notepad++ Practical Tips

notepad++ is an open source text editor with powerful features. Great for editing, commenting on code. It supports most of the mainstream programming languages.

This article mainly lists some of the techniques I have encountered in the actual use.

Shortcut keys

Custom shortcut keys

The first thing you need to know is that the shortcut keys in notepad++ can be modified.

Click Settings , Manage Shortcuts , and in the pop-up window, you can modify the shortcut keys you want to change. Of course, the shortcut keys can also be easily viewed.

Common shortcut keys

Below, list some of the common default shortcut keys:

Type	Shortcut keys	Function
File operations	Ctrl-o	Open File
	Ctrl-n	New file
	Ctrl-s	Save File
	Ctrl-alt-s	Save File as
	Ctrl-shift-s	Save all open files
	Ctrl-p	Print
	Ctrl-tab	File tab jump, skip to next open file
	Ctrl-shift-tab	File tab jump, jump to the previous open file
	Ctrl-w	Close the current file
Edit	Ctrl-z	Undo Last Action
	Alt-shift-arrow key or ALT + left mouse button	Column selection mode
	Alt-c	Column Editor
	Ctrl-d	Copy the current line to the bottom, or copy the selected area to a later
	Ctrl-t	Copy the current line to the Clipboard (note: The help says to swap the current row with the previous line)
	Ctrl-alt-t	Swap with Previous line
	Ctrl-shift-up	Moves the current row up one line
	Ctrl-shift-down	Moves the current line down one line
	Ctrl-l	Delete When moving forward
	Ctrl-i	-(note: The help is divided into multiple lines, but the latest version does not work)
	Ctrl-j	Merge multiple lines (note: To select the rows to be merged in when using)
	Ctrl-g	Jump to a Line dialog box
	Ctrl-q	Add/Remove Comments
	Ctrl-shift-q	Block Add/Remove annotations
	Tab (selection of one or more full lines)	Insert tab
	Shift-tab (selection of one or more full lines)	tab before deleting a location
	Ctrl-backspace	Delete the current position to the beginning of the word
	Ctrl-delete	Delete the current position to the end of the word
	Ctrl-shift-backspace	Delete the contents of the current position to the beginning of the line
	Ctrl-shift-delete	Delete content from current position to end of line
	Ctrl-u	Convert to lowercase
	Ctrl-shift-u	Convert to uppercase
	Ctrl-b	Jump to pairs of parentheses
	Ctrl-space	Trigger function Auto-complete list
	Ctrl-shift-space	Trigger function parameter hint
	Ctrl-enter	Trigger keyword Auto-complete list
	Ctrl-alt-r	Entire page text direction from right to left
	Ctrl-alt-l	Entire page text direction from left to right (note: This shortcut may be overwritten after zencoding has been installed)
Find	Ctrl-f	Open the Search dialog box
	Ctrl-h	Open the Replace Search dialog box
	Ctrl-f2	Set bookmarks
	F2	Jumps to the next bookmark
	Shift-f2	Jump to the top of a bookmark
Show	CTRL (Keypad-/keypad+) or CTRL + mouse wheel	Enlarge/Shrink Page
	Alt-0	Shrink all folds
	alt-(1~8)	Expand the corresponding layer collapse
	alt-shift-0	Expand All collapsed
	alt-shift-(1~8)	Expand all levels collapsed
	alt-shift-0	Expand All collapsed
	alt-shift-(1~8)	Expand all levels collapsed

Language format modification

Change theme

If you're tired of the default monotone style, try changing the code highlighting style to stimulate your eyeballs.

You can click on settings ---- language format , then select a satisfactory theme, click Save and Close.

This is another look at your code, is it a brand-changed?

Change the background color

If you just want to change the background color of the editor. Please follow the steps below to process:

Click Set- language Format, modify the background color, and tick use global background color, then save. Ok.

How to keep notepad++ code highlighting style in Web pages or Word

Toolbar: add . nppexport , export to RTF /Export to HTML / Copy RTF to Cli Pboard / copy Html to Clipboard / Copy all formats to Clipboard

Export to RTF creates the highlighted code in a Word document.

Export to HTML is the creation of the highlighted code in an HTML Web page.

The next three types are to copy the highlighted code to the Clipboard in a different form, without creating the corresponding file.

Tried copy RTF to Clipboard, succeeded. Copy Html to Clipboard is not used.

Other practical Tips

How to edit two files at a time

Open the two files you want to edit at the same time. Right-click the tab of any one of the files, select move to another view , and the entire screen will be divided into two parts.

You can split the view vertically or split it horizontally, right-click the divider in the middle of the split view and select Rotate right or rotate left to toggle landscape or portrait mode.

Auto-Completing

The notepad++ has auto-completion function. For example, when you enter parentheses, you enter the front brackets, and you can automatically fill in the parentheses.

Setup method: Tap settings , click Preferences , Auto-complete .

Choosing a programming language

If the code in your open file or in the file you are editing is not the actual programming language, you can also choose your own.

By clicking the Language button on the toolbar, select the correct language from the drop-down menu.

Resources

[1] http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_6a46a4180100yvqi.html

notepad++ Practical Tips