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Hello Support,

Thank you for your reply, your solution worked like a charm and light gray has done the trick.

Most of my applications use the Windows XP color scheme so the gray should not be a problem.

Thank you again,

Michael Gordon

Hello Support,

I am currently editing over 100 html files and when I have severl files loaded into the Document Selector window It is almost impossible to tell which document was last selected.

When I click on a document I get a nice dark blue highlight behing the document name, however when I go ...

Hello Robin,

Thank you for the tip, I used part of your suggestion and applied a shot-in-the-dark approach to resolve my problem.

When I opened a new blank document from the menu I had a background color I did not like, using the preferences for default documents did not resolve the problem, but ...

BBadmin,

Thank you for your very timely support. I have been trying to get my TextPad 5.03 to go back to the docked document selector and clip library for three weeks. Getting over eager with the mouse undocked both tools and I was wasting time trying to work the old way.

Thanks again for your ...

Ben,

Thank you for trying. Maybe someone else will come across this thread and have an answer.

Thanks again,

Michael

Yes to both questions.

The "New Blank Document" opened from the tool bar icon "New Document" opens with a bright white background.

Michael

When I save an open document in .html and then reopen that document the edit window is the background color I set in Preferences/Document Classes/HTML.

The problem is in the New Document. Since we cannot attach screen shots here I will explain the procedure.

1. Open TextPad and the default window ...

To better clarify the problem, when I open a new blank document and enter some code, or text and save it as .html the background color of the edit window remains white, not the darker shade I set in the default document classes.

To restate the question, is there a way to force TextPad to open a new ...

I have recently purchased a new HP w2007 flat panel monitor and the new display is much brighter than the older CRT monitor. I have tried every method I can think of to change the edit window background color to a darker tint to ease the reading of code I am entering into the edit window, but have ...

Update.

The problem has been resolved 99%.

TextPad now will send the open HTML document through the Apache server and open SeaMonkey to review all server side functions.

The cure was to uninstall Internet Explorer 7 and revert back to IE 6, then use System Restore to restore Windows XP Pro sr2 ...

Todays problem may not be directly related to TextPad, but TextPad lost an extremely important function today.

I use TextPad in combination with my Apache Server on Windows XP sr2 with all the latest updates as of yesterday.

I have a root folder for all web sites and TextPad is able to open all ...

Please try implementing the following procedure:

Arrange your "My Documents" folder in Explorer, in alphabetical order, by clicking on "Name". It won't work, if you try doing this from within a dialog box in TextPad.

Next: From the Explorer Tools menu choose:

1. Folder options
2. View
3. From ...

This is a Windows Dialog, controlled by the OS, not by TextPad.

Change the Dialog View to Details.
Sort by names, ascending order.
Change the Dialog View to List.

Hello Bob,

Thank you for your quick reply.

I, also thought this was a MS Windows function in sorting folders and files, but using ...

Sometime over the past few weeks TextPad began opening the "Open Files Dialog Box" with a random sort order.

If I perform the following tasks.
1. Open TextPad from a Windows XP Pro desktop icon.
2. In the TextPad "Common Menu" Open File.
A Windows type dialog box opens displaying all the folders ...

TextPad 4.6.2

In my previous TP version I was able to have the line the cursor was resting on highlighted in a slightly darker shade than the edit screen color.

According to the release notes the Current Line Highlighting was introduced in 4.7.0. (see http://www.textpad.com/support/relnotes.html ...