How to enable code hinting or auto completion in notepad++

Notepad++ is my favorite open source tool for web development, day by day its improving and becoming better and better. It's been 6 years and i'm enjoying this tool.

In my opinion notepad++ is a must have tool for every programmer using windows.Notepad++ offers lots of handy features for the faster programming. One such feature is auto-completion of code, by default the auto completion is disabled. To enable Auto completion of code here we go:

Step 1 : Go to Settings and select preferences.

Step 2 : Select "Auto-comptetion" from left side preference list.

Step 3 : select “Enable auto-completion on each input”  & “function and word completion", and also enable  "Function parameters hint on input".

That's all, close preference dialog and you are now ready to go. Happy coding...

Notepad++ and CakePHP .ctp Syntax Hightlighting

Generally CakePHP file syntaxes are not recognized and highlighted by Notepad++. In reality Notepad++ is not able to identify the files of CakePhp which uses the syntax as PHP.
 
How to Enable Syntax Highlight for CakePHP :

Step 1 : Open notepad++ with Admin Right .
 
 








Step 2 : Goto ‘Settings’ Menu and choose ‘Style Configurator’.

 









Step 3 : Select ‘PHP’ as Language and add ‘ctp’ without quotes. For more i’m adding ‘thtml’ and ‘mod’ extension also.

Step 4 : press “save and close” and exit from settings. Close the editor and re-open again and here you go.

Note : if you are not seeing any syntax highlighting it means you have not closed existing .ctp files. So close .ctp file from notepad++ and open it again.