Thank you for your comments and your interest in Notepad3.
      Notepad3 support is provided from: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.
      Open an issue on GitHub.com and if necessary add a sample file (packed .zip file).
      Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!

    • RaiKoHoff Reply

      The portable does not replace the default notepad but gives you more control to set a small editor as replacement of other editors in, e.g. CppCheck or TotalCommander, etc.

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @Azmin bin Arabi,
      Thanks for your warm comments and your interest to Notepad3… ?
      hpwamr

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @xCONFLiCTiONx,
      Thank you for your warm comments and your interest in Notepad3. ?
      Notepad3 support is provided from: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.
      Open an issue on GitHub.com and if necessary add a sample file (packed .zip file).
      Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!

    • Krzysztof Reply

      Notepad2 is abandoned software, Notepad2-mod is (temporarily?) suspended. The only hope is that the Notepad3 will be developed. It is the best of these three so far.

  34. pantantrollo Reply

    Good,
    I just went from notepad2-mod to notepad3 and it looks very robust and updated, thx

    Taking a look at other possibilities in that change of notepad2-mod, I also found notepad2e, with the feature of multiple word editing, and I do not know if notepad3 implements it (at least I have not found anything).

    https://github.com/ProgerXP/Notepad2e#new-edit-selection

    Would there be a possibility of having that characteristic? , or at least something like that

    A greeting and thanks for this application ๐Ÿ™‚

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @pantantrollo,
      Thanks for your warm comments and your interest to Notepad3. ?
      Notepad3 support is provided from: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.
      Open an issue on GitHub.com and if necessary add a sample file (packed .zip file).
      Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!

  37. Max White Reply

    This is the best Notepad ever! I always use for for edit Reg Files, Batch Files, or a file that I do not have a program to open and I want to edit it…
    It is faster than an IDE, so sometimes I use it to edit my own projects!

    Please, never let this program die, it is very good!

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @Max White ,
      Thank you for your warm comments and your interest in Notepad3. ?

  38. payskin Reply

    Please bring back the light green highlighted bookmark functionality. It was a very visual representation of a bookmark, was easy to spot while not jumping from one bookmark to another, but scrolling through a long document (I’m knee-deep in 8-10 thousand line sqldumps). This new tiny icon at the edge of the line is way harder to spot. Thanks! Really appreciate your hard work, Notepad3 is an excellent tool and a tremendous help sorting out anything text-related all through the day.

    • hpwamr Reply

      Hello @payskn,
      Thank you for your comments and your interest in Notepad3.
      Notepad3 support is provided from: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.
      Open an issue on GitHub.com and if necessary add a sample file (packed .zip file).
      Registering on GitHub.com is simple and non-intrusive!

    • RaiKoHoff Reply

      Just open “Customize Schemes…” dialog -> Default Text -> Bookmarks and Folding
      and set e.g.: “fore:#000000; ; back:#00FF00; size:+8; alpha:160”

  39. novas386@naver.com Reply

    Hi, i will translate to ko_KR language, how i can send the trasnlated files to you?

      • hpwamr Reply

        Hello test, create a GitHub account is very easy, free, non-intrusive, ….
        Just type: https://www.github.com,
        Then fill in: an username, your email and password. That’s all !
        See you in GitHub.com ๐Ÿ™‚
        hpwamr

  41. 8139david Reply

    Being able to check orthography (with a basic dictionnary) would be a huge plus.
    Notepad3 could replace Word even for plain English!

  42. Jozef Reply

    There is a bug in displaying Select Scheme window in version 5.19.108.1602

    My setup: Win10 Pro 64bit 1804
    Primary monitor: scaling 200%
    Secondary monitor: scaling 100%

    When the Notepad3 window is open on the secondary monitor, Select scheme window is outside of viewport and looks empty.
    See the screenshot:
    https://postimg.cc/RNt1BT5M

    Everything is OK on the primary monitor.

    Anyway thanks for the great editor!

  43. lee Reply

    Suggest:
    1. Add korean version, and conveniently replace the notebook that comes with the Windows system;

  44. Bill Reply

    Sigh – no Rexx syntax highlighting even though it is a common cross platform scripting language.

    • RaiKoHoff Reply

      If a Settings-Key/Value is missing, an internal default is used as fallback.
      So vice versa can be used; If a Settings-Key/Value evalutes to default, it must not be written to settings file => that reduces the file size.

