Preference property list bug in TextPad 5.4

martinm · Post by **martinm** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:07 am

The "improved" preference property lists in TextPad 5.4 are unusable when running on Windows XP with the desktop theme set to Windows Classic.
Instead of displaying checkboxes and radio buttons only grey bars are displayed.

Post by **MudGuard** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:20 am

I can confirm this - see

I am also running XP with classic theme.

Post by **MudGuard** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:24 am

same problem with Windows 7 and Classic view

miked · Post by **miked** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:53 pm

I can confirm this problem too.

Also it is still easy to loose the find / replace dialogue boxes off the side off the desktop. (Which has annoyed me for years)

laila22 · Post by **laila22** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:09 am

Same situation here,
Looking forward for some suggestions.
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ACRobin · Post by **ACRobin** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:15 am

For information all fine on my copy of XP classic view and windows 7 64bit.

helios · Post by **helios** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:28 am

Thanks for reporting the Preferences dialog bug. We will fix ASAP.

If miked or anyone else loses a dialog box outside of the normal range of the screen, you can recover it as follows:

1. Press the keyboard shortcut for the relevant dialog box.
2. Press Alt+Space to open the window menu.
3. Press M to select Move.
4. Use the up and left arrow keys to move the dialog back onto the screen.
5. Press Enter when it is in the desired location.

DSPinFPGA · Post by **DSPinFPGA** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 1:43 pm

On w2k virtual machine, all settings classic (NT look and feel), 5.4 works as expected.
On xp32 host machine, all settings classic (NT look and feel), 5.4 exhibits the same problematic check boxes.

Hope this helps.

Lee Juses11 · Post by **Lee Juses11** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:04 am

Thanks for the details guys,
Very advantage here in my part.
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bgclarke · Post by **bgclarke** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:42 pm

Same issue with Textpad 5.4 on Vista Enterprise SP2 (32-bit) with Classic View. Works fine using Aero.

Ulf · Post by **Ulf** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 1:48 pm

The same problem with Windows XP SP3 (32-bit) and classic view!

kengrubb · Post by **kengrubb** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 6:24 pm

I'm running XP SP3.

Turn on Theme Service:

Right Click My Computer
Click Manage
Click Applications & Services
Click Services
Scroll down the right hand side until you see Theme Service

Then choose a Theme:

Right Click Desktop
Click Properties
Click Themes Tab
Choose a Theme

You may need to Browse to .theme files, which are perhaps located in C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes

Can't say that I'm enthused about Themes, but it works.

nvj1662 · Post by **nvj1662** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:18 am

I just updated to TP 541 that solves the problem for me - XP3 "Classic".

Jiri · Post by **Jiri** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:29 am

nvj1662 wrote:I just updated to TP 541 ...

and how to get TP 541?

miked · Post by **miked** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:16 pm

Found it here http://www.textpad.com/download/v54/txpeng541.exe

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