How to automatically reload a single modified window in Notepad++
Unless your file is very large, it is possible.
Check menu item View > Monitoring (tail -f)
- This setting is per file, so it will work for your individual file.
- The file is not editable when the setting is enabled.
- If you have enabled word wrapping and the file is not always scrolled to end as expected, update Notepad++ to version 7.9 where this issue is fixed.
This is a workaround if the above won't satisfy you:
Copy your Notepad++ into another directory, configure global reload settings differently and keep your special file open in that second instance of Notepad++.
- You can even set a different color style for that instance so you can instantly recognize it.
- This is a good choice to keep the file editable for certain use cases.
Click the eyeball on later versions. Currently on 7.5.6 but not sure how far back the eyeball goes.