Auto close of html tags and jsp, php, asp tags in notepad++ and a semicolon at the end of the line written of scriptlets

Question

I use notepad++ and I like it

I specifically want it to do this :

1. Close automatically HTML tags. (eg.

Answer 1

For 2. you can't enter custom pairs for auto-complete (in the Auto-Insert section) with two characters. So this is not possible without a plugin. If I find one, I will update my answer.

3. However, for auto closing code with semicolon ";", you can use this option and "trick" Notepad++ to not put it on every line inside a php tag (which I don't believe is a good use case), but put it only when needed. I tested with ; and ; as opening and closing tags, which essentialy gives you what you need (without the php tags check though) and it's not so nice. But if you use an opening tag of "$" and a closing one ";", then you can get an auto-close functionality whenever you use a variable (which will mean you are writing code).

Please note that using < and > or any other similar pairs will break other auto-complete functionality (including the auto-close html tags). This is certainly bad, because it would be nice to have both <> auto close and html tags auto-close.

Answer 2

Regarding auto-closing html tags, for me only having html as the language didn't do the trick.

(This answer is incomplete, but is too large for a comment given the images.)

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Changing the auto-complete preferences, as below, worked:

• Settings > Preferences

• Auto-Completion tab > Auto-Insert section > html/xml close tag

I use Notepad++ v6.5.2

Answer 3

If you are editing a PHP file and want it to auto-complete the HTML tags, in addition to turning on "Auto-insert HTML/XML tags" in Preferences, you have to change the programming language to HTML while editing that file.

In Notepad++, go to the Language menu, and find HTML and click on it.

This will set the file's language to HTML so that auto-complete tags will work in a PHP file.

Even with the language set to HTML, it still highlights anything in <?php ?> tags as PHP code, and it does not affect auto-closing of brackets, if you have that enabled.

You must have Auto-Insert html/xml close tags on, as mentioned in Noha's answer.

• Settings > Preferences
• Auto-Completion tab > Auto-Insert section > html/xml close tag