  46. hpwamr Reply

    We are looking for volunteers for your translation project in all languages, with a priority for the following languages:
    – Portuguese (pt-PT, pt-BR)
    – Spanish Latin America (es-MX, es-?? …,)
    – Italian (it-IT)
    – Greek (el-GR)
    – Turkish (tr-TR)
    – Vietnamese (vi-VN)
    – Korean (ko-KR)
    – Polish (pl-PL)
    – etc …

    Feel free to join our translation project at: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues

  49. Support Please Reply

    Reporting bug – for Notepad3_4.18.512.992_Setup.zip and Notepad3_5.18.1106.1434_Setup.exe. Installed on Windows 10 v1809 with the following issue:

    Hereโ€™s a screenshot of what I mean:
    https://s15.directupload.net/images/181202/z8fvrycn.jpg

    Description:

    With word wrap on, a text line wraps on a second line and so forth, etcetera… when the line or sentence (text) is longer than the display window size. Okay.

    So the ISSUE is, when you click on that line number, so as to select the full line of characters that has been word wrapped below, you only get the first row selected, NOT the full highlighted yellow colored text to copy, as expected and wanted).

    When clicking on the line number, it is supposed to select the whole line, even if it drops down below as a word wrap.

    But in these versions (listed above), unless there is a new setting to change this behavior, when selecting the line number, only the first row gets selected for copying despite the whole line number gets colored yellow…

    This action should be changed to: when selecting the line number, the full line gets highlighted for copying, even if it is word wrapped…. (got it)?

    • RaiKoHoff Reply

      With the new version, an optimized settings-file handling is introduced (default settings are redundant and not saved anymore – only changed settings are saved now). This will reduce the .ini file size.
      If some changed settings (compared to default settings) are lost, this would be a bug, please report details to https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues.

  52. MS Reply

    Bug: error to distinguish GB18030 encoding, Notepad3 costs some time and displays unreadable code.

  53. PeLa Reply

    Portable Notepad3 (64-bit) RC v5.18.1003.1309

    Minimize is not right, always everything is gone and empty.
    Always power instead of minimizing.

    Otherwise this program is very good! I just started to use it and I like it very much.

  54. Martin Reply

    Notepad3 (64-bit) RC v5.18.1003.1309

    Nothing happens when clicking on hyperlinks, not even right-click and “Open Hyperlink” works.

    Otherwise this program is very good! I just started to use it and I like it very much.

    • RaiKoHoff Reply

      You have to “Save Settings Now (F7)” explicitly, or enable “Save Settings on Exit” to persist the changes for the customized toolbar.

  56. qiuqiu Reply

    RC5 Double-click the hyphenation is not accurate, double-click the selection will include punctuation, version: notepad3_5.18.1003.1309_x64.

    rc5ๅŒๅ‡ปๆ–ญๅญ—ไธๅ‡†็กฎ๏ผŒๅŒๅ‡ป้€‰ๆ‹ฉๆ—ถไผšๅŒ…ๆ‹ฌๆ ‡็‚น็ฌฆๅท๏ผŒ็‰ˆๆœฌ๏ผšNotepad3_5.18.1003.1309_x64ใ€‚

    • RaiKoHoff Reply

      If “Accelerated Word Navigation” is enabled, also punctuation characters are seen as word characters for double-click selection. This can be fine-tuned by “[Settings2] ;ExtendedWhiteSpaceChars=” defining (ASCII) characters, which should be taken (additional to usual white-space chars) as word delimiter for the “Accelerated Word Navigation”.

  57. Barry Smith Reply

    aspx support incomplete. <asp: tag appears as unknown html tag, highlighted in yellow with a red font.
    This makes reading of aspx files difficult.

  59. Wei zhang Reply

    ่ฏทๅŽŸ่ฐ…๏ผŒๆˆ‘ไธๅ–„ไบŽไฝฟ็”จ่‹ฑๆ–‡ใ€‚
    ๅปบ่ฎฎ๏ผš
    1ใ€ๅขžๅŠ ไธญๆ–‡็‰ˆๆœฌ๏ผŒไธ”ไพฟๆท็š„ๆ›ฟๆขWindows็ณป็ปŸ่‡ชๅธฆ็š„่ฎฐไบ‹ๆœฌ๏ผ›
    2ใ€็›‘่ง†็ณป็ปŸๅ‰ชๅˆ‡ๆฟ๏ผŒ่‡ชๅŠจๅฐ†ๅ‰ชๅˆ‡ๆฟไธญๅ†…ๅฎนๅคๅˆถๅˆฐNotepad3ไธญใ€‚

    Please forgive me, I am not good at using English.
    Suggest:
    1. Add Chinese version, and conveniently replace the notebook that comes with the Windows system;
    2. Monitor the system clipboard and automatically copy the contents of the clipboard to Notepad3.

