EmEditor v26.1 preview released
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preview 1 (26.0.901) – March 11, 2026
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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
