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A plugin that adds a button to the toolbar of Notepad++ to reload the file of the currently active tab

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ReloadFile plugin for Notepad++

Builds for 32 and 64 bits Notepad++ installations available

Author: Andreas Heim, 2019 - 2022

Features

This is a new implemented clone of the old ReloadButton plugin which is not maintained anymore by its author and never has been available as 64 bit version.

The plugin adds a menu entry to the Plugins menu and a button to the toolbar of Notepad++ that, when pressed, causes a reload of the file in the currently active tab. It is possible to assign a keyboard shortcut to the menu entry via Notepad++ Shortcut Mapper.

Please note: Reload of the file happens without asking the user to save his changed but unsaved document, so use with care!

Manual installation

  1. Download the latest release. If you run a 32 bits version of Notepad++ take the file ReloadFile_vX.X_UNI.zip. In case of a 64 bits version take the file ReloadFile_vX.X_x64.zip.
  2. Unzip the downloaded file to a folder on your harddisk where you have write permissons.

The following steps depend on the version of Notepad++ you use.

Notepad++ versions prior to v7.6

  1. Copy the file ReloadFile.dll to the plugins directory of your Notepad++ installation. You can find the plugins directory under the installation path of Notepad++.
  2. Copy the file doc\ReloadFile.txt to the directory plugins\doc. If it doesn't exist create it.

Notepad++ version v7.6

  1. Under %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Notepad++\plugins create a directory ReloadFile and copy the file ReloadFile.dll to this directory.
  2. Under %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Notepad++\plugins\ReloadFile create a directory doc and copy the file doc\ReloadFile.txt to this directory.

Notepad++ versions v7.6.1 and v7.6.2

  1. Under %ProgramData%\Notepad++\plugins create a directory ReloadFile and copy the file ReloadFile.dll to this directory.
  2. Under %ProgramData%\Notepad++\plugins\ReloadFile create a directory doc and copy the file doc\ReloadFile.txt to this directory.

Notepad++ version v7.6.3 and higher

  1. Under <Npp-install-dir>\plugins create a directory ReloadFile and copy the file ReloadFile.dll to this directory.
  2. Under <Npp-install-dir>\plugins\ReloadFile create a directory doc and copy the file doc\ReloadFile.txt to this directory.

History

v1.1 - November 2022

  • fixed: The 64 bit version caused Notepad++ to crash when reloading a file
  • fixed: When plugin's dialog box is on screen but hidden by another application's window which has input focus, it is not possible to return to Notepad++ by clicking its taskbar icon.
  • fixed: Wrong implementation of Notepad++ version comparison.
  • enhanced: Added support for Dark Mode icons.
  • enhanced: Added new Notepad++ message constants from v7.9.2 up to v8.4.7
  • enhanced: Added new Notepad++ menu command ids from v7.9.6 up to v8.4.7
  • enhanced: Added new Scintilla constants from v4.4.6 up to v5.3.1
  • enhanced: Adapted to new Scintilla v5.3.1 API of Notepad++ v8.4.7

v1.0 - September 2019

  • Initial release