    • Rainer Kottenhoff Reply

      RC 5.18.1003.1309:
      – Chinese version ( zh-CN) available
      – Monitoring Clipboard: start with cmd-line option “/b” (Notepad3.exe /b)

    • MS Reply

      ๆ›ฟๆขWindows็ณป็ปŸ่‡ชๅธฆ็š„่ฎฐไบ‹ๆœฌๅพˆ็ฎ€ๅ•๏ผŒไธ€่กŒๅ‘ฝไปคๅณๅฏ๏ผš
      reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\notepad.exe” /v “Debugger” /d “\”%~dp0notepad3.exe\” /z” /f

    • Rainer Kottenhoff Reply

      You don’t like:
      – automatically checking for updates ?
      – manually checking for updated ?
      – using programs with web connection capabilities to check for updates then self ?
      – delegating web update check to website (home page) to see if updates available
      (no own web connection)?
      – checking for updates in general ???

      • MS Reply

        Automatically checking for updates usually causes the interface or operations hobble. Please do not check for updates automatically.

  61. ms Reply

    Improving the speed for large file, please!
    It is difficult to scroll to the end of a large file (above 10MB). why?

  62. JaclPots Reply

    Can Notepad3 do case conversion (\l, \u, \L, \U, \f or \i) via regex? Thanks.

    • RaiKoHoff Reply

      Hi thriken.
      if you are using GitHub, i can prepare a Resource-File-Project for the language you want to provide.
      If you can’t use GitHub, we can exchange the .rc files and I can integrate (pull request) it into Notepad3.
      The languages, which are already available are:
      af-ZA de-DE es-ES en-GB fr-FR ja-JP nl-NL zh-CN (en-US internal).
      Please let me know, which language you like to translate to.

  64. AstroTime Reply

    Great job! but i had to search elsewhere to find out that Notepad2 &3 allow the Column mode by Ctrl+Alt+Mouse…

  65. maboroshin Reply

    To the developer.
    Thank you for taking over of this interesting project. I’d like to report a simple bug in Japanese (probably in Chinese too). Should I write in Github? I have an account.

  67. Azmin Reply

    Dear Mr. Derick Payne,

    Thank you for the upgrade of Notepad3 version 3 to 4. There are lot of new features, changes, enhancements and fixes.

    Just want to ask, why you removed the wyUpdate features from Notepad3?

    • Derick Payne Post authorReply

      The wyUpdate on the server side broke. I researched the issue and found that the only solution is to run the update over an insecure http connection. This requires me to allow http connections to Rizonesoft.com and this is not desirable. Furthermore, I found that wyUpdate is dependent on .NET framework and this is not ideal. However, I am working on an administration tool that will be used to check for updates.

  68. Stephan Reply

    Is the sudden jump to version from RC 3.18 to version 4.18 intentional or a typo?

  70. Username Reply

    Would it be able to change the view of nfo files (ascii art) back to the way it worked in notepad2-mod? All the lines have these little horizontal spaces between while in notepad2-mod, nfo files were rendering correctly (like in any other good nfo viewer). Also the anti-alaising setting is a bit too high for my taste. The best option would be a button to change between rendered and not rendered ascii art.

    Here’s a screenshot of what I mean:
    http://fs5.directupload.net/images/180502/uulccy7e.png

    Ps.: Yes, I translated notepad2-mod into german language for my own purpose cause after I wanted to share it with others, the np2-mod developer called me a stupid a**hole and prohibited any modification of “his” work – even if it’s just the ui language.

    Greetings

  71. Peter Busch Reply

    I remember the Question of LTK:
    Is there a plan to support changing the interface language of Notepad3?

    Regards

  73. Azmin Reply

    Dear Mr. Derick Payneโ€ฆ

    Thank you for the automatic update features.

    I just want to ask, can Notepad3 automatically detect new updates without we run ‘wyUpdate’ manually?

  74. coch Reply

    Thanks for this, just discovered Notepad3, and switched from Notepad2 Mod.
    Noticed one minor issue though, the “eolfilled” parameter has no effect for the “Registry files” scheme.Registry files look the same with our without the “eolfilled” argument.
    Not sure if other schemes are also affected, I didn’t test them all, but “eolfilled” does work for batch files though.

    This was working in Notepad2-mod for registry files.

      • hpwamr Reply

        Hello coch,
        The first short answer is: “Works as expected”, but if you follow the links above, you will see that the complete answer is much more nuanced !

        • coch Reply

          Thanks a lot, much appreciated, and as a bonus I got to learn a little about the functioning of Notepad3 (I had no idea what a lexer was before reading the github). That said, I really like the enhanced “lexer” for the registry editor. I understand a workaround would be to use configuration files like it was in Notepad2-mod to get the eolfilled functionality back, but I would lose the other registry files-specific enhancements, which I really like (especially the “GUID” formatting to make it easier to spot those in registry files). Now my only issue is deciding which of the two choices I like best considering advantages and limitations of each one ๐Ÿ™‚

          Thanks again!

