Software update: Notepad++ 8.4

Version 8.4 of Notepad++ has been released. This comprehensive 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 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. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Notepad++ v8.4 new features, enhancement and bug fixes:

• Update Scintilla from v4.4.6 to v5.2.1 and add Lexilla v5.1.5. (Fix #10504†
• Enhance dark mode support (Shortcut Mapper, autocompletion, calltip, Column Editor and Style configurator, Preferences dialog, etc…) (Fix #11530† #11522† #11407† #11514† #11506† #11497†
• Fix losing characters issue after case-conversion (UPPER/lower). (Fix #11463†
• Fix “Sort Lines as Integer” not considering negative number issue. (Fix #11023† #2025†
• Sort languages ​​alphabetically automatically in Style Configurator. (Fix #11337†
• Fix flashing box (autocompletion empty list) appears while typing issue. (Fix #9433†
• Scrolling Document List automatically to make the selected tab item visible. (Fix #11204†
• Make Find in Files search result line number aligned. (Fix #11119†
• Add default AZ sorting ability in Function list. (Fix #11446†
• Add virtual space ability. (Fix #11443† #11444†
• Fix document being wronly marked as saved bug after converting its encoding. (Fix #11436†
• Fix Document list not sync with tab order after sorting. (Fix #11272†
• Fix file saving critical bug under Symantec encryption desktop. (Fix #11339†
• Fix cropped text in Shortcut mapper’s status area issue. (Fix #10358†
• Enhance installer: Remember the chosen language in the previous installation. (implementation #10582†
• Improve Find/Replace Dialog layout. (Fix #11318†
• Update NSIS & Inno Setup keyword lists.