Notepad++ “Compress whitespace” effect

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I'm looking for a mechanism within notepad++ to replace runs of consecutive whitespace with a single space, like the "Compress whitespace" command in notepad2.

Essentially, in regex form:

s/\s+/ /g

I know I can do it with the find-replace form, but I would prefer soemthing that I can bind to a keyboard sequence.

EDIT

Find and replace cannot be recorded as a macro in some versions of Notepad++. Update to the latest if you have trouble.

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You should be able to set this regex up as a macro and then bind the macro to a shortcut.

Settings > Shortcut mapper... > Macros

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There is no shortcut by default, but you can easily add one using the shortcut mapper. The action to remove leading and trailing space is found in Edit > Blank operations > Remove leading and trailing space

You can map it by going to Settings > Shortcut Mapper... > Then scrolling to whichever one you want (such as 29) and double clicking on the cell under Shortcut.

Notepad++ isn’t showing “Update Notepad++” menu item

There are four different versions and you need the Installer version.

Installer: Take this one if you have no idea which one you should take.
zip package: Don't want to use installer? Check this one (zip format).
7z package: Don't want to use installer? 7z format.
minimalist package: No theme, no plugin, no updater

The update helper GPU.exe is only bundled with the Installer version.
Even the .zip and .7z version don't come with the auto update functionality.

The update helper is located under ...\notepad++\updater\GUP.exe

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