In Windows, with most programs, holding the Alt key and pressing the space bar invokes the restore/minimize/maximize/... menu, the one that is otherwise accessed by right-clicking on the window's title bar, or by either left- or right-clicking the icon in the title bar. (Pardon the long-winded explanation; the menu has a name in Windows-speak, but I don't know what it's called.)
I'm pretty sure older versions of N++ behaved this way as expected, but I've recently downloaded the newest version and this one doesn't. It just ignores the alt-space keypress.
Now, I don't know if this is a bug, maybe it was introduced intentionally and with a good reason. I just thought I'd bring it up and ask which it was. If it's intentional and not going to go away, I'd have no problem using an older version. This is a great program, and even the old versions are amazing timesavers.
On a side note, another Windows tradition is that multiple-document programs invoke a similar document-only menu on Alt-minus (if I'm not wrong) but I never use that one. Then again, many tab-based multi-document programs don't do that either.
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In Notepad++ 3.9 Alt+Space triggered Word Completion. In v4.0 it doesn't anymore... Ctrl+Space works, but it doesn't show me the words I've used earlier in the document. Alt+Space provided me with a list of words I already used in the code (variables, function names). How can I call that list now, in v4.0?
Thanks.
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As of version 4.0, the default shortcut key for Word Completion has become Ctrl-Shift-Space, no doubt in view of Alt-Space being the system standard for the window's system menu.
In short, for v4.0+, use Ctrl-Space for AutoCompletion, and Ctrl-Shift-Space for Word Completion.
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I want to change the Word completion's shortcut in 4.0, but I cannot find it in Shorcut Mapper. And the shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar) are assigned to "Find selected next". Is there anyway to change the shortcut for Word completion?
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In Windows, with most programs, holding the Alt key and pressing the space bar invokes the restore/minimize/maximize/... menu, the one that is otherwise accessed by right-clicking on the window's title bar, or by either left- or right-clicking the icon in the title bar. (Pardon the long-winded explanation; the menu has a name in Windows-speak, but I don't know what it's called.)
I'm pretty sure older versions of N++ behaved this way as expected, but I've recently downloaded the newest version and this one doesn't. It just ignores the alt-space keypress.
Now, I don't know if this is a bug, maybe it was introduced intentionally and with a good reason. I just thought I'd bring it up and ask which it was. If it's intentional and not going to go away, I'd have no problem using an older version. This is a great program, and even the old versions are amazing timesavers.
On a side note, another Windows tradition is that multiple-document programs invoke a similar document-only menu on Alt-minus (if I'm not wrong) but I never use that one. Then again, many tab-based multi-document programs don't do that either.
it's not a bug
ALT SPACE is now the hotkey for autocompletion
so you have to change this hotkey to reactive the system menu
Hello,
In Notepad++ 3.9 Alt+Space triggered Word Completion. In v4.0 it doesn't anymore... Ctrl+Space works, but it doesn't show me the words I've used earlier in the document. Alt+Space provided me with a list of words I already used in the code (variables, function names). How can I call that list now, in v4.0?
Thanks.
As of version 4.0, the default shortcut key for Word Completion has become Ctrl-Shift-Space, no doubt in view of Alt-Space being the system standard for the window's system menu.
In short, for v4.0+, use Ctrl-Space for AutoCompletion, and Ctrl-Shift-Space for Word Completion.
Due to the conflict with the system shortcut, Word completion's shortcut is changed to Ctrl+Shift+Space in v4.0.
Don
I want to change the Word completion's shortcut in 4.0, but I cannot find it in Shorcut Mapper. And the shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar) are assigned to "Find selected next". Is there anyway to change the shortcut for Word completion?
The shortcuts of "auto-completion" and "word completion" are Ctrl+Space and Ctrl+Shift+Space respectively in v4.0.
> And the shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar) are assigned to "Find selected next"
It's a bug in v4.0. Just ignore the shortcut name and modify the shorcut.
This bug will be fixed in the next version which comes soon.
Don
Thanks a lot for clearing this up!
It doesn't work for me too with the v4.0
Both with CTRL+SPACEBAR and ALT+SPACEBAR!!