      • coch Reply

        Hi,
        Thanks for replying to me, and I will be reading on development on https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/359
        I tested the new versions 3.18.216.891 and 3.18.216.892 and did have any visible problems with them, although the “eolfilled” parameter only appears to be enabled for “Added Keys”, is that right?
        I’d be interested in “eolfilled” also be enabled for Comments in registry files, unless that causes issues. You bring a good point in https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues/359 about registry files having comments right after Added Keys, and not sure how this would be dealt with (in Notepad2-mod, using the Configuration files lexer the “Added Keys” eolfilled argument would prevail when adding a comment on the same line).

  75. Azmin Reply

    Dear Mr. Derick Payne…

    Is there any version of Notepad3_x_3.18.113.828.exe that replace Notepad to download…?

  77. sss Reply

    I tried using Notepad3 and quickly found that clear-button in toolbar doesn’t work reliably. I have to copy text before the clear-button is enabled and can be used after selecting text. Is this program recommended as a stable alternative to Notepad2?

    • craigo- Reply

      Are you referring to the ‘Cut’ toolbar icon? I’m not currently able to reproduce your issue…Please try the latest release and let us know if you still have a problem.

  78. Jay Reply

    Could you please add “Favorites” to the top menu, along with view, settings, help, etc. It would be so much quicker and easier to get to. Similar to that found in “Win32pad”. Wonderful program BTW!

    • craigo- Reply

      Favorites icons are present in Notepad3’s default as-shipped toolbar. You can add and remove toolbar buttons to how you want by clicking ‘Settings’ -> ‘Customize Toolbar…’

  81. Alex Reply

    Hello there.
    Been using Notepad2-mod for many years, no prob. Decided to try Notepad3 this September (or August). Very similar to Notepad2, all was working great. Til I decided to update it a few days ago. While i’m not 100% sure this wasn’t happening with the older, “September” version, too, but now i started to notice flashing lines. Will try to explain: take a wall of text without spaces so you can see it more clearly, and then just look at the window: you will see random lines flashing (and the bottom bar, i.e. Ln, Col, size, etc…), every 2-3 seconds or so. It much much worse when you try to select part of that text – all lines will flash like crazy (and bottom bar too)!! Back to Notepad2-mod, where only bottom toolbar will, sometimes, flash. Default config in both cases by the way. Hope you can solve it soon ๐Ÿ™‚
    Keep it up.

    • Rizonesoft Post authorReply

      We are aware of the bug. We recently introduced an experimental ‘hyperlink hotspot’ feature that caused a few issues. But this is expected with any new feature. I apologize for not testing it properly before releasing. However, you can expect a new version on the 23rd with most if not all the bugs sorted out. Thank you for your support. ๐Ÿ™‚

      • Alex Reply

        Many thanks for so fast reply ๐Ÿ˜€
        Yes, that’s what i thought initially – must be some sort of new option/function and it doesn’t work as expected. Good luck on solving that stuff ๐Ÿ˜‰ (if not, would be great to have some sort of “on/off” option for it, for those who need that, just my 2 cents)

        Best wishes.

        • craigo- Reply

          This behaviour was dramatically improved starting with release 3.17.1228.783, and continued improving until the latest release (3.18.131.862) – I suggest you try it. And keep watching this space, we are still busy working on the Hyperlink Hotspot feature behind the scenes to make it even better.

  83. smaragdus Reply

    Many many thanks to Rizonesoft for Hyperlink Hotspots’- this was what I missed, excellent work! Now I can use Notepad3 as default text editor! Thank you so much! Regards.

    • RaiKoHoff Reply

      Not like Notepad++, but you can change the colors of existing syntax schemes:
      Menu: View->Customize Schemes…

  85. Azmin Reply

    Where can I download Notepad3_x_3.17.1202.715.exe for replacing Windows Notepad? Thank you. ๐Ÿ™‚

  86. Pavel Trka Reply

    Hi! Is there any changelog or history available ? Notepad3 looks great but I’m kind of unsettled when I don’t know what changed in new version I’m about to install. There is nothing here if I’m not overlooking something and Releases page on gihub seems not up-to-date. Thanks.

    • RaiKoHoff Reply

      For your monitor and clear-type font setup it maybe better to switch off Scintillas new Direct Write technology. You can do this within NP3’s settings file, section [Settings2] set SciDirectWriteTech=0.
      You may also change FontQuality ([Settings2] SciFontQuality=0-3, 3 is optimized for LED screens).

      • Notepa3User Reply

        Thanks @RaiKoHoff
        adding the line “SciDirectWriteTech=0” to my settings file, fixed the issue.
        SciFontQuality didn’t have any effect.

