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Kiran
Kiran

Reputation: 757

Split view to open more than 2 instances in Notepad++

I know how to open two instances at the same window by using clone option in View. But can we open more than two instances in Notepad++? I tried to Clone to Other View from one instance but it just moves to another instance instead of creating new instance.

I want to edit big source file in 3 different parts. So I want to know whether notepad++ can do this.

Upvotes: 8

Views: 21237

Answers (2)

grahamed
grahamed

Reputation: 31

You can have only two views....per window. If you set your notepad window to (say) left half of screen (start + left arrow) then drag a tab into the other half it opens a new instance. Set that mew instance to other half, and you can have two views. If you have 3 monitors......12 files, but cloned files will give some problems.

Upvotes: 3

user995502
user995502

Reputation:

You can use open in new instance. And then reopen the new file on the original instance.

or do open in new instance 3 times and close the original one.

or move to new instance ...

Doesn't matter as long as you have 3 open instances with the same file.

However you have to keep in mind that the changes you make on one instance will not be visible in others unless you save the file.

I recommend using clone to other view. Because you can work on both views with the changes synchronized with out having to save the file every time.

If you need to go from one location to other often (i.e. assuming that is the reason) I recommend you use bookmarks. and just press F2 to iterate through them.

Upvotes: 4

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