You’ll soon be able to hide the news feed in the widgets panel, too.

Notepad on Windows 11 is finally getting a character count::Microsoft is finally adding a character count to Notepad on Windows 11. It’s in testing alongside the ability to hide the news feed in the widgets panel.

  • JoshEnglish
    14•7 months ago

    I know a few people who use it to covert selections to plain text or keep a quick note. Notepad++ is more akin to an IDE if anything.

    • @[email protected]English
      0•7 months ago

      Ctrl + Shift + V will paste a selection in plain text.

      Also I keep quick notes in Notepad++ because it’s just as easy to open and it has persistent windows in case something happens.

      • @[email protected]English
        6•7 months ago

        Ctrl + Shift + V will paste a selection in plain text.

        *Sometimes

        Because MS in their infinite Wisdom only baked that functionality into some of their apps, and even in some apps where that functionality exists, sometimes it’s a different keybind.