Software update: Notepad++ 7.0.0

Version 7.0 of Notepad++ has been released. This comprehensive text editor has various features that are especially useful for programmers, such as syntax highlighting for C, C++, Java, html, XML and php, among others. The program also offers the possibility to edit more than one document at the same time or to maintain one document in two different places. If you want to use the latest version, you have to download it yourself. Notepad++’s built-in updater only offers updates a week after their appearance in order to be able to fix any serious bugs. New in version 7.0 includes the introduction of a 64-bit version of the program. Keep in mind that a 64-bit version is not yet available for all plugins.

Notepad++ v7 new features and bug fixes:

• x64 build available.
• Fix the DLL Hijacking Vulnerability of previous versions (by updating NSIS to v3.0).
• Auto-updater improvement: periodical check can be disable via auto-update prompt dialog.
• Installer enhancement: Check if Notepad++ is running and ask the user to close it before continue.
• Enhancement: add conflict detection to Shortcut Mapper.
• Fix auto-completion on XML comment and tag bug.
• Fix file saving crash which can be reproduced through a specific way to save file.
• Fix a crash issue while UDL’s user keyword list is too long.
• Fix HDPI issues for some components (task list, margins and shortcut mapper).
• Add a new feature(optional) : Close the last document will quit Notepad++.
• Add more Change Case variants (Title Case, Sentence case, iVERT cASE, rANdOm caSe).
• Add Open file & open containing folder commands on selected file/folder name in text content.
• Add Search on Internet command on selected word(s) in text content.
• Add Scroll Tab Bar with mouse wheel capacity.
• Add commands for moving the current file tab Forward/Backward.
• Fix bug of monitoring not working for files under root.
• Ruby is supported by FunctionList.
• Added new option: Enable scrolling beyond last line.
• Add an option to restore old behavior (open files in folder) while folder being dropped.