Notepad++ double click select word include other non-word characters

Question

I've been using notepad++ for a long time. One functionality I use a lot is to double click a word to have itself and all appearances in the same file to be highlighted. But the recent update seems to change the word boundary definition. Specifically if there are leading or trailing tabs around the word, they all get highlighted (causing other appearances of the same word, but without tabs around them, to NOT be highlighted), and if there are closing parentheses after the word (but not opening paren), they also get selected.

I've played with Settings->Preferences->Delimiter to no avail because it only allow you to add characters as part of word, but what I want is to subtract tabs and parenthesis. What should I do? Thx.

Answer 1

After checking plugins and other possible configurations. I just closed and restarted the Notepad++ application and the original issue somehow went away. I'm leaving this answer here in case other users observe similar behavior.

Answer 2

Per my testing with the latest N++ (7.3.3), there was no difference recently made in word boundary behavior in Notepad++. (If you think the opposite, please edit your question and describe exact cases where double clicking behaves differently.)

Try downloading the latest Minimalist Notepad++ version and test it. (There is a download link Notepad++ minimalist package 32-bit x86 on title page of N++ homepage.)

If the latest N++ still behaves consistently with older versions, the problem is most likely caused by some installed N++ plugin (or by recently updated version of some plugin).