I have been using Notepad++ every day for coding reception and work for the past 2-3 years. I don’t remember using the other editor during this complete period. I prefer this editor considerably thanks to various features like syntax highlighting, collapse/expand functionality, ability to open 2 workspaces in the same window, find altogether Open Documents, find in the directory, etc. It supports numerous languages like PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML, C, C++, Java, and lots more. Also, it’s many plugins for formatting the code, FTP directly from the editor, file browser, RegEx Helper, etc. It is often used on systems on which you are doing not have the admin permissions (i.e. cannot install new software) or maybe run from a flash drive without even installing on the machine.
It is thanks to the above reasons and lots of more that I like to recommend it. of these features indeed help me in faster development, but there’s another method that i exploit for faster development which is Keyboard Shortcuts. I’m an enormous user of Keyboard shortcuts and use them not just in Notepad++ but in even other software/applications.
Here is that the list of all the keyboard shortcuts as mentioned within the Notepad++ Documentation. i will be able to mark a number of the shortcuts, in bold, that I exploit most often. All the shortcuts are often changed from the Shortcut Mapper which may be opened from Settings > Shortcut Mapper Menu.
File menu
Shortcut
Action
Ctrl-O
Open File
Ctrl-N
New File
Ctrl-S
Save File
Ctrl-Alt-S
Save As
Ctrl-Shift-S
Save All
Ctrl-P
Print
Alt-F4
Exit
Ctrl-Tab
Next Document (also shows list of open files). Can be disabled – see Settings/Preferences/Global.
Ctrl-Shift-Tab
Previous Document (also shows list of open files). Can be disabled – see above.
Ctrl-W
Close Current Document
Edit menu
Shortcut
Action
Ctrl-C
Copy
Ctrl-Insert
Copy
Ctrl-Shift-T
Copy current line to clipboard
Ctrl-X
Cut
Shift-Delete
Cut
Ctrl-V
Paste
Shift-Insert
Paste
Ctrl-Z
Undo
Alt-Backspace
Undo
Ctrl-Y
Redo
Ctrl-A
Select All
Alt-Shift-Arrow keys, or Alt + Left mouse click
Column Mode Select
Ctrl + Left mouse click
Start new selected area. Only multiple stream areas ca be selected this way.
ALT-C
Column Editor
Ctrl-D
Duplicate Current Line
Ctrl-T
Switch the current line position with the previous line position
Ctrl-Shift-Up
Move Current Line, or current selection if a single stream, Up
Ctrl-Shift-Down
Move Current Line, or current selection if a single stream, Down
Ctrl-L
Delete Current Line
Ctrl-I
Split Lines
Ctrl-J
Join Lines
Ctrl-G
Launch GoToLine Dialog
Ctrl-Q
Block comment/uncomment
Ctrl-Shift-Q
Stream comment
Tab (selection of one or more full lines)
Insert Tabulation or Space (Indent)
Shift-Tab (selection of one or more full lines)
Remove Tabulation or Space (outdent)
Ctrl-BackSpace
Delete to start of word
Ctrl-Delete
Delete to end of word
Ctrl-Shift-BackSpace
Delete to start of line
Ctrl-Shift-Delete
Delete to end of line
Ctrl-U
Convert to lower case
Ctrl-Shift-U
Convert to UPPER CASE
Ctrl-B
Go to matching brace
Ctrl-Space
Launch CallTip ListBox
Ctrl-Shift-Space
Launch Function Completion ListBox
Ctrl-Enter
Launch Word Completion ListBox
Ctrl-Alt-R
Text Direction RTL
Ctrl-Alt-L
Text Direction LTR
Enter
Split line downwards, or create new line
Shift-Enter
Split line downwards, or create new line
Search menu
Shortcut
Action
Ctrl-F
Launch Find Dialog
Ctrl-H
Launch Find / Replace Dialog
F3
Find Next
Shift-F3
Find Previous
Ctrl-Shift-F
Find in Files
F7
Switch to Search results window (was Activate sub view before v5.2)
Ctrl-Alt-F3
Find (volatile) Next
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F3
Find (volatile) Previous
Ctrl-F3
Select and Find Next (was Find (Volatile) Next prior to v5.6.5)
Ctrl-Shift-F3
Select and Find Previous (was Find (Volatile) Previous prior to v5.6.5)
F4
Go to next found
Shift-F4
Go to previous found
Ctrl-Shift-I
Incremental Search
Ctrl-n
Jump Down (to next text marked using n-th stye. n is 1 to 5, or 0 for default Found style.
Ctrl-Shift-n
Jump Up (to next text marked using n-th stye. n is 1 to 5, or 0 for default Found style.
Ctrl-F2
Toggle Bookmark
F2
Go To Next Bookmark
Shift-F2
Go To Previous Bookmark
View menu
Shortcut
Action
Ctrl-(Keypad-/Keypad+)
or Ctrl + mouse wheel button (if any) Zoom in (+ or up) and Zoom out (- or down)