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EmEditor v26.1 preview released

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This message contains changelog regarding v26.1 preview. The information is being updated as more preview versions are released.

Notes: The preview version supports only Japanese and English (United States). In other languages, new features may not be available.

Please contact us for any questions or comments. Thank you for trying EmEditor preview!

preview 1 (26.0.901) – March 11, 2026

To update

If you use the installer version, please select Customize Update Checker on the Help menu, and set the Include preview versions in order to update automatically to future preview versions. Preview versions can also be downloaded at Previous versions.

New General Features

  • When a file is modified externally, a delay of several milliseconds is now inserted before reloading, and the message box shown when reloading fails now allows selecting the Retry button.[PF]
  • Improved the speed of various operations including Sort. [P]

New Options

  • Added a The cursor moves to the correct position when sorting checkbox to the Sort page of the Customize dialog box.
  • Added Provider, Model, Reasoning effort, and Text Verbosity checkboxes and drop-down list boxes, as well as a Web Search checkbox, to the AI Prompts page in the Customize dialog box. [P]
  • Added Provider, Model, Reasoning effort, and Text Verbosity checkboxes and drop-down list boxes, as well as a Web Search checkbox, to the New Prompt dialog box. [P]

New Macro Features [P]

  • Added the TextLength property to the Selection object.

Plug-in New Features [P]

  • Added the EE_GET_SEL_LENGTH message and the Editor_GetSelLength inline function.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed an issue where a response to the “Do you want to terminate the current tool job?” message box was not respected.
  • Fixed a certain issue related to the WordComplete plug-in. [P]

Notes

  • [P] EmEditor Professional only
  • [PF] EmEditor Professional and EmEditor Free
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EmEditor v26.0 preview released

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This message contains changelog regarding v26.0 preview. The information is being updated as more preview versions are released.

Please see New in Version 26.0 for screenshots.

Please contact us for any questions or comments. Thank you for trying EmEditor preview!

To update

If you use the installer version, please select Customize Update Checker on the Help menu, and set the Include preview versions in order to update automatically to future preview versions. Preview versions can also be downloaded at Previous versions.

preview 1 (25.9.901) – January 26, 2026

New General Features

  • You can now add both folders and files to Favorites. [PF]
  • The Markdown Bold/Italic/Code command now works even when no text is selected. [P]
  • The Undo/Redo History dialog has been replaced with a custom bar. [PF]
  • The Insert Special Character dialog has been replaced with a custom bar, with improvements including a larger, color font and filtering by Unicode name and block. [PF]
  • The Character Code Value dialog has been improved with a larger font and color support. [PF]
  • Improved awkward English, German, and Japanese UI text. [PF]
  • Discontinued the Russian UI in v25.4. [PF]

New Options

  • Added the Add Folder button to the Favorites page of the Customize dialog box. [PF]
  • Added gpt-5.2 and gpt-5.2.codex to the Preferred Model drop-down list in the AI Options page of the Customize dialog box (this feature requires the Chat with AI plugin). [P]

Plug-in New Features [P]

  • Added the file search feature for Chat with AI, allowing you to upload files to use in chat.
  • Added the search feature for Chat with AI to search for chat messages.
  • Improved the performance of the commit list in CommitList.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed an issue where entering an OpenAI API key in the AI Options page of the Customize dialog could trigger an error message and prevent the key from being saved.

preview 3 (25.9.903) – February 2, 2026

  • Improved the speed of various operations including Opening a large file containing no newlines (one-line file).
  • Fixed partial comparision issues.

Notes

[PF] EmEditor Professional and EmEditor Free

[P] EmEditor Professional only