        • RaiKoHoff Reply

          Starting with Notepad3 RC v5.18.mmdd.bbbb, you can switch rendering mode by menu.

  88. Azmin Reply

    Dear Mr. Derick Payneโ€ฆ ????

    Just want to inform that the latest version you put on download menu was Notepad3 2.17.1016.632 updated on November 21, 2017. But when we downloaded the file was Notepad3_2.17.1023.632.exe

    Regards

  89. Azmin Reply

    Rizonesoft new graphical user interface website is more beautiful, good look and nice… ๐Ÿ™‚

  90. kendo joe Reply

    Thank you for continuing notepad2.

    Request: The new toolbar, can it be made slimmer like the old notepad2 / notepad2-mod? It saves vertical screen real estate.

    Issue: Flo’s original notepad2 x64 version receives drag and drop file from 32 bit apps (such as xyplorer) with no problems. Notepad3 x64 is not able to do so successfully.

  91. ReDeX Reply

    Good morning, with the latest release (2.17.1023.632) the font rendering is much worse than before, can you fix it?
    Thanx.

    • RaiKoHoff Reply

      For your monitor and clear-type font setup it maybe better to switch off Scintillas new Direct Write technology. You can do this within NP3โ€™s settings file, section [Settings2] set SciDirectWriteTech=0.
      You may also change FontQuality ([Settings2] SciFontQuality=0-3, 3 is optimized for LED screens).

  93. Azmin Reply

    Dear Mr. Derick Payneโ€ฆ ????

    Can you upload Notepad3_x_2.0.2.450 installer that support Windows XP and Windows Server 2003?

  94. Jorge Reply

    What about multilingual UI?
    Currently Notepad3 is only available in english. Any chance of adding more languages, like spanish, german, french, etc?

  96. Stefan Reply

    Hi,
    I want to add a new scheme for .batch files. How does it work ?
    Regards Stefan

  97. Name Reply

    Ever since v.468 (I think), opened text files are filled with nonsense (xE3, xBA, ๏ฟฝ etc) instead of diacritics, no matter the encoding.

    • Name Reply

      A setting reset selected with the new update solved my problem.
      Sorry for the lousy one star – this tool is awesome!

  98. yangdinglou Reply

    It was the first time that I used Notepad3. I heard that it’s a good editor, but…maybe because of my poor English, I don’t know how to make something like”gcc -0 …” be a shortcut. I know that notepad++ can use plugin to make it. Could you please help me? And also…is there any tutorial of this software?

  100. Retalv Reply

    With Notepad3 just installed and without any change to the configuration file, I entered the 12345678901234567890 string, then Enter and a string of pure ASCI characters of equal length, beat so many Enter until you reach line 7, select line 1 with click on line number and CTRL-C, move pointer to line 6 with click on the line number and paste with CTRL-V.
    As a result I got the warning โ€œSwitching the file encoding from one encoding to another can replace unsupported text with default characters and the undo โ€ฆโ€
    The error (?!) Is repeatable indefinitely.
    Forgive my bad English.

  101. Azmin Reply

    Sir. Just want to inform that the latest version of Notepad3 is not working on Windows xp and Windows Server 2003.

      • RaiKoHoff Reply

        … “”We will be working on a Windows XP version soon!”
        Then there should be a separate WinXP GitHub branch, just for important bugfixes … ????
        Dropping WinXp support has been around 30th of August, it will be a lot of pain to cherry pick and merge important fixes only … ????

    • Adam Plocher Reply

      Windows XP and 2003 are both 14+ years old (XP was released in 2001!). Microsoft hasn’t supported it for years. There’s really no excuse for being on it still. My opinion: If you like a stale OS, then you’re gonna have to stick with stale software. Notepad2 should work just fine for you :). I would recommend upgrading your OS, because you’re going to find a lot of stuff that doesn’t work with it!

  102. Spsp1981 Reply

    I just moved from Notepad2-Mod to your app a few minutes ago so I’m still yet to discover the improvements. But after I few seconds I came to the 1st problem… Favorites do not show up in the list… I’ve set the favorites folder in three different ways in the settings file:
    1) =%CSIDL:MYDOCUMENTS%\Notepad3
    2) =%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Notepad3
    3) =C:\Users\\Documents\Notepad3
    Even thought, they all work to add new shortcuts… In neither of them the shortcuts appear in the list of documents for opening. Also, the first 3 or 4 times I’ve tried changing the path to Favorites via the “Click here to specify the directory… etc” and the app crashed, just after a used the full qualified path manually editing the config file it started to work (I noticed that even though the full path solved the crash problem, the program automatically used the 1st option as it’s default, and now it works no matter which option you use, that’s weird).

