UltraEdit Latest Changes
The list below contains the latest new and enhanced features for UltraEdit. For a more thorough look at what has been added, take the tour of the new version.
The most up-to-date version is 23.10, released on 2016-05-23.
UltraEdit v23.10 Changes (2016-05-23)
- Find/replace issues addressed:
- Addressed issue with Find String List truncating lines after 260 columns
- Addressed issue with Find String List not displaying "&" symbol in non-English versions
- Improved elimination of duplicates in search histories
- Addressed issue with Find in Files results highlighting more than the search keyword
- Column mode issues addressed:
- Addressed replace in selection issues when in column mode
- Addressed cut/copy/paste issues in column mode
- Addressed issues deleting columns
- Addressed issue inserting HTML tags while in column mode
- Addressed issue with Shift + End not working as expected
- Addressed column mode selection performance issue with Document Map enabled
- Addressed several other isolated issues when working in column mode
- User tool issues addressed:
- User tools added to Ribbon now show custom tool name instead of default name
- Addressed sizing issues with custom bitmaps for user tools
- Addressed issue with custom tool icons when large icons are enabled
- Addressed maximized window / title bar issues
- Addressed issues with variable and wildcard syntax highlighting with word wrap
- Addressed issue with custom help files in toolbar / menu mode
- Addressed issues with edit window minimize, restore, and close controls
- Addressed issue with stopping macro recording in toolbar / menu mode
- Addressed issues with caret when using Page Up / Page Down with folded lines
- Addressed issue with "Sort file tabs on open" when dockable tabs are enabled
- Addressed issue with showing Recent Files on File menu
- Addressed issue that caused caret to disappear when clicking on status bar icon in hex mode
- Addressed accelerator conflict for "Select" and "Sort" in Ribbon
- Various other issues addressed
UltraEdit v23.00 Changes (2016-02-18)
- Built new menu, toolbar and ribbon interface from the ground up
- Added high resolution graphics
- Added support for 4k UltraHD displays
- Further optimized to increase startup time
- Added the ability to minimize the new ribbon
- Added the ability to decrease the ribbon’s height with Compact mode
- Addressed an issue that cause the filter setting for spell checker not working anymore for C/C++
- Addressed a rare issue that cause an infinite loop during a find operation
- Addressed special circumstances that caused the status bar to fail to refresh
- Addressed an issue where the line change indicator was shown outside of selection after UE regex Replace All in Selected Text
- Addressed an issue causing Russian spell check dictionary not to work with Russian (UTF-8) text
- Addressed an issue where double clicking Find in Open Files results from unnamed "Edit1" file caused a "File not found" error
- Addressed an issue where column selection didn't work as expected
- Addressed an issue where trying to upgrade to 64-bit UltraEdit caused Sharing Violation error
- Additional minor graphical enhancements
- Addressed an issue where installing on Windows 10 machines may cause the installer to produce sharing violation errors
- Addressed an issue where the selection can be changed incorrectly when adding text
- Addressed an issue causing the Javascript function list to no longer work due to changes in the wordfile
- Resolved an issue causing the UE installer to fail to detect an installation of 64-bit UC
- Resolved an issue where the 64-bit UE installer downloaded and installed the 32-bit version of UltraCompare
- Added installer message warning that v23 would overwrite existing customizations
UltraEdit v22.20 Changes (2015-09-11)
- Native 64-bit version and optimizations
- Aggressive and deep optimizations to application startup time for 32- and 64-bit versions
- Additional performance enhancements and optimizations for the 32- and 64-bit versions
- New Brazilian Portuguese localization
- New simplified and faster installer
UltraEdit v22.10 Changes (2015-06-05)
- Smarter indentation of auto-completed XML/HTML close tags
- After closing tag is automatically inserted, press Enter
- UE will reposition and properly indent the closing tag on the line beneath the new (active) line
- Convert Quick Find to multi-select
- Press Ctrl + , (comma) with Highlight All active to convert them to multi-selections
- Select some text, then press Ctrl + , to convert all occurrences of selection to multi-selections
- Create custom key mapping in Advanced -> Configuration -> Key Mapping (ViewConvertHighlightedToSelection)
- Highlight All Selected and search highlighting shown in the Document Map
- Highlight All Selected now uses entire selection (instead of just word under caret)
- Performance improvements for multi-caret editing with many selections/carets
- Document Map improvements with column mode, selecting, changing syntax highlighting, etc.
- Added support for Select All with Ctrl+a in "Edit Macro" dialog
- Addressed display issues in Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) with child windows, file tabs, tooltips, and other UI elements
- Improved selection and highlighting in column mode
- Addressed split window issues
- Addressed issues with Revert to Saved after manually changing file encoding
- Addressed issues when converting file encoding and then reverting to saved
- Addressed issue with Wrap after column #, insert CR/LF
- Addressed issue with line change indicator not showing for changes on first line of folded/hidden block
- Addressed some minor Find/Find in Files issues
- Addressed issues with Recently Closed Files list
- Addressed CSS syntax highlighting colors with some themes
- Addressed issue with Open Address Bar width
- Various other minor improvements
UltraEdit v22.0 Changes (2015-03-24)
- Document Map
- "Filmstrip" overview of active file for visual context and quick navigation
- Zoom in or out to see more or less of the file
- Optionally shows bookmarks, code folding, and active line
- Optionally reposition caret on click
- Toggle via View -> Views/Lists or via toolbar icon
- Vertically split window
- Accessible via Window menu or via splitter next to horizontal scrollbar
- Split window both vertically and horizontally for 4-way view of file
- "Recently Closed Files" menu item
- Added beneath "Recently Opened Files" in File menu
- Includes a "first in, first out" ordered list of most recently closed files
- Mirrors same number of entries set for "Recently Opened Files"
- Cut/copy all bookmarked lines (Search -> Bookmarks submenu)
- Trim Leading Spaces (Format menu)
- New Macro commands
- CopyAllBookmarkLines
- CutAllBookmarkLines
- TrimLeadingSpaces
- New Scripting commands (UltraEdit.activeDocument)
- copyAllBookmarkLines
- cutAllBookmarkLines
- trimLeadingSpaces
- New key mapping commands
- FormatTrimLeadingSpaces (CTRL + \ is default)
- FormatTrimTrailingSpaces (CTRL + / is default)
- ViewShowHideDocumentMap
- EditCopyAllBookmarkedLines
- EditCutAllBookmarkedLines
- WindowVerticalSplitWindow
UltraEdit v21.30 Changes (2014-09-26)
UltraEdit v21.30 includes over 80 improvements and fixes to the following:
- Column Mode
- Undo/Redo
- Word Wrap
- File Conversions
- FTP/SFTP
- New/Open/Close
- Scripting
- List Lines Containing String
- Find/Replace/Find Next/Find Prev
- Find in Files/Replace in Files
- Regular Expressions/Find/Replace
- Find String List
- Function List
- Output Window
- Syntax Highlighting
- Split Window
- And more...
