Notepad is a simple and common text editor for Microsoft Windows and a basic text-editing program which enables users to create basic text documents. It was first released as a mouse-based MS-DOS program in 1983, and is included in all versions of Microsoft Windows since Windows 1.0 in 1985.
If you are a frequent users, you might have noticed that 'Status Bar' under 'View' menu is always disabled as default. The Status Bar appears at the bottom of the Notepad or any typical software and gives information like the Line Number and Column Number at which the cursor is placed.
There are two ways you can enable the Status Bar, one by using the Notepad itself and other by editing windows registry. Let see both the ways step by step.
Enable Status Bar in Notepad from Notepad UI:
If you click on 'View' menu, the Status Bar option is greyed out or disabled. To enable the Status Bar option, click on 'Format' and uncheck the 'Word Wrap' option. Now if you go back to 'View' menu, the Status Bar option is enabled and you can check it.
This behavior is by default design. If you want to enable the Status Bar under View or enable the Go To (Ctrl+G) under Edit options, you will have to turn off Word Wrap under Format first. This is due to the reason that Word Wrap messes with line breaks. That is how Notepad has been programmed.
Permanently Enable Status Bar in Notepad from Windows Registry:
With above steps, you need to turn off Word Wrap option every time you start the Notepad program. But if you wish to enable the Status Bar permanently, you can do it via the Windows Registry to force Notepad to always have the Status Bar enabled. Below are the steps how you can enable status bar permanently from windows registry.
1. Go to Start Menu > Run or Press Windows+R key
2. Type regedit, and hit enter
3. Navigate to the following key:
5. Press F5 to refresh the Registry.
This will enable the Status Bar by default every time you open the Notepad.
As Notepad being a basic text editor, advanced features like syntax coloring, code folding, regular expressions, macros, support of color schemes are obviously missing.
If you are a frequent users, you might have noticed that 'Status Bar' under 'View' menu is always disabled as default. The Status Bar appears at the bottom of the Notepad or any typical software and gives information like the Line Number and Column Number at which the cursor is placed.
There are two ways you can enable the Status Bar, one by using the Notepad itself and other by editing windows registry. Let see both the ways step by step.
Enable Status Bar in Notepad from Notepad UI:
If you click on 'View' menu, the Status Bar option is greyed out or disabled. To enable the Status Bar option, click on 'Format' and uncheck the 'Word Wrap' option. Now if you go back to 'View' menu, the Status Bar option is enabled and you can check it.
This behavior is by default design. If you want to enable the Status Bar under View or enable the Go To (Ctrl+G) under Edit options, you will have to turn off Word Wrap under Format first. This is due to the reason that Word Wrap messes with line breaks. That is how Notepad has been programmed.
Permanently Enable Status Bar in Notepad from Windows Registry:
With above steps, you need to turn off Word Wrap option every time you start the Notepad program. But if you wish to enable the Status Bar permanently, you can do it via the Windows Registry to force Notepad to always have the Status Bar enabled. Below are the steps how you can enable status bar permanently from windows registry.
1. Go to Start Menu > Run or Press Windows+R key
2. Type regedit, and hit enter
3. Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad4. Change the StatusBar value from 0 to 1.
5. Press F5 to refresh the Registry.
This will enable the Status Bar by default every time you open the Notepad.
As Notepad being a basic text editor, advanced features like syntax coloring, code folding, regular expressions, macros, support of color schemes are obviously missing.
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