    • RaiKoHoff Reply

      Hi,
      Notepad3.ini (section [Settings]): Favorites=%CSIDL:MYDOCUMENTS%\NP3\Favorites (for example)
      works as designed (in my environment).
      Please create an issue at: https://github.com/rizonesoft/Notepad3/issues
      and provide some more information (OS version, i.e. Win7 Prof. 64-bit, configuration Notepad3.ini, and add a more detailed description).
      Did anyone else has the same problem(s)?

      • RaiKoHoff Reply

        I was able to reproduce the problem and fixed it with PR #132 (will be available in upcoming release (>610)

  103. teknowledgist Reply

    Thanks for continuing improvements to this OSS project.

    I can see a full version in the “version.ini” file on GitHub, but does that version always match the binary offered (with the “release” number only) on this page? Could you include the full version string on this page? Alternatively, could you keep the “latest release” on GitHub up-to-date?

  104. Jupe Reply

    Hi, thanks for your work on Notepad3 it’s greatly appreciated, I just would like to bring up an issue I hope you can fix, I use XYplorer (which is built in VB so unfortunately it will always be 32bit) and when I try and drag-n-drop a file onto Notepad3 x64 I get an error where it says it cannot find the file and the filename is in Asian characters, although drag-n-drop works correctly when running x32 version of Notepad3, this problem has been around in Notepad2 always too, but I was hoping you could fix it since you are continuing the development so that I can run the x64 version of Notepad3 and be able to drag-n-drop from XYplorer. My OS is Windows 10 x64.

    Here is a screenshot of the error:
    http://i63.tinypic.com/4qg8as.png

    Here are some links with more information from other people also experiencing the issue.
    https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12524
    https://github.com/XhmikosR/notepad2-mod/issues/61

  106. smaragdus Reply

    The bigger toolbar buttons forced me to revert to version 1.0.2.392. The user should be able to choose between bigger and smaller toolbar buttons.

  107. Jupe Reply

    First off I would like to say thanks for continuing the development of Notepad2 and I love the new toolbar button size its great and a welcome change.

    I am having a problem with the line comment toggle which I usually access by the Ctrl+Q shortcut key but is also available under Edit Menu | Special | Toggle Line Comment, but the menu item is always unavailable and the shortcut key doesn’t work either, although if I try the same file in Notepad2 it works flawlessly, so could you please look into fixing this because I regularly use this feature in Notepad2 so its stopping me migrating.

  108. morty Reply

    Love notepad 3, two minor irritations drove me to grab the source and make some tweaks:

    1:
    The settings/checksboxes in “Find text” are not remembered between sessions. I almost always used regex searches, and checking the box every time I run the app became irritating. So I added code to save & restore those checkbox states…

    added to SaveSettings():
    IniSectionSetInt(pIniSection, L”fuFlags”, efrData.fuFlags);
    IniSectionSetInt(pIniSection, L”IDC_FINDTRANSFORMBS”, efrData.bTransformBS);
    IniSectionSetInt(pIniSection, L”IDC_WILDCARDSEARCH”, efrData.bWildcardSearch);
    IniSectionSetInt(pIniSection, L”IDC_NOWRAP”, efrData.bNoFindWrap );

    added to LoadSettings():
    efrData.fuFlags |= IniSectionGetInt(pIniSection, L”fuFlags”, 0);
    efrData.bTransformBS = IniSectionGetInt(pIniSection, L”IDC_FINDTRANSFORMBS”, 0);
    efrData.bWildcardSearch= IniSectionGetInt(pIniSection, L”IDC_WILDCARDSEARCH”, 0);
    efrData.bNoFindWrap = IniSectionGetInt(pIniSection, L”IDC_NOWRAP”, 0);

    2:
    Space characters in regular expression searches were not matching correctly.
    eg: if the text was “the quick brown fox”, then a search for “quick brown” would return no matches in regex mode.

    Using the special character class “[[:space:]]” would return a match, that is, a search for “quick[[:space:]]brown” returns the correct match.

    So I fixed this in the function “long Document::FindText…” in Document.cxx by replacing all space charters in the search string with “[[:space:]]” just before it returns “return regex->FindText…”

  109. Mr Buddha Reply

    So is this project abandoned, after just a few months of existence? I was so glad to learn that someone picked up Notepad2 development again, but now it seems to have been ceased again. There are known bugs (like the broken “strip trailing blanks” functionality) which haven’t been addressed for quite some time, and also the activities on Github are sparselyโ€ฆ

    And open and honest word would be enough: do we need to look for another editor which is still maintained? Or are you planning to continue caring about Notepad3? Thanks for a statement!

