Notepad's "text copy" behaviour

[Bellzemos]

Hello!

In Windows XP, if I had a web link saved in a text form in Notepad and wanted to mark it and then copy into a web browser it was very easy: double-click, copy, paste and it's done.

In Windows 7 the Notepad acts differently when I double-click a link: if a link has "?" or "-" marks in itself then Notepad (or Windows 7 system if you will) marks only the text before (or after) those marks. So I can't copy the links fast as I was used to do before.

So, is there a way to configure Notepad (or whatever else has to be reconfigured) so that it would ignore "?" and "-" marks when I double-click on a link (or any text at all)?

Thank you.

 

[Jacee]

What happens if you highlight the link, right click, copy and then paste in your address bar?

 

[Bellzemos]

Everything is fine then. But it's the highlighting itself that I have a problem with. I used to be able to highlight a whole link with a double-click in XP Notepad, now I can't do that anymore with 7 Notepad. I do that a lot so it's quite annoying to have to mark (highlight) each link manualy, draging mouse from the beginning of the link to the end - instead of just double-clicking it.

 

[Mike Connor]

Everything is fine then. But it's the highlighting itself that I have a problem with. I used to be able to highlight a whole link with a double-click in XP Notepad, now I can't do that anymore with 7 Notepad. I do that a lot so it's quite annoying to have to mark (highlight) each link manualy, draging mouse from the beginning of the link to the end - instead of just double-clicking it.

Double clicking on any contiguous line of text characters will highlight the text automatically, but various special characters and <Space> will prevent anything after themselves from being highlighted in this way. I don't think there is anything you can do about it.

Regards....Mike Connor

 

[Bellzemos]

If that's really so, then I'm really sorry about that. I love how it was with the XP Notepad when I could highlight a whole web link with just a quick double-click. Thank you anyway.

 

[Mike Connor]

If that's really so, then I'm really sorry about that. I love how it was with the XP Notepad when I could highlight a whole web link with just a quick double-click. Thank you anyway.

Sorry, that's how it is.

Regards....Mike Connor

 

[Bellzemos]

This is still bothering me very much, to this day. It's very time consuming for me the 7 vs XP way. Is there a notepad alternative (a simple one, like the original notepad) or some other way to change that to the XP style? Thanx!

 

[Jacee]

Ten alternatives listed here: Top 10 Notepad Alternatives

 

[xunile]

If you triple click a weblink pasted into wordpad in Windows 7 it highlights the entire address like notepad did in XP.

 

[Ztruker]

I can't triple click in Wordpad. It stops me at the 2nd click and asks if I want to open the URL. This is with Windows 7 and Windows 8.

 

[xunile]

I can't triple click in Wordpad. It stops me at the 2nd click and asks if I want to open the URL. This is with Windows 7 and Windows 8.

You are right, in the example I tested I left out the http://www part.

Doesn't look like wordpad will work.

 

[xunile]

You could try notetab light. It is a free tabbed text editor that I had used for years but didn't install it on my last couple of computers. There is a paid version as well as the free one but the free one works very well and allows you to select a weblink by triple clicking on it.

Here is a llink to it's download page :The Portable Freeware Collection - NoteTab Light

 

[lehnerus2000]

When the selection highlight ends:

• Move the mouse pointer to the end of the link
• Hold the Shift key down
• Left click with the mouse (with the pointer still at the end of the link)

 

[gini]

I just tried this using Notepad++, a free and excellent text editor, and it worked as I believe you want. It's available here:
Notepad++ Home

 

[Ztruker]

I tried running notepad.exe from XP on Win 8, same parsing problem, so it's an OS change, not a notepad change. There may be a way to change "white space" detection at the OS level.

 

[Bellzemos]

I just tried this using Notepad++, a free and excellent text editor, and it worked as I believe you want. It's available here:
Notepad++ Home

Yes, I tried it and it works nice. But I love the simplicity of Windows Notepad, I don't need the fancy features. Which of the alternative notepads would be the most similar (in looks and functionality) to the Windows Notepad? The only thing I'm missing is the ability to copy the whole line of text as in Windows XP, so... If anyone tried more notepad alternatives, please tell me.

Thank you!

 

[whs]

I use Wordpad for storing links. From Wordpad you can start a webpage directly by clicking on it.

In fact I have pinned Wordpad to my taskbar so that I have it always handy.

 

[Bellzemos]

Good idea! But is there a way to disable the WordPad from asking me if I want to go to the specific website every time I click on a link?

 

[whs]

Good idea! But is there a way to disable the WordPad from asking me if I want to go to the specific website every time I click on a link?

I don't understand why you would want that. Wordpad stores a hyperlink - not the text of the link.

 

[Bellzemos]

I meant I'd like to click on the link and go to that site immediatelly, without WordPad asking me if I want to go. Is that possible?

And thank you.