'find' form missing

[lv44lv]

when i hit ctrl-f or click the find icon, the focus shifts but the find form does not appear. i suspect it is opening off screen somewhere. this started happening after a windows update.
win 7 pro 64, textpad 5.4

[MudGuard]

As always ...

Press Alt+Space, click on "move" in the appearing menu, press one of the 4 arrow keys.

Now the missing window is attached to the mouse pointer.

Move to where you want to have the window and click.


(this is standard windows behaviour)

[lv44lv]

i hit ctrl+f and the textpad window loses focus then nothing happens when i click alt+space, but windows makes a bong sound.

[AmigoJack]

when i hit ctrl-f ... the find form does not appear

It cannot, since CTRL+F only finds the next occurance (or bring up a "not found" dialog). If you want the search dialog then press F5.

However, in both cases the ALT+SPACE should still work to get a window's system menu - if Windows gives you a sound then please assure you're not doing something wrong (i.e. pressing ALTGR+SPACE or only pressing SPACE...)

[MudGuard]

when i hit ctrl-f ... the find form does not appear

It cannot, since CTRL+F only finds the next occurance

that depends on settings (Configure -> Preferences -> Editor -> Keystroke Compatibility). If set to "Microsoft Applications", Ctrl-F will open the Find dialog (or, if a custom binding has been done ...)