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WebEdit v2.9

A lightweight but powerful Notepad++ plugin for expanding abbreviations and wrapping selections with customizable tags.

Features

Using Commands/Toolbars and Tags

• Tag pair wrapping around selected text
• Quick tag insertion using customizable abbreviations

Multi-Selection Support

• Bulk wrapping of multiple selections
• Apply tags to multiple selections simultaneously

Suggest Similar Tags or Add New Tags

• Suggest similar tags if a tag is not found
• Add new tags easily and dynamically
• Just save the WebEdit.ini file and the new tag is available

Tag Customization

• Search and modify existing tags
• Flexible tag configuration

Dynamic Insertions

WebEdit supports several dynamic insertion sequences:

Sequence	Description	Example
[\r,] \n, \t	[Carriage return,] New line, Tab	lines=line1\nline2 → line1 line2
\i	Indentation (spaces or tabs)	if=if ()\n\i# code → if ()     # code
\c	Clipboard content	clip=Clipboard: \c → Clipboard: Hello World!
|	Caret position	func=function() {|} → function() {‸}
\u	Current Windows username	user=Author: \u → Author: JohnDoe
\x	Current filename	file=\x → document.html
\p	Full file path	path=\p → C:\Projects\document.html
\d:"format"	Formatted date/time	datetime=\d:"yyyy-MM-dd" → 2025-01-01

For more details, escape sequences and examples (tags), see the [Tags] section of the WebEdit/Resources/WebEdit.ini file

Date Format Examples

created=Date: \d:"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" # Date: 2025-01-01 14:30:00
modified=\d:"MMM d, yyyy"              # Jan 1, 2025
now=\d:"dddd dd MMMM, hh:mm tt"        # Wednesday 01 January, 02:30 PM

For more format specifiers and examples, see: Custom date and time format strings

Recent Updates (v2.8+)

• ✨ Full 64-bit Notepad++ support
• 🌐 Enhanced Unicode handling
• 📝 Improved caret positioning
• 💾 Backwards compatibility with existing configurations

Installation

1. Install via Notepad++ Plugin Manager, or
2. Download from the releases page

Credits

• Original creation: Alexander Iljin (Amadeus IT Solutions), 2008-2010
• C# Port: Miguel Febres, 2021
• .NET 8 Update: Robert Di Pardo, 2025
• Current Maintainer: Richard Stockinger

License

This plugin is available as freeware. For more information, visit the GitHub repository.

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Note: For legacy documentation (v2.1), please refer to Legacy-v2.1/ReadMe.txt