Twistpad is an advanced Windows text editor suitable for basic notepad replacement or as a fully-featured editor for software and web developers. It offers a user-friendly interface and syntax highlighting design tools.
Out of the box, Twistpad supports syntax highlighting for a wide variety of popular formats such as HTML, ASP, XML, C++, Pascal, etc. However, its real strength lies in its ability to create new highlighting schemes with ease.
When it comes to handling text, Twistpad excels with an extensive range of formatting commands that allow for seamless text editing experience. Clipboard operations are standard, while advanced features like Unicode support, Spell Checking, and Active Spell Checking add considerable value.
Twistpad is written in native Windows code, which guarantees that no system DLL's will be installed or altered. Startup time is quick, and parsing text is fast, ensuring excellent performance at all times.
Additional features that enhance the user experience include the ability to compare text files, export to Rich Text Format or HTML, and Find/Replace in Files functionality. Project Management, Auto-Complete, Auto-Replace, and Auto-Recover features add to the overall experience of using Twistpad.
A robust set of tools and compiler support, configurable Toolbar/Editor Context Menu/Shortcuts/Colors, advanced text formatting like join lines and removing empty lines, and the ability to sort text make Twistpad a one-stop-shop for all text editing needs. Overall, Twistpad is a solid contender as a versatile text editor for Windows users.
Version 3.15:
Added a command to export file compare results to HTML (Compare Windows - Context menu)
Added a Window Manager command button to the Workspace Dock Window
Compare map in Compare Window is now clickable
Improved Performance in Compare Window display on large files
Improved display in Workspace Dock Window document list
Improved Customize dialog
Middle Click in Workspace Dock Window document list now closes the respective document (If the option "Middle button click in tab closes document" is set )
Fixed: Current folder or file stay selected after a refresh in the Dock File Browser
Fixed: Unhandled exception opening the "Compare Files" Dialog when there is another document tab group
Fixed: High DPI display on the Workspace Dock Window
Fixed: High DPI display on the Favorites Organizer dialog
Fixed: Document Icons in Window Manager
Fixed: Some issues setting custom keyboard shortcuts
Fixed: Ghost Windows Taskbar button under certain circumstances
Fixed: Option "Show read only icon in tab display" was not applied if turned off.
Fixed: Settings hang when applying if Windows real time protection was active under certain circumstances
Other minor corrections and code tweaks
Version 3.14:
New Command "Column Text" in Menu Edit: Work with text in a columnar manner: Insert Text, numbers and remove text.
New Command "Move To Other Document Group" in Menu Window: Move the current document to other document group (Document tab split)
New Command "Remove Duplicated Lines" in Menu Edit/Format
New button in the Find/Replace in Files Dialog to go to the Parent folder of the current selected folder.
Improved performance on certain conditions.
Improvements in the Undo function: Smarter grouping of undo actions
Improved display on High-DPI devices
Improvements to Blue and Dark Themes
Fixed: Duplicate Line command restored (was removed in version 3.0)
Fixed: Unhandled exception switching documents after changing the tab switch mode from Standard to Enhanced under certain circumstances.
Fixed: Unhandled exception when closing documents that were never loaded
Fixed: Find/Replace in Files did not inform that a specific file could not be opened. If it happens more info is now given in the Output Window.
Fixed: Organize Folder Favorites Dialog
Other minor corrections and code tweaks
Version 3.13:
Improved display on High-DPI devices
Added a command in the File Browser Window to go to the parent of the current path
Added a command in the File Browser Window to sort the contents
File Browser root folder is now omitted
Visual clue in Bookmarks Bookmark Dock Window if it's not the current document
Improved Close All Documents Dialog
Customize options direct link to Preferences (Color section)
Status bar "Modified" panel replaced icon with text
Status bar "Modified" panel can now be clicked to compare with current saved version
Fixed: Unusable after DPI Change on Windows 11
Fixed: Clipboard history in Paste Sub-Menu
Fixed: Compare window respects current application theme
Fixed: Bookmark all found lines from the Find/Replace Dialog when in Word-wrap mode
Fixed: Lock file option on 64 bit systems
Fixed: Document order after document bar drag drop
Fixed: Unhandled exception cancelling a virtual printer action
Fixed: Compare text position after a CTRL+Mouse Wheel to zoom text
Fixed: Editing Unicode snippets
Fixed: Unhandled exception saving locked snippets
Optimizations for Windows 11
General internal optimizations
Updated Json Syntax
Minor bug fixes
Version 3.12:
Added a new option to disable syntax highlighting on long single line documents (Preferences - Syntax)
Reorganized Indent and Tab Options
Added recent browsed folders to the Favorites button menu of the File Browser Window
Match Section Command can now also match HTML/XML Tags
Improved display of non-printing characters
Replaced the sort combo box with buttons in Workspace window
Reset Window Layout command resets window dialogs position and size as well
Added the ability to select the Escape or the Tab Key as a command shortcut
Fixed: Replacing files in UTF-8 format could result in loss of extended characters after the replace
Fixed: Some options in the Go-to dialog were not working
Fixed: Unicode encoded files would always display MAC (CR) as the line break format
Fixed: Match case option when searching with Regular expressions
Fixed: Backward search using Regular expressions
Fixed: Pressing Shift+enter would force an extra indentation on the new line
Fixed: Sometimes pressing the tab key would not insert a tab/space
Fixed: Some issues with the "Automatic" detection of tab mode
Fixed: After saving large files, Twistpad would ask to reload the file as if it was edited elsewhere
Fixed: Refreshing the file browser would lose the current selected file or folder
Fixed: Exiting full screen without any documents loaded
Fixed: Importing a non-HTML file with the "Import Text From HTML" command
Fixed: Save template command would always create the template
Fixed: Deleting old file revisions
Json Syntax is now bundled in Twistpad
Optimizations when running in portable mode
Updated Help File
Minor bug fixes