See also #10711 and #15474.

@Lothar-Bongartz ,

I cannot replicate your results. If I take the list that you posted (noticing there are multiple instances of _header and _title that alternate), and I run Edit > Line Operations > Sort Lines Lexicographically Ascending, then I get

CDSRATINGWIDGET689 CDSROWLOGO689 CDSSCROLLINGRAVE CDSWIDEXCLOGO CDSWIDWRL Hangout SkypeButton SkypeButton_paraElement _bol _bom _bor _contact _cover _cover _cover _cover1 _cover2 _doci _doci _email _fbc _fbc _fbd _fbd _fbl _fbls _fbm _fbor _fli _fli _go _go _good _good _grav _header _header _header _header _header _header_100 _icons _iconsep _imed _info_open _ins _ins _link _link _link _map _map_dir _mapw _menu _mm _mm _pan _panh _panh _phone _photo _pin _pin _pr _print _purl _qr1 _qr1 _qr1 _qr2 _qr2 _qrc _reviews _slide _slids _soc _space _title _title _title _title _traf _trip _trip _tumblr _tumblr _tweets _tweets _twid _twid _update _url _view _wea _weads _weat _weather _wel _wmenu _yelp _youl _your addc audioOff audioOn currencies google_translate_element google_translate_element_100 gplus modesel-button modesel-menu pApprec pHeader pLink pList pPage pPlacePic pQRCode pRatings pcover pcover1 pcover2 pfbd pgood pmap ptwid q viewsel

… showing that now, all the underscore words are also properly sorted, with the multiple _headers all adjacent, as they should be.

As Scott asked, what’s your ? > Debug Info ? Mine is

Notepad++ v7.5.8 (32-bit) Build time : Jul 23 2018 - 02:03:53 Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe Admin mode : OFF Local Conf mode : OFF OS : Windows 10 (64-bit) Plugins : ComparePlugin.dll dbgpPlugin.dll DSpellCheck.dll MarkdownViewerPlusPlus.dll NppConverter.dll NppExec.dll NppFTP.dll PluginManager.dll PreviewHTML.dll PythonScript.dll XMLTools.dll mimeTools.dll NppExport.dll

We don’t have awards around here, but if we did you’d get one for rolling up your sleeves, using the resources available to you you, finding your own solution, and posting a follow up with the solution. Nice job.

Actually I just checked and yes must have downloaded 32 by mistake thought I had the 64 bit one thanks will chnage over now to the 64 bit version!

Thanks for that. I’ve ticked the box as suggested in the second link and will wait to see if the issue gets resolved. Never bothered to customise N++ but I see there is a lot that can be done to suit it to one’s preferences.

Admittedly, it’s a limitation with no great workaround. Your best course of action would be to create a feature request for this if the same one doesn’t already exist (search first before creating new).

I think I would like a darker theme myself (or, diehard that I am, one that matches the “classic Borland IDE theme” for those that remember that). However, every time I’ve been inclined to try a darker one, I’ve quickly hit problems similar to what @mmannion is talking about and I’ve backed off, going back to the “bright white” default. I don’t think I have the ambition to go the route he’s going down… :-(

@budski82 Got it… made Edge default html then reassigned in Shortcut Mapper. Learned something new today, … Thanks for the karma!!

@Scott-Sumner
thank you Scott