Microsoft announced a handful of new updates to the humble Notepad app shortly after Windows 11 launched last year. The feature list included not only dark mode, but also a redesigned find and replace experience and support for multilevel undo. Now, nearly a year later, an accidental bug from a Microsoft employee has revealed that the company is planning to bring tabs to the Notepad app soon. Read also – How to take a screenshot on Windows 11 PC
According to a report from Windows Central, a Microsoft employee accidentally shared a screenshot via his Twitter account, which shows the company is planning to bring tabs to its Notepad app. The since-deleted screenshot shows two open tabs in the app with the message “Don’t discuss features or discuss screenshots.” Read also: Microsoft is bringing real-time speech translation to Skype – check out the details
The warning message states that the tabs feature is still in testing and that the company is expected to preview it for Windows Insiders in 2023. Also Read: Microsoft ends support for Edge on Windows 7, 8.1
If this is true, Microsoft Notepad will be the second built-in app after Files to get the tabs feature.
It should be noted that Microsoft first experimented with the idea of bringing tabs functionality to the Notepad and File Explorer applications almost five years ago. According to reports dating back to November 2017, the company was developing the feature called “Groups” for Windows 10 and which would allow users to open multiple files at once from the Notepad app and switch between them without closing any of them. But the feature hasn’t made it to Windows 10. However, the availability of the tabs feature within the company’s built-in tabs app gives some hope to Windows PC users that the feature will make its way to the operating system, even if they have to wait. a little bit’.
Separately, Microsoft has begun testing the Android 13 update for Windows 11. The Windows Subsystem for Android received the Android 13 update in the beta channel earlier this month. When the feature is released in the stable version, the feature will provide updates such as up to 50% faster boot time on computers without spinning disks, mouse click input improvements, better clipboard stability, application scaling improvements and reliability improvements for media files opened in Windows among others.
