notepad++ select hyphenated text

Question

I could\'nt find a solution to a problem that has been hindering the use of notepad++.

When you double click text to highlight that text and others like it,

Answer 1

Notepad++ rely on Scintilla for word selection. As caoanan noticed in his answer, Scintilla can be configured with the SCI_SETWORDCHARS variable. You can set this variable in Notepad++ with a simple NppExec script:

1. Install NppExec
   • Menu Plugins -> plugin Manager -> Show Plugin Manager
   • locate NppExec, check the box and hit Install

2. Create the script

   • Menu Plugins -> NppExec -> Execute ...

   • write this code (you can add other characters, like .$#@ at the end of the list):

     NPP_CONSOLE 0
     sci_sendmsg SCI_SETWORDCHARS 0 "CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789_-"
     

   • hit Save...
   • You can now execute it by pressing OK
3. (optionnal) Execute when Notepad++ starts
   • Menu Plugins -> NppExec -> Advanced Options...
   • Choose your script in the Execute this script when Notepad++ starts drop down