Save_as dialog broken in TextPad v5.4 on Vista?

Simon Tortike · Post by **Simon Tortike** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:57 am

I am running Vista and installed TextPad v5.4 yesterday. My save-as dialog no longer functions properly - the bounding box can be resized but the contents are not, so buttons and filenames can be lost. The resizer triangle on the bottom right of the dialog does not usually sit correctly when it is first opened, either.

I have rebooted since this problem manifested itself, but with no improvement.

ak47wong · Post by **ak47wong** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:22 pm

This seems to be a bug with the way TextPad handles the Open and Save As dialogs in Vista. The dialogs don't resize their contents unless they're closed and reopened.

To fix the problem you're experiencing, click the Browse Folders button at the bottom left of the dialog, then close the dialog and reopen it. And don't click the Hide Folders button!

I've found that these dialogs exhibit this problem:

File -> Open
File -> Save As
Edit -> Insert -> Files

But these ones seem to work correctly:

File -> Workspace -> Open
File -> Workspace -> Save As
File -> Manage Files -> Browse
Tools -> Compare Files -> ...
Tools -> Run -> Browse
Configure -> Preferences -> Tools -> Add -> Program

ak47wong · Post by **ak47wong** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:47 pm

This bug has not been fixed in 5.4.2. Below are screenshots from Vista SP2 with Windows Aero UI:

Invoke the Open dialog, then resize it:

Invoke the Save As dialog, then click Hide Folders:

Re-open the Save As dialog, then click Browse Folders:

mystafer · Post by **mystafer** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:41 pm

I'm seeing the same issue in Windows Vista with version 6.1.3

Is there any fix to this?

ak47wong · Post by **ak47wong** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:10 pm

No, they've known about this for two years and obviously aren't interested in fixing it.