You can also load a Folder as Workspace using the -openFoldersAsWorkspace command line argument.
When you drag a folder from Windows Explorer onto Notepad++, this feature will be activated (unless overridden by the ”… folder dropping” option). This feature allows you to use a tree-based interface to easily access the files in a given directory. Note: As of Notepad++ v8.2, the loaded session is saved automatically on exit of Notepad++, if the Multi-instance settings is not set to “Default (Mono-instance)”. You can also load a session file using the -openSession command line argument.
The MISC preferences include an option to set a file extension that will automatically be opened equivalently to Load Session, even if you use File > Open to access that session that extension will also be the default when you Save Session ¹.
Session files are XML, and are identical in format to the session.xml config file. File > Save Session... can be used to save the currently-open files as a session.File > Load Session… can be used to load an existing session.When you load the session, all of that information is loaded back into Notepad++. The session file stores the paths of the open files, the active file (and which view, see the section about Multi-View), the current selection and position in the file, the current bookmarks (see Bookmarks) and the current language (see the section about Languages). They do not have to be in the same directory or even on the same drive. Using sessions, you can open a set of files with one action. Sessions are a set of files to be opened in Notepad++. There are also various plugins available that might help manage sessions or workspaces, or serve similar purposes but with a different feature set compared to these built-in features. Project Panels = a tree-based interface to access related files that aren’t necessarily grouped in the same Windows directory structure.Folder as Workspace = a tree-based interface to easily access the files in a given Windows directory.Sessions = a set of files that can be opened with one action.There are three built-in “multiple file management” systems available natively in Notepad++. ConclusionĪll things considered, even if HTML-Notepad is not meant to function as a webpage editor, you can still rely on its feature-set to design richly formatted HTML files, while also keeping an eye on its document structure and all its embedded elements.Sessions, Workspaces, and Projects Sessions, Workspaces, and Projects It goes without saying the you need to spend some time analyzing and learning these hotkeys, though you are probably familiar with most of them as they are standard combinations (however, you cannot modify any of them). Extensive hotkey supportĪ great feature of this application is that you can perform any action using dedicated hotkeys, which can significantly speed things up. You can enhance your HTML project by inserting images (either inline or as a figure), hyperlinks and lists (unordered, ordered, definitions lists).Īdditionally, you can add tables and you can select the number or rows and columns (if you change your mind later one, you can easily remove, merge or insert lines and columns). HTML-Notepad supports a wide range of formatting options, so you can emphasize your text with bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, subscript, superscript, or inline code.Īdditionally, when adding new content, you can format it as a normal paragraph or a division, or several types of headers. It provides document structure visualization in the left side, so you can get a clear overview of how your HTML project looks like.
This application is meant to help you work without any distractions, so it makes sense that its GUI is minimalist and its functions are grouped under relevant icons. HTML-Notepad can come in handy to all Web writers who are looking for a tool that would help them work on formatted texts in HTML files (you can open several documents in multiple tabs).