      • Mr Buddha Reply

        Ah, thanks for the reply and the explanation! Sorry for the harsh tone โ€“ that was based on past bad experience with the “Notepad2 mod” author who wouldn’t accept bug reports as some other kind of user contribution, only actual patches (which I cannot provide). I was afraid to learn that Notepad3 has been abandoned and wouldn’t be an alternative anymore.

        So I’m glad to hear that Notepad3 is alive and there will be future releases! For the time being I wouldn’t have problems with unsigned softwareโ€ฆ

        Thanks for your project and your continuation of that little Notepad gem!

  110. Putra Reply

    Can you make the the button and icon in toolbar to be bigger? In HiDPI display, the buttons are really small.

    Is there an option for column mode editing or am I missing that? If its not exist yet, can you add column mode editing.

    Thank you so much.

  111. ruoaa Reply

    It`s sad it doesn`t support Arabic it only gives ???????????? instead of Arabic letters i hope you add more languages soon or at least use UTF-8 encoding

  112. El Kabongo Reply

    Houston, we have a problem.

    In “Find Text” dialog (or “Replace Text” and Regular expression search box ticked), I canยดt “Find Previous” this string

    (\d\d)\s\1

    on this text (for example):

    03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
    03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
    03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
    03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
    03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
    03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
    03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
    03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
    03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
    03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
    03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
    03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
    03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
    03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
    03 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

    but, “Find Next” is working.

    In Notepad2 and Notepad2BE works fine.

    Can you fix this? Thanks in advance.

    • RaiKoHoff Reply

      Hi El Kabongo;
      you are right, wrong “find mode” is used for previous find
      (Mode “Left2Right” uses search pattern left-to-right interpretation from text end to text start,
      which needed in your (for Find previous) a new pattern “\1(\d\d)\s”.
      This is not inteded and will be fixed in upcoming release builds (.492+).
      Please report these issues on GitHub, you will get a response sooner ๐Ÿ˜‰

  113. RafaelE Reply

    Hello,

    I just came to know your Notepad3 and like it a lot. It has some enhancements over the NP2 that I find very usefull.

    However I have to comment that whenever I use replace of text using regular expressions the programm hangs and I have to kill the process.

    I’m using Windows 10 running over Intel Core i7 with 12 GB in RAM.

    • RafaelE Reply

      Just to make it clear, I’m trying to do a replace end of “$” line with “,”

      I’ve done some other simple regular expression replacements without major problems.

      • RaPeHoff Reply

        Hi,
        switch on the View->Show Line Endings and use the “Find Next” and “Replace” buttons within the RegEx-Replace dialog to see the single steps:
        “$” refers to the end of the line (just before the CR/LF characters). Replacing it with a character (e.g. a “,”) will put the “,” at the end of the line and move the “$” reference just behind that. Find next “$” is already the current position, inserting the “,” again, moving the eol-reference, chaching you in an infinite (the memory will limit this) loop.

        I think: you want to replace the line-break characters “\r\n” (Windows: CR LF) with a “,” – try this.

        • RafaelE Reply

          Hi,

          Thank you for your comment.

          To clarify, I’m not trying to change the “\r\n” or the “\n”. I just want to add a “,” and the end of the line. My issue comes from using “replace all” since I’m doing a replacement of only EOF ($) on both Unix and DOS/Windows files.

          If I try to change any character before EOL (e.g. “-$” or “~$”) and press “Replace All” button, the process run OK.

          If I try to change ONLY the EOF (e.g. “$”) and press Replace All button, the editor hangs

          If I use “Find Next + Replace” buttons the only EOF being changed is the current line (where the cursor is), never goes to the next line to make the change.

          • RaPeHoff

            Hey,
            you can not replace the “meta character”($) it will still exists after replacement.
            If you replace “~$” by “,” that is ‘replacing all “~” at line-ends by “,” – the line-end still exists.
            If you try to replace “$” by “,” that is replacing the empty char at the line-end by “,”.
            But the “$” (and the empty-char before) is not replaced, satisfying the next find of the _same_ line-ending (“$”) – so repace-all will catch you in an “infinite” loop then.

            Try to replace “\r\n” by “,\r\n” (resp. “\n” by “,\n”) – this will “add” a “,” at the end of each line.

    • Rizonesoft Post authorReply

      Sorry about this. I fixed it and it is working on Windows XP now. Will have the new release up in a few hours. ๐Ÿ™‚

  116. Mr Buddha Reply

    The most recent version (386) broke the ALT+W shortcut (“Strip Trailing Blanks”). Trailing tabs are not removed anymore, but in my opinion they should be covered by that as well (as it was the case in Notepad2 and in Notepad3 until version 350). Thanks for reverting that change, or making it an option otherwise!

