With the Version 6.6 line of Notepad++ there is a new feature called “Session snapshot & periodic backup” which periodically (by default every 7 seconds) autosaves all of your work. It was designed to make sure that you didn’t lose your work in case the power went out or your computer crashed or something along … Read more
The latest version of Notepad++ (v6.5) allows you to select whether to hide the tab bars. It’s under Settings > Preference > General > Tab Bar
Windows 7-10 x64, Notepad++ 5.9.5 Solution: It has to do with the libTidy.dll not being included in the current distributions. However, it was available in earlier versions. Solution is to download the 5.9 zip, then copy one of the following folders: ansi\plugins\Config\tidy or Unicode\plugins\Config\tidy to your current Notepad++\plugins\Config folder Also, if you install to the … Read more
You have to use the plugin manager of Notepad++ and search for the JSON plugin. There you can easily install it. This answer explains it pretty good: How to reformat JSON in Notepad++?
You can find a Notepad++ plugin called AutoSave for autosaving your files here: https://github.com/francostellari/NppPlugins/tree/main/AutoSave (Used to link to https://sites.google.com/site/fstellari/nppplugins but that’s no longer online, cached version is still available here) It autosaves every minute, but it’s configurable, and allows you to choose to save only the current document or all open documents.
To get LESS syntax highlighting, you have to download and import a user defined language file. Here are some links to language files: LESS language file, as listed in the Notepad++ User Defined Language List LESS language file on GitHub Installation instructions from the GitHub repository: Download the less.xml file Open Notepad++ Go to Language … Read more
I had to put my userDefineLang.xml file in my AppData\Roaming folder: C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++
There is no universal tab size, so I always make sure to replace tabs by spaces (so you know what you see is what you get everywhere else as well) Go to Settings -> “Preferences…” -> Language Menu/Tab Settings and check ‘Replace by space’
You could try going to Language > H > Html and that should highlight stuff.
Notepad++ has a plugin that does this for you. It’s called “Code alignment”. It allows you to align text vertically based on characters of your choosing. You can install it via the Plugin Manager for notepad. Below is a simple usage scenario. You start off with the following code, then you align by “equals” which … Read more