can enable a secondary edit window in Notepad++ to be able to view
two documents at the same time (possibly the same). If used with the
same document, you can quickly compare two documents or make quick
changes in two places at the same time without having to scroll or
keep bookmarks.<p>
To
use Multi View, first activate the document that you want to view in
the other view. Then, you have two options:<br>Select <spanclass="menu_item">View->Move/Clone current document->Go to
another view</span>, this will move the document to the other view, closing
it in the first view.<p>
Select
<spanclass="menu_item">View->Move/Clone current document->Clone to another view</span>, this will clone the document into the
other view, linking the two. Any change in the first document will
automatically be forwarded to the second and vice versa. You can also
reach these command by right-clicking on the tab of a document and
selecting the command from the context menu.</font><br>Note that these options are also available by dragging a tab into an edit field, with the <spanclass="shortcut">Ctrl</span> depressed for cloning and not depressed for moving
<p>Once
you have Multi View enabled, you can control its layout. You can <spanclass="shortcut">drag</span>
the divider around using your mouse, or <spanclass="shortcut">click</span> on the small arrows on
the top and bottom to completely move it to the left or right.
<spanclass="shortcut">Rightclicking</span> on the divider shows a popup menu allowing you to
rotate the layout for a horizontal or vertical version.
<p>Although
you can view two documents at the same time, only one can be active
(have the focus). You can determine the active view by the tabbar if
you have the topline enabled (see <ahref="Preferences.html#Global">Tab bar</a>). By default,
the active view has a darker color of orange than the inactive view.
Also, only the active view can have the caret. You can switch the
active view by selecting <spanclass="menu_item">View->Focus on other view</span>. The active
view determines what options are available from the menu or toolbar.