UltraEdit v21.20 Changes (2014-06-26)
UltraEdit v21.20 includes over 150 improvements and fixes to the following:
- Column mode editing / drag 'n drop
- Quick column mode
- Hide / show lines and code folding
- Folding for block comments in HTML
- Scripted find / replace
- Perl regular expression find/replace
- Find in files with customized output format
- Shebang detection for syntax highlighting
- Compare files (UC Lite)
- Mixed line terminator handling
- Open file under caret via context menu
- Word wrap
- Undo/redo
- Hex mode
- Themes and user interface
- Menu access via key accelerators
- OEM and special character input
- File and selection sort
- CSS color tooltips
- Project and workspace reload
- Status bar
- FTP connectivity and transfer issues
- Scrolling via mouse wheel in FTP dialogs
- Stability and performance
- And more...
UltraEdit v21.10 Changes (2014-04-10)
- Dockable Find and Replace dialog
- Includes Find, Replace, Find in Files and Replace in Files
- Themed dialogs for a more unified look and feel
- Cut/Copy/Paste support for multiple carets/selections
- Themed FTP Open, Save, and Accounts dialogs
- New "Glitch" editor theme
- Improved shebang detection for syntax highlighting
- Various other minor enhancements and improvements
UltraEdit v21.00 Changes (2014-02-07)
- Quick Find (similar to search in web browsers)
- Press Ctrl + F and type search string to quickly jump to next occurrence and highlight all matches
- Press Ctrl + F a second time to open regular Find dialog
- Press Enter to move to next match or Ctrl + Enter to move to previous match
- Input turns red when no matches are found
- Includes next / previous buttons and "..." button to expand to regular Find dialog
- Supersedes and replaces incremental search
- Number of matches shown in status bar
- Multi-caret editing and multi-selection
- Use Ctrl + click to set multiple carets for editing in multiple locations at once
- Use Ctrl + double click or Ctrl + Click n' drag to make multiple non-contiguous selections for editing
- Press Ctrl + Alt + Z to remove last set caret/selection
- Ctrl + click on caret or selection to remove it from set
- Select several contiguous lines, then Ctrl + Click beyond line end for quick end-of-line carets
- Supports HTML/XML tag auto-completion
- Re-imagined multi-pane FTP browser
- Split file view for both local and remote pane
- Drag-n-drop or press Enter to download / upload files
- New buttons, icons, and colors to match your theme
- Greatly improved and color-coded logging of transfers
- Various internal improvements for better performance
- Theming improvements
- Custom scrollbars to match your theme
- Input fields and other form elements now fully match your theme
- Various other tweaks and adjustments for greater theme control
- FTP transfers shown in output window
- New "FTP Transfers" tab in output window
- Reports color-coded transfer status for remote files opened via Explorer view or via reload/recent files
- Various maintenance items and other minor improvements
UltraEdit v20.00 Changes (2013-09-04)
- Editor Themes
- Manage Themes dialog for creating and modifying themes:
- Skin the entire application (dockable panes, menus, toolbars, file tabs, status bar, etc.)
- Set editor colors
- Set syntax highlighting colors
- Switch themes with a single click
- Use one of several pre-defined themes or create your own
- When adding a new language for syntax highlighting, UltraEdit will automatically pick up your theme's default colors for the new language
- Import, export, and share your themes with others
- Manage Themes dialog for creating and modifying themes:
- Greatly improved file handling performance (100s of MB to 10+ GB)
- File parsing percentage shown in status bar
- Extremely faster navigation and editing
- Significantly smoother scrolling
- CSS color tooltips
- Hover over CSS color definition to see color preview
- Ctrl + Click on preview swatch to select and insert a new color into file
- Supported color formats:
- Hex RGB
- Functional notation RGB
- RGBA
- HSL
- HSLA
- Supported file types:
- HTML
- CSS
- Javascript
- PHP
- Perl
- Python
- Ruby
- Artistic Style improvements
- Updated to v2.03
- Support for external configuration files
- Redesigned A-Style dialog for new options and features
- Chrome style file tabs
- CSS3 syntax highlighting support
- Various other minor enhancements and improvements
Issues Fixed in 22.20.0.49
- Addressed issues with custom help files
- Addressed issues with all-users install and licensing
- Addressed issue with layout problems after docking Find window
- Addressed crash related to Project Settings
- Addressed undo buffer reset warnings when overstrike mode enabled
- Addressed column mode delete issue
- Improved handling of Perl regular expressions matching large amounts of data