Notepad++ Menu Search Plugin

This plugin adds a text field to the toolbar for searching menu items and preference dialog options.

The plugin is inspired by a similar Visual Studio 2012 functionality. It is written in C# using the approach described in http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus/forums/forum/482781/topic/4404278.

This plugin is available under the GNU Library General Public License (LGPL 2.0), see LICENSE.md.

Installation

Binaries are available on Sourceforge. Put NppMenuSearch.dll into the plugins subfolder of the Notepad++ installation folder as plugins\NppMenuSearch\NppMenuSearch.dll.

Usage

The plugin adds a text box to the Notepad++ toolbar.

• Use Ctrl+F1 or the mouse to select it.
• Type some characters, e.g. "number con". As you type, a drop-down list of found menu items appears.
• UP and DOWN keys can be used to navigate through the drop-down list
• TAB switches between the menu items list, the list of open file tabs, and the preference dialog items list.
• ESC abandons the search.
• ENTER executes the currently selected menu item and closes the drop-down list. If a preferences dialog item was selected, the preferences dialog with that item gets highlighted.
• There is a menu item to repeat the most recently used command. You should assign a keyboard shortcut to this if you need it often. This would effectively save you two keystrokes.
• The search results window has a popup menu for changing shortcuts.