Reply to Why headings are not displayed in the function list menu ? on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:21:50 GMT

behrouz1 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:21:50 GMT

@PeterJones said:

’s Debug

Tanks for your help. I use portable version.I save all the useful texts I collect from the internet in .md files because they have headings. For example, after I find a solution to this problem, I save it in an .md file.
Debug Info

Notepad++ v8.9.6.4   (64-bit)
Build time: Jun  3 2026 - 23:47:49
Scintilla/Lexilla included: 5.6.2/5.4.9
Boost Regex included: 1_90
pugixml included: 1.15
nlohmann JSON included: 3.12.0
Path: C:\1\notepad\notepad++.exe
Command Line: 
Admin mode: OFF
Local Conf mode: ON
Cloud Config: OFF
WinGUp: present
disableNppAutoUpdate.xml: present
Periodic Backup: OFF
Placeholders: OFF
Scintilla Rendering Mode: SC_TECHNOLOGY_DEFAULT (0)
Multi-instance Mode: monoInst
asNotepad: OFF
File Status Auto-Detection: cdEnabledNew (for current file/tab only)
Dark Mode: ON
Display Info:
    primary monitor: 1600x900, scaling 100%
    visible monitors count: 1
    installed Display Class adapters: 
        0000: Description - NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
        0000: DriverVersion - 30.0.14.7212
OS Name: Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 (64-bit)
OS Version: 21H2
OS Build: 19044.7291
Current ANSI codepage: 65001
Plugins: 
    ComparePlugin (2.0.2)
    DSpellCheck (1.5)
    EnhanceAnyLexer (1.4.1)
    PythonScript (2.1)

udl_markdown:

overrideMap.xml:

directory listing of unctionList

userDefineLangs
1-markdown._preinstalled.udl:




    
        
            
            
        
        
            00# 01 02((EOL)) 03<!-- 04-->
            
            
            
            
            .
            .
            
            @ < > \< \> \\ \` \* \_ \{ \} \[ \] \( \) \# \+ \- \. \! \~ \| |:-: |:--: |:---: | :-: :--: :---: :|: |: :|
            - + :- :-- :--- :
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            ../ (../ http:// (http:// https:// (https:// mailto: (mailto: ftp:// (ftp:// ftps:// (ftps:// (/ /
            ==== ----
            *** ___
            ** __
            * _
            ** __
            * _
            
            00![ 00[ 01\ 02] 02] 03``` 03` 03~~~ 04\ 05``` 05((EOL `)) 05~~~ 06*** 07\ 08((EOL ***)) 09** 10\ 11((EOL **)) 12* 13\ 14((EOL *)) 15** 16\ 17((EOL **)) 18* 19\ 20((EOL *)) 21 22 23

2-markdown._preinstalled_DM.udl:




    
        
            
            
        
        
            00# 01 02((EOL)) 03<!-- 04-->
            
            
            
            
            .
            .
            
            @ < > \< \> \\ \` \* \_ \{ \} \[ \] \( \) \# \+ \- \. \! \~ \| |:-: |:--: |:---: | :-: :--: :---: :|: |: :|
            - + :- :-- :--- :
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            ../ (../ http:// (http:// https:// (https:// mailto: (mailto: ftp:// (ftp:// ftps:// (ftps:// (/ /
            ==== ----
            *** ___
            ** __
            * _
            ** __
            * _
            
            00![ 00[ 01\ 02] 02] 03``` 03` 03~~~ 04\ 05``` 05((EOL `)) 05~~~ 06*** 07\ 08((EOL ***)) 09** 10\ 11((EOL **)) 12* 13\ 14((EOL *)) 15** 16\ 17((EOL **)) 18* 19\ 20((EOL *)) 21 22 23

Tanks againg

Reply to Why headings are not displayed in the function list menu ? on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:13:33 GMT

PeterJones — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:13:33 GMT

@behrouz1

I will be assuming you have a normal installation (using AppData for configuration files). If that’s not the case, or you are having difficulty finding the files and directories mentioned, share your ?-menu’s Debug Info

share a directory listing of %AppData%\Notepad++\functionList
- you are looking for it to contain something like udl_markdown.xml or something similarly named. And a file called overrideMap.xml
open %AppData%\Notepad++\functionList\overrideMap.xml , and scroll down near the bottom; there should be a section , and there should be some tags there, including one like .
- If it’s not there, share the entire section from the “User Defined Languages” section down to the bottom. (Use button then paste the XML directly into your post in the region provided by the button)

Even in a normal installation, if you did things differently (maybe your AI doesn’t know N++ as well as you think), those files may have been put into the installation directory, so in c:\program files\notepad++\functionList\ or wherever relative to your installed Notepad++.

Basically, what you must have is that your overrideMap.xml must have an association where the filename is in the id attribute, and the exact name of the active UDL (in my case, I am using Markdown (preinstalled)) is in the userDefinedLangName attribute. Then that file must contain the definition for the function list to show the headers (if you can’t find those files anywhere, even after we reply to your Debug Info, then you might need to download a new definition file, like from my publically-shared one, here on my GitHub)