How to delete the current line and add a new line in Notepad++?

Question

These two operations are very common but I can't find any key setting how to do them in Notepad++. Can any plugin do this job?

@KolobCanyon Go to: _Notepad++ -> Settings -> Style Configuration -> Select theme: Obsidian_ — AlexMelw, Feb 09 '17 at 15:55

score 162 · Accepted Answer · edited May 26 '23 at 18:26

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Ctrl + L cuts the current line

and

Ctrl + Shift + L removes the current line.

You can see and change hotkeys in Settings > Shortcut Mapper... > Scintilla Commands. Look for SCI_LINEDELETE and SCI_LINECUT.

The version of my Notepad++ is 6.1.1.

edited May 26 '23 at 18:26

Pikamander2

answered Jan 13 '13 at 02:17

Gang YIN

I see `contextmenu.xml` in Notepad++ 7.9 when clicking settings-> 'set context menu', but there are no commands like delete or cut line. – Timo Oct 20 '20 at 06:38
@Timo, you mean how to add scintilla commands into context menu? didn't find a way to do that... – Gang YIN Oct 22 '20 at 01:42
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The key combination for deleting a line didn't work for me at first. The cause was AMD Radeon software using the same combination of keys to toggle "Performance Logging", so you may need to rebind/deactivate this first if you encounter the same problem. – devrys Jul 28 '23 at 10:17

score 23 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 15 '17 at 06:43

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Ctrl + L will cut the line.

Ctrl + Shift + L will delete the line (i.e. not copying it to clipboard).

Credits to @BobStein-VisiBone and @RyanGoldstein above.

Please note this works in more applications than just Notepad++!

edited Jan 15 '17 at 06:43

Morteza Asadi

answered Aug 11 '16 at 10:56

Jim Aho

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 15 '17 at 08:01

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Question #1 Ctrl + L or Ctrl + Alt + L as already answered

Question #2 Enter, will add a new empty line and align the cursor to previous

edited Jan 15 '17 at 08:01

Morteza Asadi

answered Oct 10 '16 at 06:33

Victor Barrantes

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 13 '15 at 12:38

if you want to delete line you can use find replace feature with extended option in it like

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