{"id":26737,"date":"2022-12-30T18:43:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T18:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/30\/microsoft-could-soon-bring-tabs-to-windows-notepad\/"},"modified":"2022-12-30T18:43:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T18:43:48","slug":"microsoft-could-soon-bring-tabs-to-windows-notepad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/30\/microsoft-could-soon-bring-tabs-to-windows-notepad\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Could Soon Bring Tabs to Windows Notepad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Image: Microsoft)<\/small><\/center>You\u2019re not supposed to know this, but thanks to a recent social media gaffe, it\u2019s fair game: Tabs are apparently coming to Windows Notepad. In a now-deleted tweet, a Microsoft senior product manager shared that Notepad\u2014Windows\u2019 lightweight word processor\u2014will eventually allow users to open and edit multiple notes using tabs.<\/p>\n

The tweet was published late last week and deleted just minutes later. In it, the product manager announced: \u201cNotepad in Windows 11 now has tabs!\u201d followed by a loudspeaker emoji. The text was accompanied by a screenshot of a tabbed version of Windows Notepad, which itself read \u201cConfidential: Don\u2019t discuss features or take screenshots.\u201d Whoops.<\/p>\n

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It doesn\u2019t take a detective to put these context clues together. Microsoft is clearly testing tabs for Notepad, though given the fact that this clearly wasn\u2019t meant to be made public, we don\u2019t have many more details. Windows 11 came out just over a year ago, meaning it\u2019s highly unlikely that Microsoft is saving the feature for a future operating system. Tabs will likely come to Notepad with some future iteration of the current OS, with Windows Insiders first to test the new feature.<\/p>\n

It\u2019d be kind to say that Notepad is a word processor for minimalists. As a writer, I can\u2019t imagine ever using Notepad; it doesn\u2019t have the features necessary for projects that truly matter, and if I just want to jot something down, a desktop sticky widget will do the trick while staying in a static location on my desktop. As a result, I struggle to understand why Notepad tabs would garner much celebration. But every computer user has their own tastes, and apparently, Notepad is <\/i>useful<\/a> for some. In fact, our colleagues at PCMag wrote up a handful of Notepad programming tips<\/a> back in 2017 that still stand, and some of them might be a tad easier with tabs.<\/p>\n

Microsoft seems to have a thing for tabs in general. In April it confirmed<\/a> Windows 11\u2019s File Explorer will eventually incorporate tabs, making it easier to search for and sort items without having to open a million separate Explorer windows. The feature officially rolled out in October just after the Windows 11 22H2 update.<\/p>\n

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