notepad-plus-plus / notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus
[Feature Request] save on tab switch
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- C++
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Description
If you select another tab, the one you left should be automatically saved.
There should be an option to enable this.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the tab-switch handling and the existing save or auto-save preference in the desktop application. Confirm how an option should enable saving the tab that was left, then verify that switching tabs with the option enabled saves the previous tab and that the default behavior remains unchanged.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100