Nextpad++ v1.1.3 — the native macOS port of Notepad++. Universal (Apple Silicon + Intel), notarized, macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later — yes, one lower than before; Macs going back to 2013 are invited.
Last time was a quiet polish release. This one has a headline feature that's been cooking for months — and a whole new member of the family.
Device Sync — your tabs, on your other machine
- Off by default. Flip it on in Preferences → Device Sync, point it at iCloud (or any folder that syncs — Dropbox included), and each machine publishes what it has open: tabs, cursor positions, including unsaved work
- File → "Continue from MacBook Pro (2 tabs, 1 modified)…" — one click and you're where you left off; unsaved buffers arrive clearly badged "— from <device>"
- Edit a roamed snapshot and your changes travel back — the originating machine gets asked: Apply, Compare, or Keep Mine
- No account, no server, no telemetry — nothing leaves your machines except into the folder you chose
Nextpad++ for iPhone and iPad
A real Nextpad++ on iOS/iPadOS — same Scintilla engine, same highlighting, same themes — and it speaks Device Sync natively. Start a thought on the phone, finish it on the desktop.
Search: one engine, and a lot more speed
- Every search box now runs on Boost regex — the same engine as Windows Notepad++, the same pattern meaning everywhere (the old on/off preference is gone; patterns behave Perl-style, matching Windows)
- Find All ~10× faster on huge result sets — a 1.67-million-match user report drove the pass; a million matches now land in under two seconds
- Find in Files is cancellable (the Find button becomes Cancel; Esc works) and reads files in their own encodings
- Replace in Files respects open tabs — replacements happen in the tab, visibly, undoable as one step
- Find-window status messages get their own Style Configurator colors — legible in dark mode
Themes and colors
- Tokyo Night and Tokyo Night Light join the bundled themes
- ~50 languages picked up richer highlighting (keyword categories fully wired through to the lexers, Windows-style) — code you look at daily may gain a few colors, intentionally
- TypeScript, C and Objective-C get their own Style Configurator sections; colors render in exact sRGB end to end; the editor follows dark mode from the very first frame
- UDLs now win the extensions they claim (matching Windows), and the Style Configurator gained keyword-list boxes
Plugins: a better host
- Plugin default keyboard shortcuts appear automatically on install (your customizations always take precedence)
- The plugin→app command bridge grew to 162 commands — unlocking ComparePlus Move to Other View, NppVim's full repertoire, and more
- More indicator/marker headroom, Windows-style layout; WritingAssistant joins the catalog; NppBeads gained a 3D dependency graph; ADIFLint hits 1.10; Plugins Admin now shows each plugin's true minimum macOS
The everyday file
- Unsaved work survives anything — periodic snapshots bring unsaved tabs back after a force quit, crash, or dead battery
- Status bar text scales with editor zoom; VoiceOver reads the tab bar (name, position, state — switch and close from VO)
- macOS Golden Gate 27.2: Nextpad++ manages its own toolbar spacing there, keeping the familiar rhythm
- Plus: exit-on-last-tab-close preference, middle-click closes tabs, a more legible unsaved-dot icon, real menu trails in Command Palette breadcrumbs, and ~145 newly translated strings across all 137 languages
Thanks
This release leans on community code more than any before it: Adrian Curtin (user-defined keywords, the Document Map series, dark-mode-at-launch, plugin ID groundwork), chocholom (multi-selection case work, rectangular sorting, hash line endings, plugin-shortcut groundwork), Shri Saran Raj N (Command Palette breadcrumbs, Preferences alignment) — and every reporter whose issue shaped the above.
Plugins and saved settings are fully backward-compatible; nothing to migrate. The npp terminal editor stays 0.9.1, opt-in.
Full release notes: https://nextpad.org/news/?slug=npp_v1.1.3_updates