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Ultraedit is a very powerful, value priced text editor. It is great for editing text, HEX, HTML, PHP, Java, Perl, Javascript, and other code. I have been using it for years and years, and it continues to impress me with the way that it does simple things really well.

Ultraedit has these features:

• A user specified file may be used to provide the strings for Auto-Completion
• Allows selection of text between caret and find target when shift key is pressed
• Arrange icons
• ASCII Table - with ability to insert directly from table
• Auto-Indentation
• Automatic backup file generated (several options available)
• Automatic highlighting of brackets/braces as typing or positioning occurs
• Automatically update log files at configurable interval
• Backup toolbar and other personal customizations
• Bookmarks:
• Cascade windows
• Character delimited files to fixed column
• CHM based help
• Close all files
• Code page used for Unicode conversions
• Codepage conversion support
• Color selection for active line (line with cursor)
• Color selection for background, normal/selected text, bookmarks, line/column numbers
• Color selector allows user to select a color and insert the value into a file
• Column markers to display vertical line at specified columns
• Column mode justify (Left, Right, Center) to justify text just in the specified columns
• Comprehensive macro support, including saving and loading, multiple macros with hot keys
• Configurable parameters and tag file for use outside of projects
• Configurable tool support (Run compiler, etc.)
• Conversion between Big-Endian and Little-Endian formats
• Convert CR/LF's to word wrap (removes CR/LF's from file)
• CSE HTML Validator support (integrated)
• Ctags support*:
• Cut, copy and paste support
• Default file type for new files (DOS, UNIX, MAC)
• Delete/cut columns
• Direct addition/removal of files from File Tree View
• Disk based text editing - supports files in excess of 4GB, minimum RAM used even for multi-megabyte files
• Disk based text editing - supports files in excess of 4GB, minimum RAM used even for multi-megabyte files
• Dockable "Function List" shows all the functions in a file in a list box
• Dockable "Tag List" allows definition of a set of "TAGS" that can automatically be inserted into a file. Designed in part for HTML, it allows text to be selected for automatic insertion of tags around the selected text
• Drag and drop support from the file manager
• Easy record of macro
• Edit macro
• File tabs may be resized to show multiple rows while docked
• File Tree View (32-Bit Version) includes:
• File Tree View (tabbed interface) includes:
• Files can individually be set to be log files
• Find in Files/Replace in Files option for UNICODE Searches
• Find matching braces
• Find, Find Next, Find Previous, Replace and Replace All
• Fixed column file to character delimited
• FTP client built in to give access to FTP servers with multiple account settings and automatic logon and save. (32-Bit Only) Includes support for SFTP (SSH2).
• FTP Open
• FTP/SFTP Account Access
• FTP:
• Function list shows functions in active file (with 6 function strings per language)
• Goto line number or page
• HEX editing with:
• HEX Find, Replace and Replace All
• Hexadecimal Editor - allows editing of any binary file, shows binary and ASCII view
• Hexadecimal Editor - allows editing of any binary file, shows binary and ASCII view
• Highlight all found occurrences of string
• HTML Tidy support (integrated)
• HTML Toolbar preconfigured for popular functions
• HTML Toolbar preconfigured for popular functions
• Incremental Search
• Insert file into an existing document at cursor position
• Insert page break
• Insert sequential numbers (HEX / Decimal)
• Insert/fill columns
• Insert/overstike mode with cursor and status bar indication
• Left, Center, Right, Fill (for fixed pitch fonts)
• Line Length up to 9k allowed
• List Lines Containing String opens non-modal Find dialog
• List of files on drive (open selected files, file properties)
• List of Open files (close/save/tile/print selected files)
• Locale used (optionally) for sort
• Macro Load and SaveAs support special characters for dynamically setting up file to load or save within macro
• Macro support for "IfFound" and "IfNotFound" to check if a string was found and conditionally execute macro commands
• Macros can be run when file is loaded and when file is saved
• Many more options available for user to set personal preferences
• Multiple search paths allowed with Find/Replace in files
• Multiple tab positions
• Multiple wordfiles available for download
• Named bookmarks
• Named template support (display/modify/insert up to 50 User Templates)
• Number convertor (selected number to binary, octal, decimal or hexadecimal)
• Open multiple files as a single project/workspace
• Option (default) to automatically find selected text with find Next/Prev
• Option for automatic warning on exit if edited macro is unsaved
• Option for Unix style Regular Expressions
• Option to automatically reload changed files
• Option to minimize UltraEdit to the system tray
• Output window resizeable while docked
• Play again/play any macro multiple times
• Pop-up menus with right mouse button
• Pre-configured for C/C++, VB, HTML, Java, and Perl
• Preserve Case Replace to preserve the case of a word when being replaced
• Print All Open Files
• Printing line numbers
• Printing of syntax highlighting in color
• Printing preview
• Project specific Ctag file with option to create automatically when opened
• Project/Workspace support
• Quick Open option to open all matching files recursively through sub directories
• Recent Projects/Workspace submenu stores up to 8 different projects/workspaces
• Recursive addition of files/folders
• Reformatting of existing code to indent/unindent based on language
• Regular Expression support for 0 or more occurrences using ++
• Reload changed files without files becoming active
• Rename macros
• Replace in files (including option to list changed files and number of occurrences)
• Right click compare from Explorer view
• Right click on file and open
• Run DOS command
• Save All macros
• See http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/
• Select All, Select Line, Select Word, Delete, Delete Line
• Separate indent and tab stop setting
• Setting for ASCII / BINARY / PASSIVE transfers
• Setting to disable left cursor from going to end of previous line
• SFTP supports PuTTY key format
• Show spaces, tabs and new lines
• Sort support for up to 4 sort keys with option for alphanumeric or numeric sort
• SPACES to TABS for all tabs, or just leading tabs in a line
• Status bar line & column number display
• Store FTP settings in a user definable file
• Sum columns/selection
• Support for ASP
• Support for ignore strings and comment strings
• Support for nested groups with no limit on depth
• Support for syntax highlighting based on file name
• Support for the new WM_UNICHAR message
• Support for up to 20 languages
• Support for UTF-8 and conversions to/from UTF-8
• Support to highlight words beginning with a specified sub-string
• Supports 64-bit file handling (standard) on all 32-bit Windows platforms
• Supports filenames with spaces
• Syntax highlighting (user configurable):
• Tab settings
• TABS to SPACES
• Tile windows horizontally/vertically
• Tools configuration, up to 25 user tools (also project specific user tools)
• Tree View function to change view to drive/path of active file
• UltraEdit will search back 50K in the file for words that match a partially typed word and show these
• User bitmaps and project tools for user
• User configurable icons and menus
• User configurable match strings
• User Configurable Toolbars - Save Multiple Configurations
• User/project tools supports having output go directly to the active document
• User-configurable right-click context menu for Main Edit Windows and File Tabs
• Using help
• View/hide output window
• Viewing with line numbers on left side of window