Notepad plus plus shortcut for reloading files

This page gives an explanation on how to set custom shortcuts in Notepad++:

http://www.martinrinehart.com/frontend-engineering/engineers/tools/notepad-pp/shortcuts.html

Summary: Go to the Settings=>Shortcut mapper menu item & set "Reload from Disk" there.


Steps for mapping a keyboard shortcut for reloading files in n++.

  1. First open Notepad++ application
  2. Now go to Settings tab >Shortcut mapper

  3. Now here select the first tab which is main menu

  4. You can find the "reload from disk" option under the selected options. Note: Typically this is amongst the top commands, e.g. item #6.

  5. Now all you have to do is to assign an unused shortcut key mapping to it.

Note: If you want to use F5 like in a web-browser, it is better to first remove existing F5 shortcut assigned to "Run..." (close to bottom of main menu)

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