Is there an existing issue for this?
Is the issue reproducible in Notepad++ without plugin?
Is the issue reproducible in portable version of Notepad++?
Does the issue affect SciTE?
Description of the Issue
Historically, Column Editor has allowed Increase By and/or Repeat to remain blank, and they would go to a default value if they were.
The change 3d24b6c#r180915776 stopped checking for zero-length string, and thus stopped returning -1 on empty-field, and thus stopped allowing those fields to be left empty.
(Reported in v8.9.3 announcement reply)
Steps To Reproduce
- Column Editor
- Leave one or both of Increase By and/or Repeat
- Click Ok to try to use the default values of Increase By and/or Repeat .
- The first empty field flashes red
Current Behavior
Empty Increase By and/or Repeat flashes red
Expected Behavior
Empty Increase By should default to 0
Empty Repeat should default to 1
Debug Information
Notepad++ v8.9.3 (64-bit)
Build time: Mar 20 2026 - 00:44:25
Scintilla/Lexilla included: 5.6.0/5.4.7
Boost Regex included: 1_90
pugixml included: 1.15
nlohmann JSON included: 3.12.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line:
Admin mode: OFF
Local Conf mode: OFF
Cloud Config: OFF
WinGUp: present
disableNppAutoUpdate.xml: absent
Periodic Backup: OFF
Placeholders: OFF
Scintilla Rendering Mode: SC_TECHNOLOGY_DIRECTWRITE (1)
Multi-instance Mode: monoInst
asNotepad: OFF
File Status Auto-Detection: cdEnabledNew (for current file/tab only)
Dark Mode: OFF
Display Info:
primary monitor: 1920x1080, scaling 100%
visible monitors count: 1
installed Display Class adapters:
0000: Description - Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770
0000: DriverVersion - 32.0.101.7077
OS Name: Windows 11 Home (64-bit)
OS Version: 25H2
OS Build: 26200.8037
Current ANSI codepage: 1252
Plugins:
AutoSave (2)
CollectionInterface (1.3)
ComparePlus (2.2)
Compose (1.1)
ConfigUpdater (2.4.2)
DSpellCheck (1.5)
EnhanceAnyLexer (1.4.1)
ExtSettings (1.3.1)
JsonTools (8.4.0.6)
MarkdownViewerPlusPlus (0.8.2)
mimeTools (3.1)
NppConsole (1.2.4.1)
NppConverter (4.7)
NppEditorConfig (0.4)
NppExec (0.8.10)
NppExport (0.4)
NppFTP (0.29.14)
NppUISpy (1.2)
PreviewHTML (1.4.3)
PythonScript (3.0.24)
QuickText (0.2.5.1)
TagLEET (1.3.10.1)
XMLTools (3.1.1.13)Anything else?
my comment 3d24b6c#r180915776 shows which line of code created the regression. ColumnEditorDlg::getNumericFieldValueFromText() needs to return -1 on strlen==0, and it no longer does so. If it did return -1, then the wrapping logic would properly apply the defaults I mentioned above.
Is there an existing issue for this?
Is the issue reproducible in Notepad++ without plugin?
Is the issue reproducible in portable version of Notepad++?
Does the issue affect SciTE?
Description of the Issue
Historically, Column Editor has allowed Increase By and/or Repeat to remain blank, and they would go to a default value if they were.
The change 3d24b6c#r180915776 stopped checking for zero-length string, and thus stopped returning -1 on empty-field, and thus stopped allowing those fields to be left empty.
(Reported in v8.9.3 announcement reply)
Steps To Reproduce
Current Behavior
Empty Increase By and/or Repeat flashes red
Expected Behavior
Empty Increase By should default to 0
Empty Repeat should default to 1
Debug Information
Anything else?
my comment 3d24b6c#r180915776 shows which line of code created the regression.
ColumnEditorDlg::getNumericFieldValueFromText()needs to return -1 on strlen==0, and it no longer does so. If it did return -1, then the wrapping logic would properly apply the defaults I mentioned above.