v 9.3.1 context menu

[lontjr]

{Just as an aside, on this forum, what happens when you choose "Save Draft"? My draft I saved on this topic is nowhere to be found. Sure, it could be me, but I looked everywhere, even behind the dryer where my socks are. So, I'm retyping it}

Ok, previous versions, config item "context menu" is on, target file (*.txt) is in the Associated Files list.

8.1.10 - from Windows File Explorer or Q-Dir (Quad Directory Explorer, which I think uses the same interface):

• left double click on the file, file opens a new instance of TextPad, file is opened in it
• right click on the file, context menu shows a choice of TextPad instances to open

9.3.1 - from Explorer or Q-Dir:

• left double click on file opens the file in the "first" TextPad instance. Not the most recently active instance, but the first one opened.
• right click opens in context menu, opens in new TextPad instance.

I really like the previous behaviour, it was very convenient to be able to choose what instance I was opening the file in.

Note: like other config items, I've learned: you open TextPad raw, no files, make the change, then close. Don't have T/P instances hanging around at the time. This is standard Windows behaviour. Windows actually doesn't like you opening other apps while it's thinking...

[AmigoJack]

In phpBB (this board software) you find your drafts in UCP > Overview > Manage drafts. Click on your username with avatar on the top right to see a menu with a link to the User Control Panel (UCP), which also contains other vital settings.

[bbadmin]

This is the expected behaviour of TextPad 9 when opening files from Windows File Explorer:

• Double click associated file: opens in first instance.
• Right click and choose Open with TextPad: opens in new instance.
• When more than one instance is running, Open in TextPad Session opens in the selected instance.

See this topic, if you always want files opened in a new instance.