Notepad3 Update | Rizonesoft

The latest Notepad3 version is 7.26.602.1. Click here to download the newest version.

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Version 7.26.602.1 Changes:

Bug-Report and Feature Request issue templates (#5915).
Custom coloring non printable characters (#5900).
Smart hotkey Ctrl+N and Alt+L in case of existing file under caret/selection (#5895).
Open file/folder from selection + bare-path hyperlink hotspots (#5885).
Open Containing Folder (sel) and Open File from Selection (#5884).
Copy as RTF (Rich-Text-Format) – keeps syntax highlighting (#5881).
Open hyperlink in background via Ctrl+Shift+LClick (#5880).
Documentation for customizing themes (#5867).
AHK v2 Lexer, fixing existing AHK_L lexer (LEX) (#5860).
Add HotStringOption to AHK lexer (LEX) (#5860).
Option to show non-print characters (#5850).
Hex/binary status-bar output modes with click-to-copy and binary literal input (TIN) (#5834).
Matching braces (Ctrl+B and with selection Ctrl+Shift+B) inside blocks (#5819).
Add homebrew JSON5 lexer (#5796).

TinyExpr++ render logical results as “true”/”false (TIN) (#5914).
TinyExpr++ description of single = is parsed as == (TIN) (#5912).
Refactor multi-selection expression evaluation logic (#5872).
Code-cleanup and hardening (#5863).
grepWin, pass target directory on command line instead of via INI (GRE) (#5857).
Polish “Page Setup…” dialog (#5834).
Extend navigation documentation (#5834).
Moving all *.txt files to Docs folder (for Setup, PAF and Portable) (#5811).
InfBoxLng for saving files (#5806).
Github actions: no build on doc change only (#5798).
Extend and cleanup documentation (#5797).
Update to Scintilla v5.6.2 , Lexilla v5.4.9 (#5796).
Breaking change: drop Regex file extension pattern in favor of usual wildcard (#5793).

Incr/decr number handler, support bin, keep hex cases (#5883).
Drag&drop files – temp handling (immediate deleted on drop) (#5863).
AHK case insensitive (LEX) (#5860).
Lexer AHK_L minor issues (LEX) (#5860).
Enhance existing homebrew AHK lexer (LEX) (#5860).
Small optimization of PCRE2 regEx backward search (PCR) (#5836).
Modernize and align Lexilla lib related Style-Lexers definitions (LEX) (#5836).
Hardening of JSON5 lexer (#5843).
Small correction of factory default position (#5836).
Minor fixes for change-history navigation (#5834).
Skip paste board minimizing if nothing to paste (#5831).
Modern print dialog, fixing minor issues (#5831).
Hardening of INI file handling for multi instances workflows (#5810).
MRU file history, bookmark, caret pos, selection maintenance (#5810).
Find/replace pattern history (#5808).
Buffer handling consistency (#5806).
Using help dialog of natural size with vertical scroll-bar (#5805).
Misleading code-page detection not install in system throws error on file loading (#5802).
Multi-line InfoBox issue (#5800).
File extension wildcard lexer matching (#5799).
Dynamic sizing of InfoboxLng (#5794).
“.LOG” feature + enhancements around file-vars + docs (#5791).
InfoBoxLng proportional dynamic sizing (#5790).
About requester show ARM compilation, missing file path on open non-existent file (#5790).

Update Scintilla (SCI) Library version 5.6.2 (2026-04-29) (#5796).
Update Lexilla (LEX) Library version 5.4.9 (2026-04-29) (#5796).
Update TinyExpr++ (TIN) version 1.1.0 (2026-01-16) (#5707).
Update grepWin (GRE) version 2.1.12.1434 (2025-09-24) (#5635).
Update UCHARDET (UCH) encoding detector version 0.0.8 (2022-12-08) (#5562).
Update PCR2 (PCR) Regex engine version 10.47 (2025-10-21) (#5559).
Update MiniPath (MIN) version 1.0.2.191 (2022-12-13) (#4359).