Published May 14, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT Aggy is a writer and editor who has worked for many high-traffic digital publications. He's a technology and gaming fanboy who has been a writer, editor, consultant, and computer animator. Notepad++ has been my go-to for plenty of things, programming included. I didn't really do much with it outside the basics, though. Once I started to check out the different things I could do on Notepad++, I learned to love it even more. Before you replace Notepad++ with a new editor , try out these features. Related Selecting text in vertical columns Up and down can be better than left and right You normally edit text in a straight, one-dimensional way, moving your cursor horizontally from a line's start to its end. Notepad++ has a two-dimensional grid model called Column Mode instead, which lets you make vertical, rectangular block selections. This means that instead of only selecting text horizontally, you can highlight a specific column over many lines.…