It is simple to use and starts up quickly, while still containing essential features, being an ideal lightweight text editor that can be used for development despite its lightness.
Leafpad allows to perform basic text operations, including unlimited undo/redo and drag-and-drop. It automatically detects codeset, but you can also change it manually. It can create automatic indents and display line numbers, which is useful for programming. You can also print text from this app.
Leafpad main window consists of text box and menu bar. The File menu allows to open, save, and print file or create blank document. Edit menu allows to perform basic operations like undoing, redoing, copying, pasting, and deleting. In the Search menu find and replace options are available. In Options, you can change font, enable word wrapping, line numbering, and automatic creating of indents.
