Is there a way to customize the menu bar in Notepad++? For the toolbar there is the creatively named plugin "Customize Toolbar", but for the menu bar I can't find anything, not even a config file.
I would like to remove entire menus (like "Window") and single entries (like "Launch in Firefox").
If there is a way to just get the menu bar to not wrap in slim windows, that would also be nice, but full customization is preferred.
Customize menu bar in Notepad++
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I just checked my installation of Notepad++. When I invoke it via the command-line I am able to have it open the current folder for file saves/opens. How are you invoking Notepad++ from the command-line? What I have done is, append C:\Program Files\Notepad++ to the PATH variable.
There is a GUI option to set up a static link between file extension and language (instead of manually editing the %APPDATA% langs.xml file or %PROGRAMFILES% langs.model.xml file as @jakub.g suggested):
If you go to Settings -> Style Configurator -> select the language on the left, then at the bottom of the screen two textboxes appear:
In this example, I added "config" to the User ext. textbox so any time I open a file with a .config file extension the XML syntax highlighting will be automatically selected under the Language menu.
I know this doesn't solve the problem of remembering which syntax highlighting to apply to a single specific file, but it is an easy way to set up highlighting for all file extensions.
If you want to remember the syntax highlighting selection for an individual file I believe the only option is to select the checkbox: Settings -> Preferences -> MISC -> Remember current session for next launch.
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There is a way of removing menu items, it's using Resource Hacker. But keep in mind that there are some syntax highlighting problems, such as if you re-open Notepad++, you'll see that you don't have syntax highlighting, until you re-open that file. I know it's just awful but there is no fix (as for now, I think).
First of all, download Resource Hacker from this source.
Install it and navigate to Notepad++ Executable which should be located at
C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe or Program Files if you are on 64-Bit.
Now you want to copy the original Notepad++ executable to desktop, but also rename the one inside Notepad++ folder to notepad++.exe.bak or notepad++_ORIGINAL.exe. Doing so will save you from re-installing in case you screw something up.
Now onto your desktop. Right click on notepad++.exe and click Open with Resource Hacker. You should get plently of options there, but what we care about is removing the menu, so navigate to MENU and remove the following items: 1500, 1501 & 11000:
After you've removed the MENU items completely, now choose the Save As option and save the file onto desktop as notepad++mod.exe, now select that file from Desktop and hold Ctrl+X to cut it, now navigate back to your Notepad++ Installation Directory and Ctrl+V (paste it), if you get a window like this:
Just click Continue...
Now you want to rename the notepad++mod.exe back to notepad++.exe and you should be able to use your notepad without the menu options, you can use notepad++_BACKUP to modify your theme settings.
Though I have disabled the toolbar via Preferences so I use shortcuts like Ctrl+O to open or Ctrl+Alt+S to Save As, you can do so too.
Here is the result: