indent only first line of paragraph via 'spacebar'
On Notepad++, if I select the first character of a paragraph, and press the 'spacebar', the entire paragraph gets indented by a space. How should I configure it so that only the first character moves one character to the right?
E.g., if I hit spacebar at this cursor location:
I get something that looks like this:
Even though I want only the first word ("Start") to have a space in front of it.
notepad++ indentation indent
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On Notepad++, if I select the first character of a paragraph, and press the 'spacebar', the entire paragraph gets indented by a space. How should I configure it so that only the first character moves one character to the right?
E.g., if I hit spacebar at this cursor location:
I get something that looks like this:
Even though I want only the first word ("Start") to have a space in front of it.
notepad++ indentation indent
asked Oct 9 '17 at 1:30
thanks_in_advancethanks_in_advance
176210
add a comment |
On Notepad++, if I select the first character of a paragraph, and press the 'spacebar', the entire paragraph gets indented by a space. How should I configure it so that only the first character moves one character to the right?
E.g., if I hit spacebar at this cursor location:
I get something that looks like this:
Even though I want only the first word ("Start") to have a space in front of it.
notepad++ indentation indent
asked Oct 9 '17 at 1:30
thanks_in_advancethanks_in_advance
176210
On Notepad++, if I select the first character of a paragraph, and press the 'spacebar', the entire paragraph gets indented by a space. How should I configure it so that only the first character moves one character to the right?
E.g., if I hit spacebar at this cursor location:
I get something that looks like this:
Even though I want only the first word ("Start") to have a space in front of it.
notepad++ indentation indent
notepad++ indentation indent
asked Oct 9 '17 at 1:30
thanks_in_advancethanks_in_advance
176210
asked Oct 9 '17 at 1:30
thanks_in_advancethanks_in_advance
176210
asked Oct 9 '17 at 1:30
thanks_in_advancethanks_in_advance
176210
asked Oct 9 '17 at 1:30
thanks_in_advancethanks_in_advance
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asked Oct 9 '17 at 1:30
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The problem you are experiencing is likely due to word wrapping and extremely long sentences without line breaks (your "paragraphs").
To fix this behavior, select View → Word wrap and toggle it off (you can toggle the icon on the toolbar as well). You should be able to indent lines normally.
Assuming your paragraphs contain few or no line breaks, you may want to add these manually:
You can use Edit → Line Operations → Split Lines (CTRL+I) to split the lines (add line breaks) approximately where the word wraps would be (i.e. near the edge of the main window).
Per this SuperUser answer, you can use the following regex to insert newlines after approximately X number of characters (e.g. 80):
Find: (?<=.{80})s
Replace: $0n
answered Oct 9 '17 at 3:09
AnaksunamanAnaksunaman
5,27821222
Thanks: I marked your answer correct though I didn't get the kind of "single space at the start of a paragraph" that I might get in "Microsoft Word." What I got from your answer was that Notepad++ is not really suited for "word processor" kind of formatting... Notepad++ is a text editor for coding purposes, and is optimized to help a coder read code...
– thanks_in_advance
Oct 10 '17 at 23:52
Honestly it really is. Sorry this didn't help as you expected. Thank you, regardless.
– Anaksunaman
Oct 11 '17 at 0:27
No -- that was really useful for me to realize. Thanks for your help.
– thanks_in_advance
Oct 11 '17 at 14:56
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Preferences > Editing > Line Wrap: Default works for me in version 7.5.9
answered Jan 18 at 14:15
Felipe G. NievinskiFelipe G. Nievinski
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The problem you are experiencing is likely due to word wrapping and extremely long sentences without line breaks (your "paragraphs").
To fix this behavior, select View → Word wrap and toggle it off (you can toggle the icon on the toolbar as well). You should be able to indent lines normally.
Assuming your paragraphs contain few or no line breaks, you may want to add these manually:
You can use Edit → Line Operations → Split Lines (CTRL+I) to split the lines (add line breaks) approximately where the word wraps would be (i.e. near the edge of the main window).
Per this SuperUser answer, you can use the following regex to insert newlines after approximately X number of characters (e.g. 80):
Find: (?<=.{80})s
Replace: $0n
answered Oct 9 '17 at 3:09
AnaksunamanAnaksunaman
5,27821222
Thanks: I marked your answer correct though I didn't get the kind of "single space at the start of a paragraph" that I might get in "Microsoft Word." What I got from your answer was that Notepad++ is not really suited for "word processor" kind of formatting... Notepad++ is a text editor for coding purposes, and is optimized to help a coder read code...
– thanks_in_advance
Oct 10 '17 at 23:52
Honestly it really is. Sorry this didn't help as you expected. Thank you, regardless.
– Anaksunaman
Oct 11 '17 at 0:27
No -- that was really useful for me to realize. Thanks for your help.
– thanks_in_advance
Oct 11 '17 at 14:56
add a comment |
The problem you are experiencing is likely due to word wrapping and extremely long sentences without line breaks (your "paragraphs").
To fix this behavior, select View → Word wrap and toggle it off (you can toggle the icon on the toolbar as well). You should be able to indent lines normally.
Assuming your paragraphs contain few or no line breaks, you may want to add these manually:
You can use Edit → Line Operations → Split Lines (CTRL+I) to split the lines (add line breaks) approximately where the word wraps would be (i.e. near the edge of the main window).
Per this SuperUser answer, you can use the following regex to insert newlines after approximately X number of characters (e.g. 80):
Find: (?<=.{80})s
Replace: $0n
answered Oct 9 '17 at 3:09
AnaksunamanAnaksunaman
5,27821222
Thanks: I marked your answer correct though I didn't get the kind of "single space at the start of a paragraph" that I might get in "Microsoft Word." What I got from your answer was that Notepad++ is not really suited for "word processor" kind of formatting... Notepad++ is a text editor for coding purposes, and is optimized to help a coder read code...
– thanks_in_advance
Oct 10 '17 at 23:52
Honestly it really is. Sorry this didn't help as you expected. Thank you, regardless.
– Anaksunaman
Oct 11 '17 at 0:27
No -- that was really useful for me to realize. Thanks for your help.
– thanks_in_advance
Oct 11 '17 at 14:56
add a comment |
The problem you are experiencing is likely due to word wrapping and extremely long sentences without line breaks (your "paragraphs").
To fix this behavior, select View → Word wrap and toggle it off (you can toggle the icon on the toolbar as well). You should be able to indent lines normally.
Assuming your paragraphs contain few or no line breaks, you may want to add these manually:
You can use Edit → Line Operations → Split Lines (CTRL+I) to split the lines (add line breaks) approximately where the word wraps would be (i.e. near the edge of the main window).
Per this SuperUser answer, you can use the following regex to insert newlines after approximately X number of characters (e.g. 80):
Find: (?<=.{80})s
Replace: $0n
answered Oct 9 '17 at 3:09
AnaksunamanAnaksunaman
5,27821222
The problem you are experiencing is likely due to word wrapping and extremely long sentences without line breaks (your "paragraphs").
To fix this behavior, select View → Word wrap and toggle it off (you can toggle the icon on the toolbar as well). You should be able to indent lines normally.
Assuming your paragraphs contain few or no line breaks, you may want to add these manually:
You can use Edit → Line Operations → Split Lines (CTRL+I) to split the lines (add line breaks) approximately where the word wraps would be (i.e. near the edge of the main window).
Per this SuperUser answer, you can use the following regex to insert newlines after approximately X number of characters (e.g. 80):
Find: (?<=.{80})s
Replace: $0n
answered Oct 9 '17 at 3:09
AnaksunamanAnaksunaman
5,27821222
edited Oct 9 '17 at 10:18
answered Oct 9 '17 at 3:09
AnaksunamanAnaksunaman
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answered Oct 9 '17 at 3:09
AnaksunamanAnaksunaman
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answered Oct 9 '17 at 3:09
AnaksunamanAnaksunaman
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5,27821222
Thanks: I marked your answer correct though I didn't get the kind of "single space at the start of a paragraph" that I might get in "Microsoft Word." What I got from your answer was that Notepad++ is not really suited for "word processor" kind of formatting... Notepad++ is a text editor for coding purposes, and is optimized to help a coder read code...
– thanks_in_advance
Oct 10 '17 at 23:52
Honestly it really is. Sorry this didn't help as you expected. Thank you, regardless.
– Anaksunaman
Oct 11 '17 at 0:27
No -- that was really useful for me to realize. Thanks for your help.
– thanks_in_advance
Oct 11 '17 at 14:56
add a comment |
Thanks: I marked your answer correct though I didn't get the kind of "single space at the start of a paragraph" that I might get in "Microsoft Word." What I got from your answer was that Notepad++ is not really suited for "word processor" kind of formatting... Notepad++ is a text editor for coding purposes, and is optimized to help a coder read code...
– thanks_in_advance
Oct 10 '17 at 23:52
Honestly it really is. Sorry this didn't help as you expected. Thank you, regardless.
– Anaksunaman
Oct 11 '17 at 0:27
No -- that was really useful for me to realize. Thanks for your help.
– thanks_in_advance
Oct 11 '17 at 14:56
Thanks: I marked your answer correct though I didn't get the kind of "single space at the start of a paragraph" that I might get in "Microsoft Word." What I got from your answer was that Notepad++ is not really suited for "word processor" kind of formatting... Notepad++ is a text editor for coding purposes, and is optimized to help a coder read code...
– thanks_in_advance
Oct 10 '17 at 23:52
Thanks: I marked your answer correct though I didn't get the kind of "single space at the start of a paragraph" that I might get in "Microsoft Word." What I got from your answer was that Notepad++ is not really suited for "word processor" kind of formatting... Notepad++ is a text editor for coding purposes, and is optimized to help a coder read code...
– thanks_in_advance
Oct 10 '17 at 23:52
Honestly it really is. Sorry this didn't help as you expected. Thank you, regardless.
– Anaksunaman
Oct 11 '17 at 0:27
Honestly it really is. Sorry this didn't help as you expected. Thank you, regardless.
– Anaksunaman
Oct 11 '17 at 0:27
No -- that was really useful for me to realize. Thanks for your help.
– thanks_in_advance
Oct 11 '17 at 14:56
No -- that was really useful for me to realize. Thanks for your help.
– thanks_in_advance
Oct 11 '17 at 14:56
add a comment |
Preferences > Editing > Line Wrap: Default works for me in version 7.5.9
answered Jan 18 at 14:15
Felipe G. NievinskiFelipe G. Nievinski
1134
add a comment |
Preferences > Editing > Line Wrap: Default works for me in version 7.5.9
answered Jan 18 at 14:15
Felipe G. NievinskiFelipe G. Nievinski
1134
add a comment |
Preferences > Editing > Line Wrap: Default works for me in version 7.5.9
answered Jan 18 at 14:15
Felipe G. NievinskiFelipe G. Nievinski
1134
Preferences > Editing > Line Wrap: Default works for me in version 7.5.9
answered Jan 18 at 14:15
Felipe G. NievinskiFelipe G. Nievinski
1134
answered Jan 18 at 14:15
Felipe G. NievinskiFelipe G. Nievinski
1134
answered Jan 18 at 14:15
Felipe G. NievinskiFelipe G. Nievinski
1134
answered Jan 18 at 14:15
Felipe G. NievinskiFelipe G. Nievinski
1134
1134
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