There are two strongly related question in the SE network, which are slightly outdated:

• is there an autosave function/plugin for notepad++? from StackOverflow SE
• Any way to have Notepad++ automatically save on exit from SuperUser SE

These answers lists two autosave plugins (which are easily found in Notepad++ Plugin Central):

• Autosave2 by www.scout-soft.com — Autosaves by creating a copy of the file at given time interval. In this particular context not so useful
• Autosave by Franco Stellari — Option available to configure autosave on timed intervals or when notepad++ looses focus

Picture displaying the new option dialog window (from version v1.20 2010-07-16) regarding autosave on loss of focus (see first option):

This new functionality of Autosave by Franco Stellari regarding autosave on loss of focus, should handle your usercase just fine.

There are two strongly related question in the SE network, which are slightly outdated:

• is there an autosave function/plugin for notepad++? from StackOverflow SE
• Any way to have Notepad++ automatically save on exit from SuperUser SE

These answers lists two autosave plugins (which are easily found in Notepad++ Plugin Central):

• Autosave2 by www.scout-soft.com — Autosaves by creating a copy of the file at given time interval. In this particular context not so useful
• Autosave by Franco Stellari — Option available to configure autosave on timed intervals or when notepad++ looses focus

Picture displaying the new option dialog window (from version v1.20 2010-07-16) regarding autosave on loss of focus (see first option):

This new functionality of Autosave by Franco Stellari regarding autosave on loss of focus, should handle your usercase just fine.

There are two strongly related question in the SE network, which are slightly outdated:

• is there an autosave function/plugin for notepad++? from StackOverflow SE
• Any way to have Notepad++ automatically save on exit from SuperUser SE

These answers lists two autosave plugins (which are easily found in Notepad++ Plugin Central):

• Autosave2 by www.scout-soft.com — Autosaves by creating a copy of the file at given time interval. In this particular context not so useful
• Autosave by Franco Stellari — Option available to configure autosave on timed intervals or when notepad++ looses focus

Picture displaying the new option dialog window (from version v1.20 2010-07-16) regarding autosave on loss of focus (see first option):

This new functionality of Autosave by Franco Stellari regarding autosave on loss of focus, should handle your usercase just fine.

There are two strongly related question in the SE network, which are slightly outdated:

• is there an autosave function/plugin for notepad++? from StackOverflow SE
• Any way to have Notepad++ automatically save on exit from SuperUser SE

These answers lists two autosave plugins (which are easily found in Notepad++ Plugin Central):

• Autosave2 by www.scout-soft.com — Autosaves by creating a copy of the file at given time interval. In this particular context not so useful
• Autosave by Franco Stellari — Option available to configure autosave on timed intervals or when notepad++ looses focus

Picture displaying the new option dialog window (from version v1.20 2010-07-16) regarding autosave on loss of focus (see first option):

This new functionality of Autosave by Franco Stellari regarding autosave on loss of focus, should handle your usercase just fine.