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@shriprem shriprem released this 02 Aug 01:29
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v2.6.1.0
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NOTE: The list of changes for this version also includes v2.6.0.0 changes. The newer changes of v2.6.1.0 are prefixed with: ✨

Major Enhancements

  1. Foldable Record Blocks
  2. ✨ Fold Structures Editor
  3. [Plugin Panel] Default Background checkbox option to suppress the background colors specified in theme styles.
  4. [Side Panel] Show Calltip checkbox option to display inline Cursor Position Data.

Minor Enhancements

  1. [Plugin Panel] Fold and Unfold buttons for: All Levels and Level 1 to Level 10. These buttons are functional with any file (fixed-width or not) opened in Notepad++.
  2. [Plugin Panel] Toggle Line button to toggle between folded and unfolded states on the current line. This button is functional with any file (fixed-width or not) opened in Notepad++.
  3. [Jump to Field popup] Checkbox option to prefix sequence numbers to field names in the Select Fields dropdown list.
  4. [Preferences Dialog] Specify color and transparency for the horizontal demarcator lines drawn above and below the fold header text-line when the block it encloses is in collapsed state. This preference setting is applied globally for all files open in Notepad++.
  5. ✨ [Plugin Panel] Selecting - as the File Type will clear the fixed-width data visualization.
  6. ✨ [Plugin Panel] If the plugin is unable to find a match for the fixed-width file type in the user-customized Visualizer.ini file, it will attempt to find a match in the default_Visualizer.ini file. Thus sample files will render with fixed-width data visualization across Notepad++ sessions even if their fixed-width metadata has been removed from the user-customized Visualizer.ini file.
  7. ✨ [Plugin Panel] Clicking the … button at the right-bottom corner of the plugin panel will display the refreshed list of file paths for the INI files active for the current fixed-width file. Just hovering over this button will display the last refreshed list.

Known Issues

  1. If you use Notepad++ menu options to fold levels, the text in the view page may end up partially colorized. However, if you move the caret (i.e., keyboard cursor) to a different position, the page will be fully colorized again. You can avoid this by using the Fold and Unfold buttons on the FWDataViz side panel.
  2. If you edit the data file, you may also need to click on the Apply button on the FWDataViz side panel to rescan the file and rebuild the new folding structure. No workaround for this, since any file edits may require a full file scan which will not be optimal if done automatically for each bit of file edit.
  3. The calltip will flicker continuously (when Show Calltip option is enabled in the FWDataViz plugin panel) while Word Wrap is enabled in Notepad++. See: #80 for more information and workarounds.

Manual Upgrade

Download the zip file matching your Notepad++ version bitness. Copy these 4 files that are new/changed:

File Status Install Location
FWDataViz.dll Changed <Notepad++_executable_folder>/plugins/FWDataViz/
default_FoldStructs.ini New <Notepad++_executable_folder>/plugins/FWDataViz/
default_Visualizer.ini Changed <Notepad++_executable_folder>/plugins/FWDataViz/
Samples/Ouroboros.txt New <Notepad++_executable_folder>/plugins/FWDataViz/Samples/
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