control the Tab Bar, the Tool Bar, the Status Bar and the menu from
here, as well as the current ...
<p>
<dl>
<dt>Localization:
<dd>
This dropdown list shows all the languages which you can use for Notepad++ to speak your language. If you click on one of these languages, all user interface elements are instantly translated into that language. The various localisation files are in the Localization subfolder of Notepad++'s install folder.
<dt>Tool bar:
<dd>
<ul><li>
<spanclass="checkbox">Hide</span>
- Check the hide checkbox to completely hide the tool bar.
The
following choices show immediate results, but sometimes a restart is
required to load the correct icons:
</li><li><spanclass="radio">Small
icons</span> - Notepad++ will use the small icon set for the toolbar. This
can be the built-in icon set or custom icons.</font>
</li><li><spanclass="radio">Big icons</span> - Notepad++ will use the large icon set for the toolbar. This
can be the built-in icon set or custom icons.
</li><li><spanclass="radio">Small
standard icons</span> - These are the default built-in icons. This is also
the only option that will show any tool bar icons registered by
plugins.
</li></ul>
<dt>Menu bar:
<dd><spanclass="checkbox">Hide</span>
- If you check this option, the menu bar will automatically hide.
To (temporarily) show the menu bar, press the Alt key or the F10 key
to give the menu focus. Selecting an option, pressing escape or
giving another window the focus will hide the menu again.
<dt>Status bar:
<dd><spanclass="checkbox">Show status bar</span> - Check the option to show the status bar.</font>
<dt>Tab bar:
<spanstyle="font-weight:normal;">
<ul><li><spanclass="checkbox">Hide</span>
- Checking this option will hide the tab bar. You can still open
multiple documents but you have to switch using shortcuts rather that
using the tab bar.
</li><li><spanclass="checkbox">Multi-Line</span>
- Checking this option will cause the tab bar to draw multiple rows
of documents if they cannot all be displayed in a single row.
Otherwise a pair of scroll arrow buttons will appear. Note that the active document
will always be on the bottom row.
</li><li><spanclass="checkbox">Vertical</span>
- Checking this option will rotate the<fontsize="3"> tab bar 90°
counterclockwise and place it at the left side of the screen.
</li><li><spanclass="checkbox">Reduce</span>
- If checked the tab bar will use the default font and icon size.
Unchecking will cause it to use a larger font and larger icons.
</li><li>
<fontsize="3"><spanclass="checkbox">Lock</span>
- Checking this will disable the ability to sort documents by
dragging the tabs around.
</li><li><spanclass="checkbox">Draw the inactive tabs</span> - If checked, inactive tabs will be drawn using a
custom background color (see Settings, Styler Configurator).
</li><li><spanclass="checkbox">Draw
the orange top bar</span> - Checking this will draw a (by default) orange
line on top of active tabs (see Settings, Styler Configurator).
</li><li><spanclass="checkbox">Enable
close button on each tab</span> - Checking this will add a close button on
each tab. Clicking it will close that tab.
</li><li><spanclass="checkbox">Double
click to close document</span> - If checked, doubleclicking on a tab will
<dd>You can enable or disable this feature through the checkbox. This both controls the ability to select multiple areas (see <ahref="Selecting.html">Selecting text</a>) and to get typed text mirrored in all the areas in the selection.
vertical edge</span> - Checking this will draw a vertical edge throughout
the document.</font>
Mode
</li><li><spanclass="radio">Line
mode</span> - If this mode is set, the edge will be drawn using a line in
the background
</li><li><spanclass="radio">Background
mode</span> - If this mode is set, the edge will be drawn by changing the
background color of characters that are past the edge. You can change the color with the <ahref="Styler%20Configurator.html#Edge_colour">Styler Configurator</a>.
</li><li><spanclass="label">Number
of columns</span>: The distance in columns (as determined by the size of the
space character) at which the edge will be drawn.
</li></ul></span>
<dt>Other options
<spanstyle="font-weight:normal;">
<ul><li><spanclass="checkbox">Display
line number margin</span> - If checked, line numbers will be drawn. You can change the color with the <ahref="Styler%20Configurator.html#Line_number_margin">Styler Configurator</a>.
When shown, the line number margin can accommodate three digits, and will grow as needed to display numbers in a higher range.
</li><li><spanclass="checkbox">Display
bookmark margin</span> - If checked, the bookmark margin will be drawn.</li><li>
<spanclass="checkbox">Active
current line highlight</span> - If checked, the line at which the caret is
present will be drawn with a special background color. </font>You can change the color with the <ahref="Styler%20Configurator.html#Current_line_background_colour">Styler Configurator</a>.</li></ul></span></dl>
options change the way new documents are created and what the default
Open/Save directories will be.
<p>
<dl>
<dt>New document:
<spanstyle="font-weight:normal;">
<ul><li>
<spanclass="label">Encoding</span>:</font>
Allows
to choose what encoding to use (see <ahref="Encoding.html">Encoding</a>).
</li><li><spanclass="label">Format</span>:
Allows
to choose what end-of-line format to use (see <ahref="Newline%20format.html">Newline Format</a>).
</li><li><spanclass="label">Default language</span>: defines which highlighter will be used for any newly created document. The dropdown list mirrors the Language menu. However,
user defined languages and external languages cannot be selected.
</li></ul></span>
<dt>File
Open/Save Directory:
<dd>The File Open/Save Directory, or Default
Directory, controls what directory Notepad++ looks in when opening or
saving files. Please note that the Default
directory is not the same as the Current Directory (Working
Directory) Notepad++ uses. Do not make assumptions about Notepad++
Current Directory.
<ul><li><spanclass="radio">Follow
the current document</span> - If this option is selected, the default
directory will be the directory of the currently active file. If the
file is a new, unsaved document, this will be Notepad++' directory.
</li><li><spanclass="radio">Remember
the last operation directory</span> - If this option is selected, the
default directory will initially be the directory Notepad++ was
started in (you can control this by adjusting the shortcut you use
for Notepad++) and only change when browsing for files (to open or
save a file).
</li><li><spanclass="radio">Custom</span>
- The default directory can be set to a fixed path. Browse for a
path or type it yourself. If the path is invalid, Notepad++'
directory will be used. You are allowed to use Environment Variables, using the $(<i>var-name</i>) syntax as usual.
</li></ul></dl>
<p>
<h2><aname="File_Association"></a>File
Association
</h2>
<p>You
can associate files with Notepad++ so opening those files will start
Notepad++. Select a type of file, then select the desired extension
and press the left arrow to associate the file. To add a custom type
of file, select customize, enter the extension and press the <spanclass="button">-></span> button.
To remove the association, select the extension to dissociate and
pressing the <spanclass="button"><-</span> button.</font>
<br>
The appearance of the Language menu can be further controlled by the <spanclass="checkbox">Make Language menu Compact</span> checkbox. When checked, languages whose names start by the same letter are grouped into a submenu, rather than being all lumped in the menu proper.
Tab settings can be adjusted on a per language basis. The right hand list has all built-in languages, as well as a topmost (Default) entry. The latter applies to all languages which don't have a custom setting, as well as to all user defined languages. The frame below allows adjusting tab settings for the selected language:
<ul><li><spanclass="label">Tab size</span> - Size in space characters of a tab character in the document.
</li><li><spanclass="checkbox">Replace
by space</span> - Checking this will cause any tabs added to be in the
form of spaces, up to the amount as determined by the Tab size
<spanclass="checkbox">Enable Notepad++ auto-updater</span>: If checked, Notepad++ will attempt to find about an update at startup. You have the option of postponing the upgrade if one is found.
