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## Virtual Space

When editing a text document in Notepad++, there is potentially a blank area beyond the end of each line, which has no characters (not even space characters) in the document, because it's passed the end-of-line characters. By default, if you tried to click in that empty space, the caret (typing cursor) would move to the end of the line, instead of being placed where you clicked. However, if you enabled **[Settings > Preferences > Editing 1](../preferences/#editing-1) > `☐ Enable virtual space`**, then if you clicked in that empty space, Notepad++ would place the caret there, beyond the end of the line; if you then typed some text, Notepad++ would fill the empty space between the end of the line and the caret with spaces, and the text you typed would go after those spaces. (The Virtual Space feature was added in Notepad++ v8.4.3, so if you have an older Notepad++, you would need to upgrade to use this feature.)
When editing a text document in Notepad++, there is potentially a blank area beyond the end of each line, which has no characters (not even space characters), because it's past the end-of-line characters. By default, if you tried to click in that empty space, the caret (typing cursor) would move to the end of the line, instead of being placed where you clicked. However, if you enabled **[Settings > Preferences > Editing 1](../preferences/#editing-1) > `☐ Enable virtual space`**, then if you clicked in that empty space, Notepad++ would place the caret there, beyond the end of the line; if you then typed some text, Notepad++ would fill the empty space between the end of the line and the caret with spaces, and the text you typed would go after those spaces. (The Virtual Space feature was added in Notepad++ v8.4.3, so if you have an older Notepad++, you would need to upgrade to use this feature.)

This Virtual Space feature, however, does not influence blank space beyond the last line of the document: if you have fewer lines on your document than your screen allows, or if you enabled **[Settings > Preferences > Editing 1](../preferences/#editing-1) > `☐ Enable scrolling beyond last line`**, there could be empty space visible below the last numbered line in the Notepad++ document. However, whatever the state of the Virtual Space option, if you click in the empty space below the last line, the caret will just go to the last line, and you cannot access any Virtual Space there -- so you cannot click a few lines below the end and start typing, and have Notepad++ fill in with blank lines or spaces. (You could, however, just hit <kbd>Enter</kbd> from the end of the last line, and you will then be able to continue your document into what used to be empty space.)

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