  118. GStathops Reply

    Also please can you make in text hyperlinks and e-mail adresses clickable?
    Thank you

  119. adkurz Reply

    Please label the two Input fields in the encryption dialog for Screen Readers like in the search and replace dialog.

    • Rizonesoft Post authorReply

      I’ll make the changes and it will be available in the next update.

  121. 1NDecent Reply

    Hi,

    Is it just me, or the “Notepad3 Setup – Build 350 (64 and 32 Bit)” links to a corrupted file. I did it three times already. Here are the checksums:

    File: Notepad3-1.0.2.350.exe
    CRC-32: c879cc1e
    MD4: dcf41419d06448deae39da500e48c4db
    MD5: 350cb591fb4ae63b0db861fb1965e80e
    SHA-1: d42044c8514ede021779cb913010099d939ca5a3

  122. Carlos Reply

    Hi, i like see an more updated notepad2, heh notepad3 is a good name choise ๐Ÿ™‚
    I wish see really new features on it, (without make this bloated ofcourse heh)
    * Translations support.
    * Tabbed MDI (multiple document interface), PMDI (pseudo multi-window interface) modes
    An example with this features is AkelPad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AkelPad

    i don’t understand why if notepad2 is using scintilla not have this features while scite and others scintilla based if.

    Regards.

  123. Si Hammer Reply

    How do you do?
    I’m quite happy with it, Notepad3 that is, + it seems to me you’ve got your work cut out with all the “it hasn’t got this, it hasn’t got that” from seemingly all angles. So, I ask nothing of you, make no request or appeal + am happy to make do with what there is, it could be a generation thing? When I were a lad……………………

  128. Dieter Reply

    Hi,
    I’m using dark colors: Default Style=font:Lucida Console; size:10; fore:#FFFFFF; back:#333333

    It would be very nice to have an option to set the color for the cursor too in the Notepad3.ini.

    Thanks in advance

  130. Yuuta Reply

    Would you please update it with larger icon in toolbar? I’m using 125 scaling so in HiDPI res (mine 1080p) the toolbar is quite small. Perhaps also with minimal/material design, monochrome icon (like in Android, iOS app, Microsoft Edge, etc).

  131. webfork Reply

    Where’s the source code posted? Also could you setup a Github (or similar) site for this? I think that would make it a bit easier to track issues.

  132. George Reply

    Hello,
    I just came across the notepad3 through a post I saw on the notpad2-mod website.

    One thing I really appreciate here over the notepad2-mod is that changes to new versions are listed ๐Ÿ™‚

    Have been using notepad2 and the -mod for years now, but have always missed out on couple of features I had with Emeditor (before it became paid software and bulky). Not sure you would find this useful enough to take a look, but would help me and maybe others if you could consider these:

    This Emeditor that I had, had this one feature I value a lot. As with notepad3, when I search for a text within the file, it, highlights all instances of that word and the cursor moves to the first found instance. On pressing F3 or Find next, it still keeps everything highlighted but moves to the next instance. The Status bar gives information of the number of found items. The advantage is that even without pressing F3 or Find next, the user can just scroll down and see all highlighted items. A menu command allows to remove highlights.

    Also, would it be possible to highlight and make clickable all urls and email addresses.

    Emeditor has got this small but very useful thing. If a file has already been saved, the Save button icon and option under file are not clickable and are greyed out.

    Would really like to know if you think they are useful and possibly implementable.

    Thanks,

    • Rizonesoft Post authorReply

      Just give me a week max to work on this. Check back next week for an update.

  134. war59312 Reply

    Compared to Notepad2-mod

    Missing questions marks on search and replace windows. Questions marks give all the options for both Regular expression search and Transform backslashes.

    Wildcard search is missing completely.

  136. Bob Smith Reply

    One item I wish Notepad2 had, and now Notepad3, …is a ‘Select All’ toolbar button.
    Not exactly a show stopper without it, just an added convenience if it was available.

    Also wondering since I presently have Notepad2 installed as my Windows notepad replacement,
    do I need to uninstall it first, then install Notepad3 as the Windows notepad replacement, or can
    I just run the Notepad3 setup exe with the install taking care of making it the system default Notepad?

    Thank You Sir.

    • Rizonesoft Post authorReply

      Better to uninstall Notepad2 before installing Notepad3 because it uses another method for replacing the Windows Notepad. Try Edit -> Select All!

  138. SHJordan Reply

    Getting this error while opening the file… I tried downloading it with and without IDM.

    • Rizonesoft Post authorReply

      Ok, its fixed. There was a problem in my download system when downloading exes. I created a zip file with the exe in it. Let me know if its working for you now please.

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