Contents 

EditPad Pro Help
Keyboard Shortcuts
Mouse Actions
Command Line Parameters
Preferences
Colors Preferences
Cursors Preferences
Editor Preferences
Files Preferences
Tabs Preferences
Statusbar Preferences
Shortcuts Preferences
Email Preferences
System Preferences
Configure Toolbar and Menus
Configure Toolbar
Configure Context Menus
Configure Keyboard Shortcuts
Configure File Types
Configure File Types
File Type Definition
File Type Associations
File Type Encoding
File Type Editor Options
File Type Syntax & Navigation
Configure Tools
Configure Tools
Tool Definition
Tool Files
Tool Standard I/O
File Menu
File|New
File|Open
File|Reopen
File|Favorites
File|Templates
File|Save
File|Save As
File|Save All
File|Print
File|Mail
File|Mail as Attachment
File|Reload from disk
File|Save Copy As
File|Rename and Move
File|Delete
File|Close
File|Close All
File|Close All but Current
File|Exit
Edit Menu
Edit|Undo
Edit|Redo
Edit|Cut
Edit|Cut Append
Edit|Copy
Edit|Copy Append
Edit|Paste
Edit|Swap with Clipboard
Edit|Select All
Edit|Delete
Edit|Delete Line
Edit|Duplicate Line
Edit|Insert Page Break
Edit|Go to Line or Offset
Edit|Go to Previous Editing Position
Edit|Go to Matching Bracket
Edit|Insert Date & Time
Project Menu
About EditPad Pro Projects
Project|New Project
Project|Open Project
Project|Reopen
Project|Save Project As
Project|Save All Files in Project
Project|Save Copy of Project As
Project|Rename and Move Project
Project|Close Project
Project|Close All but Current
Project|Open Folder
Project|Reopen Folder
Search Menu
Search|Show Search Panel
Search|Find First
Search|Find Next
Search|Find Previous
Search|Replace Current
Search|Replace and Find Next
Search|Replace and Find Previous
Search|Replace All
Search|Incremental Search
Search|Instant Find Next
Search|Instant Find Previous
Search|Highlight All
Search|Count Matches
Search|Fold Lines
Search|History
Search|Favorites
Search|RegexBuddy
Search Options
Search Option: Regular Expression
Search Option: Dot Matches Newline
Search Option: Case Sensitive
Search Option: Adapt Case
Search Option: Whole Words Only
Search Option: All Files
Search Option: All Projects
Search Option: Selection Only
Search Option: Loop Automatically
Block Menu
Block|Duplicate
Block|Move
Block|Indent
Block|Outdent
Block|Move Lines and Columns
Block|Comment
Block|Uncomment
Block|Toggle Comment
Block|Prefix
Block|Suffix
Block|Fill Columns
Block|Rectangular Selections
Block|Begin Selection
Block|End Selection
Block|Expand Selection
Block|Go to Beginning
Block|Go to End
Block|Insert File
Block|Write
Block|Append
Block|Print
Mark Menu
Mark|Go to Bookmark
Mark|Set Bookmark
Mark|Project-Wide Bookmarks
Fold Menu
Fold|Fold
Fold|Unfold
Fold|Fold All
Fold|Unfold All
Fold|Copy Visible Lines
Fold|Delete Folded Lines
Tools Menu
Configure Tools
Macros Menu
Macros Menu
Macro Properties
Organize Macros
How EditPad Pro Records Macros
Extra Menu
Extra|Spell Check
Extra|Spell Check Selection
Extra|Spell Check Project
Extra|Spell Check All
Extra|Live Spelling
Download Spell Check Dictionaries
Extra|Sort Alphabetically A-Z
Extra|Sort Alphabetically Z-A
Extra|Delete Duplicate Lines
Extra|Trim Leading Whitespace
Extra|Trim Trailing Whitespace
Extra|Trim Whitespace
Extra|Compare Files
Extra|Compare with File on Disk
Extra|Next Comparison Mark
Extra|Previous Comparison Mark
Extra|Clear Comparison Marks
Extra|Statistics
Extra|Project Statistics
Extra|Statistics for All Files
Convert Menu
Convert|To Uppercase
Convert|To Lowercase
Convert|Initial Caps
Convert|Invert Case
Convert|Wrapping -> Line Breaks
Convert|Line Breaks -> Wrapping
Convert|Double -> Single Spacing
Convert|Single -> Double Spacing
Convert|Tabs -> Spaces
Convert|Spaces -> Tabs
Convert|To Windows (CR LF)
Convert|To UNIX (LF only)
Convert|To Macintosh (CR only)
Convert|Text Encoding
Convert|ROT-13
Options Menu
Options|Auto Indent
Options|Line Numbers
Options|Column Numbers
Options|Visualize Spaces
Options|Paragraph Symbols
Options|Word Wrap
Options|Indent Wrapped Lines
Options|File Type
Options|Font
Options|Stay On Top
Options|Configure Toolbar and Menus
Options|Configure File Types
Options|Preferences
Options|Export Preferences
Options|Import Preferences
View Menu
View|Next File
View|Previous File
View|Previously Edited File
View|Sort File Tabs Alphabetically
View|Next Project
View|Previous Project
View|Sort Project Tabs Alphabetically
View|Hexadecimal
View|Byte Value Editor
View|Character Map
View|File Panel
View|Explorer Panel
View|FTP Panel
View|File History
View|Clip Collection
View|File Navigator
View|Browser
View|New Editor
View|Close All Panes
View|Focus Editor
Regular Expression Tutorial
Literal Characters and Special Characters
How a Regex Engine Works Internally
Character Classes or Character Sets
The Dot Matches (Almost) Any Character
Start and End of String or Line Anchors
\b Word Boundaries
Alternation with The Vertical Bar
The Question Mark Makes the Preceding Token Optional
Repetition with Star and Plus
Round Brackets for Grouping and Backreferences
Named Capturing Groups - Backreference Names
Unicode Characters and Properties
Turning Modes On and Off for Only Part of The Regular Expression
Atomic Grouping and Possessive Quantifiers
Lookahead and Lookbehind Zero-Width Assertions
Regex to Test The Same Part of The String for More Than One Requirement
Continuing at The End of The Previous Match
If-Then-Else Conditionals
Commenting Regular Expressions
Regular Expression Examples
Matching Floating Point Numbers
Matching a Valid Date
Matching Complete Lines of Text That Satisfy Certain Requirements
Deleting Duplicate Lines or Items
Various Regex Examples for Programmers
Find Two Words Near Each Other

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EditPad Pro Help


Welcome to the documentation for EditPad Pro.  This documentation is bundled with both EditPad Pro and EditPad Lite.  All of EditPad Lite's features are also available in EditPad Pro.  Features only available in EditPad Pro have an "available in EditPad Pro only" indicator at the top of the their help topics.

 

EditPad Pro is very configurable.  Almost every aspect can be adjusted to your own tastes and habits.  Many settings can be made separately for each file type.  To do so, select Options|Configure File Types in the menu.  To edit general preferences, use Options|Preferences.

 

You can access all of EditPad Pro's functionality through the main menu.  Once you get used to working with EditPad Pro, you'll mostly rely on the fully configurable toolbar and keyboard shortcuts.

 

EditPad Pro's menus are:

 

Some functionality can be accessed through panels that dock to the sides of EditPad Pro's window: