What’s New

• ADDED: Editor support for triple-clicks to select an entire view line.
• CHANGED: Markdown syntax highlighting improvements.
• FIXED: Keyboard shortcuts that include Alt could conflict with AltGr.
• FIXED: Crash when adding a custom extension for a file type.
• FIXED: Crash when using Windows Narrator.

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About Code Writer

Code Writer is a free text and code editing app, downloadable from the Microsoft Store, and is used by thousands of people each day.  Version 4.x requires the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709) or later.

Want to get the latest news about Code Writer?  Follow our @CodeWriterApp Twitter account.

Want to chat with us about Code Writer?  Please register to join our Slack workspace and join the #codewriter channel once added.

If you are a Universal Windows app developer, you can download a free evaluation of our Universal Windows Controls to use in your own apps.  Code Writer makes use of our SyntaxEditor, Docking/MDI, PropertyGrid, and Editors controls.  SyntaxEditor is of particular interest because it lets you add advanced code and text editing to your own apps.

Code Writer v4.1 has been released to the Microsoft Store, containing a number of fixes for errors seen since the v4.0 release. 

What’s New

• FIXED: Several errors that could cause crashes.

About Code Writer

Code Writer is a free text and code editing app, downloadable from the Microsoft Store, and is used by thousands of people each day.  Version 4.x requires the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709) or later.

Want to get the latest news about Code Writer?  Follow our @CodeWriterApp Twitter account.

Want to chat with us about Code Writer?  Please register to join our Slack workspace and join the #codewriter channel once added.

If you are a Universal Windows app developer, you can download a free evaluation of our Universal Windows Controls to use in your own apps.  Code Writer makes use of our SyntaxEditor, Docking/MDI, PropertyGrid, and Editors controls.  SyntaxEditor is of particular interest because it lets you add advanced code and text editing to your own apps.

Code Writer v4.0 is a major update for Code Writer and is currently being published to the Microsoft Store. 

Since there have been so many improvements and updates made to the core editor control (which is our upcoming v2019.1 UWP SyntaxEditor control) as part of this release, we are gradually rolling the update out. 

What’s New

• ADDED: New version of the core text editor control with massive performance improvements.
• ADDED: Multiple selections added via Ctrl+Click, each with their own caret.
• ADDED: Support for cultural editing concepts like complex glyphs, bi-directional text, etc.
• ADDED: Improved smooth inertia-based touch scrolling.
• ADDED: Shift+MouseWheel horizontal scroll support.
• ADDED: Pinch and Ctrl+MouseWheel zoom support.
• ADDED: Ctrl++ zooms in, Ctrl+- zooms out, and Ctrl+0 resets zoom to 100%.
• ADDED: Hold down a scrollbar's arrow for several seconds to cause scroll speed to increase.
• ADDED: Drag and drop support.
• ADDED: Improved logic for several edit commands.
• ADDED: Improved IntelliPrompt UI in general, now with vector images.
• ADDED: The Ctrl+W close command closes the app if no documents are open.

About Code Writer

Code Writer is a free text and code editing app, downloadable from the Microsoft Store, and is used by thousands of people each day.  Version 4.x requires the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709) or later.

Want to get the latest news about Code Writer?  Follow our @CodeWriterApp Twitter account.

Want to chat with us about Code Writer?  Please register to join our Slack workspace and join the #codewriter channel once added.

If you are a Universal Windows app developer, you can download a free evaluation of our Universal Windows Controls to use in your own apps.  Code Writer makes use of our SyntaxEditor, Docking/MDI, PropertyGrid, and Editors controls.  SyntaxEditor is of particular interest because it lets you add advanced code and text editing to your own apps.

Code Writer v3.3 was just published to the Microsoft Store and should be available shortly.

What's New

• Added: New documents will avoid name collisions with existing open documents.
• Added: Support for opening ColdFusion files from Windows' Open With menu.
• Added: Support for opening .config and .rst files from Windows' Open With menu.
• Added: Copied clipboard text is kept on the clipboard after app exit.
• Changed: Delimiter highlight background to improve visibility.
• Fixed: Focus was not in the editor at app startup.
• Fixed: Consolas was not selected as the default font for new installs.

About Code Writer

Code Writer is a free text and code editing app, downloadable from the Microsoft Store, and is used by thousands of people each day.  Version 3.x requires the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709) or later.

Want to get the latest news about Code Writer?  Follow our @CodeWriterApp Twitter account.

Want to chat with us about Code Writer?  Please register to join our Slack workspace and join the #codewriter channel once added.

If you are a Universal Windows app developer, you can download a free evaluation of our Universal Windows Controls to use in your own apps.  Code Writer makes use of our SyntaxEditor, Docking/MDI, PropertyGrid, and Editors controls.  SyntaxEditor is of particular interest because it lets you add advanced code and text editing to your own apps.

Reimagined Windows 10 Design

The app is minimalist in nature, and while it does feature a side bar, the side bar can be collapsed by pressing the unpin button.  This affords a distraction-free environment while you edit text/code.

Code Writer has find/replace functionality, print/share support, advanced editing commands, and a wide array of settings. 

Summary

If you have the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update or later, download Code Writer for free from the Windows Store today to check out v3.0 and all it has to offer.  The new redesign has been a labor of love that has been in development for many months.  We're very pleased to get it out into your hands as a showcase of what you can do with Actipro's Universal Windows Controls.  Enjoy!

Want to get the latest news about Code Writer?  Follow our @CodeWriterApp Twitter account.

Want to chat with us about Code Writer?  Please register to join our Slack workspace and join the #codewriter channel once added.

If you are a Universal Windows app developer, you can download a free evaluation of our Universal Windows Controls to use in your own apps.  Code Writer makes use of our SyntaxEditor, Docking/MDI, PropertyGrid, and Editors controls.  SyntaxEditor is of particular interest because it lets you add advanced code and text editing to your own apps.