Notepad++ 80 Character Line Marker?

Question

Is there a way I can get a vertical marker line to appear at the 80th character column in notepad++?

Steven Penny · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-27 19:51:39Z

up vote 22 down vote accepted

Yes.

Settings > Preferences > Editing > Vertical Edge Settings

options page

result

Tested on N++ 5.9

edited Jan 27 at 19:51

Steven Penny
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answered Apr 19 '12 at 5:26

jay
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	That works, thanks! But strangely, it seems to be off by two columns for me when you compare it to the column counter in the status bar. – speedplane May 3 '12 at 5:17
	@speedplane: yeah I just noticed that! then number-of-columns: 78 haha? – jay May 3 '12 at 13:26

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