Is there an existing issue for this?

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Is the issue reproducible in Notepad++ without plugin?

• I have tried Notepad++ without plugin

Is the issue reproducible in portable version of Notepad++?

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Does the issue affect SciTE?

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Description of the Issue

Previously, to specify Notepad++ context menu shortcuts, a simple tab between the shortcut text and the shortcut itself was enough to right-align them. Now, this only creates a single space.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Use a custom "contextMenu.xml" file like:
   <NotepadPlus>
<ScintillaContextMenu>
<Item MenuEntryName="Edit" MenuItemName="Cut" ItemNameAs="Couper Ctrl+X" /><!-- tabulation before shortcut in ItemNameAs -->
<Item MenuEntryName="Edit" MenuItemName="Copy" ItemNameAs="Copier Ctrl+C" />
<Item MenuEntryName="Edit" MenuItemName="Paste" ItemNameAs="Coller Ctrl+V" />
<Item MenuEntryName="Edit" MenuItemName="Delete" ItemNameAs="Supprimer Suppr" />
<Item MenuEntryName="Edit" MenuItemName="Select all" ItemNameAs="Sélectionner tout Ctrl+A" />
</ScintillaContextMenu>
</NotepadPlus>
2. Restart Notepad++
3. Right Click on window to show context Menu (in notepad++)

Current Behavior

Before all shortcut were aligned to the right (one tabulation = right align)

Expected Behavior

Now all are just separate by one space form the Item Name (one tabulation = one space only)

Debug Information

Notepad++ v8.9.1   (64-bit)
Build time: Jan 18 2026 - 22:45:31
Scintilla/Lexilla included: 5.5.8/5.4.6
Boost Regex included: 1_90
pugixml included: 1.15
nlohmann JSON included: 3.12.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line: 
Admin mode: OFF
Local Conf mode: OFF
Cloud Config: C:\Users\Username\OneDrive\Applications\Notepad++
Periodic Backup: OFF
Placeholders: OFF
Scintilla Rendering Mode: SC_TECHNOLOGY_DIRECTWRITE (1)
Multi-instance Mode: monoInst
asNotepad: OFF
File Status Auto-Detection: cdEnabledNew (for current file/tab only)
Dark Mode: ON
Display Info:
    primary monitor: 1920x1080, scaling 100%
    visible monitors count: 3
    installed Display Class adapters: 
        0000: Description - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
        0000: DriverVersion - 32.0.15.9186
        0001: Description - AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics
        0001: DriverVersion - 32.0.21030.2001
OS Name: Windows 11 Home (64-bit)
OS Version: 25H2
OS Build: 26200.7705
Current ANSI codepage: 1252
Plugins: 
    CodeAlignmentNpp (14.1.107)
    DSpellCheck (1.5)
    mimeTools (3.1)
    NppConverter (4.7)
    NppExport (0.4)
    Remove Duplicate Lines (1.3)
    XMLTools (3.1.1.13)
    _CustomizeToolbar (5.3)

Anything else?

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