Software Update: Notepad++ 8.4.5

Version 8.4.5 of Notepad++ has been released. This extensive text editor has several 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 a 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 release, in order to fix any serious bugs. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Notepad++ v8.4.5 crash fixes, bug fixes & new features:

• Add reduce mode in Find/Replace dialog. (Implement #11780)
• Update to Scintilla 5.2.4 and Lexilla 5.1.8. (Implement #12022)
• Enhance very long line’s performance. (Fix #11942)
• Fix crash on Wine. (Fix #11941)
• Fix Notepad++ crash due to calling NPPM_GETLANGUAGENAME with -1 (WPARAM). (Fix #12009)
• Improve performance for “Find in Files” and ““Find all in…”. (Fix #11878)
• Add option to turn off selecting text when Field dialog is invoked. (Implement #11988)
• Fix drag n drop documents crash between 2 instances. (Fix #11976)
• Fix erasing part of content make hanging issue. (Fix #10193)
• Add an option for hiding the ＋ ▼ ✕ from the menu bar. (Implement #11945)
• Add cycling function hints ability by Alt-Up/Down shortcuts. (Implement #11950)
• Add square block after option. (Implement #11944)
• Fix detected language not being applied if Default languge is set in Document settings. (Fix #11504)
• Fix dark mode visual glichy in explorer panel under Windows 8.1. (Fix #11898)