Window order changing

connorsadler · Post by **connorsadler** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:49 pm

Hi,

Just upgraded from 4.something to 5.2.0.

I always have my TODO list open in Textpad as the first document, so I can get to it with ALT + W -> 1.
However, this no longer works in the new release as it keeps reordering the documents / windows so "1" is always the last one you've visited.

Is there any way to change this?

TIA,

Connor

connorsadler · Post by **connorsadler** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:55 pm

PS I upgrade from 4.7.3 because the scroll position of my TODO list was bizarrely changing on its own (scrolling to a random part of the file).
This happened when I switched to another TP document and used it, then switched back to my TODO list.

connorsadler · Post by **connorsadler** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:03 pm

Do the developers have any comments on this?
Is it a bug or is the change deliberate?

I've gone back to version 4.7.3 because of this.

Thanks,

Connor

Post by **helios** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:10 pm

The current behaviour for document ordering under the Window menu in TextPad 5.2, conforms to the default behaviour for the Windows MDI.

connorsadler · Post by **connorsadler** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:45 pm

Fair enough and thanks for the answer, I assume you just pick up on some standard MS functionality / API ?

However dont you think its a bit counter-intuitive?

e.g. If I use Word 2003 (NOTE: not MDI but hey!) to open one.doc then two.doc, the Word window menu always shows 1=one.doc and 2=two.doc.
I thought this was the whole point of the Window menu?
Another thing Microsoft have broken or fiddled with?

EDIT: Scratch that (ish). Word orders the docs in document name order, it just happens that one < two alphabetically. Argh.

Cheers,

Connor