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Release Date: 2023-04-06

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Notepad++ v8.5.2 bug-fixes and new features:

  1. Enhance “Edit with Notepad++” context menu and fix several issues. (Fix #13399, #13410, #13425, #13438, #13440, #13446, #13457)
  2. Make Find/Replace dialog swap/copy button usage more explicit. (Fix #13368, #13021)
  3. Fix unexpected caret column jump post brace match. (Fix #13433)
  4. Add hits in-progress increased number to Search Progress dialog. (Fix #13364)
  5. Add HTML Hexadecimal column and more items to ASCII panel. (Fix #13347)
  6. Add ability to do leading spaces with Column Editor. (Fix #11148, #13309)
  7. Add programming language support for Hollywood. (Implement #13417)
  8. Fix dock panels visual glitch while finding in search results. (Fix #13402, #13459)
  9. Fix Mark dialog’s Copy Marked Text button is not macro-able issue. (Fix #13405)
  10. Dark mode enhancement: make focused combobox more visible. (Fix #13420)
  11. Fix find dialog flicker issue. (Fix #9536, #13381)
  12. Enhance Notepad++ icon’s display in system tray. (Fix #8971)
  13. Fix some options in Mark dialog not remembered though the session issue. (Fix #13277)

Notepad++ v8.5.1 bug-fixes and new features:

  1. Use new modern shell “Edit with Notepad++” of Windows 11 instead of hijacking “Pin to Quick access”.(Fix #13320, implement #13330)
  2. Update scintilla to 5.3.4 and lexilla to 5.2.4. (Implement #13338)
  3. Add MS Transact-SQL support. (Fix #5940, #7988, #11718, #12610, #13160)
  4. Add GDScript language support with autocomplete & functionlist. (Fix #13329)
  5. Fix UDL empty button regression after changing localization. (Fix #13228)
  6. Add ability to copy “Find what” to “Replace with” and vice versa in Find Replace dialog. (Fix #12122)
  7. Fix DocSwitcher RTL problem, and use edit field instead of a small popup value dialog. (Fix #13244, #13248)
  8. GUI visual enhancement: Fix whole dialog items blink when a item value changed. (Fix #13230)
  9. Make tray icon context menu translatable. (Fix #11628)

Notepad++ v8.5 bug-fixes and new features:

  1. Fix notepad replacement opening file name containing white space regression. (Fix #13032)
  2. Fix regression about visual glitch of Find in Files progress window & Document Switcher.(Fix #13185, #13053)
  3. Update to Scintilla 5.3.3 and Lexilla 5.2.2. (Implement #13082)
  4. Add new explorer context menu entry “Edit with Notepad++” for WINDOWS 11. (Fix #10320, #10565, #4368, #8786, #10640, #10856, #10653, #7747, #6169, #92)
  5. Add show non-printable characters command. (Fix #827, #4731, #8284)
  6. Apply tab colors to document list items, and add groups to document list. (Fix #12155, #12689, #13026)
  7. Add middle mouse click ability to close doc in Document List. (Fix #12949)
  8. Add Begin/End Select in Column Mode command. (Fix #12833, #12832)
  9. Add option to make auto-completion list brief. (Fix #12783)
  10. Remove duplicate items in function/word list of Auto-completion. (Fix #13061)
  11. Fix missing items in word autocomplete. (Fix #13060)
  12. Fix autocomplete to sort case insensitive issue. (Fix #12495)
  13. Change behaviour: make Select and Find (Next/Previous) always in normal search mode. (Fix #3229)
  14. Change behaviour: make volatile Find uses least-strict option settings. (Fix #13145)
  15. Change behaviour: Don’t populate in Find what if a stream selection more than 1024 characters. (Fix #12603)
  16. Fix wrong value set in Preferences->Performance->“Define Large File Size”.(Fix #13280)
  17. Fix untitled document number jumping or repeated problem. (Fix #8677, #11704, #13194)
  18. Fix dock-able panels not restoring for mono instances when Notepad++ is in the tray. (Fix #9454)
  19. Fix panels not restored from systemtray with “Edit with Notepad++” in admin mode. (Fix #13041)
  20. Fix hit text in search results not being scrolled in the view issue. (Fix #13129)
  21. Add new notification NPPN_EXTERNALLEXERBUFFER for lexer plugin with buffer ID when a new lexer is applied to the buffer in question. (Fix #12351)
  22. Fix Synch H/V Scrolling commands not sync with 2 views. (Fix #5250, #13071)
  23. Add several GUI enhancement. (Fix #11695, #13176, #13187, #13162)
  24. Make several GUI items translatable. (Fix #13175, #8020, #8858, #13088, #8927, #10876, #9343, #8004)

If you find any regression or critical bug, please report here:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24345/notepad-v8-5-2-release