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Hi! First post here, so let me say that I love Textpad, I think it's a great tool that I use to accomplish lots of different tasks.

I use textpad as sort of a bulk data manipulator or even as a temporary scratch pad because it allows me organize different temporary information that I may need to copy and paste multiple times. So about 75% of the time that I'm using Textpad, I'm using a document that never actually gets saved to a file. So it would be nice to be able to rename the document, or I guess in this case rename the tab, from the default "Document#" to something more meaningful. Right now the only way I can do this is to save the document with the name that I want, which I end up having remember to delete later on or else I have a lot of file clutter. Just a thought. Thanks!

Does File/Rename not work for you?

No. TextPad will not let you rename an unsaved unnamed document.

I'd be happy with either the ability to rename an unsaved document on the fly, or have a prompt or something come up when creating a new file that asks me for a filename that defaults to "Document #" like it does now. I'm not picky

Could this be used as a work around?

You could use a naming convention like ~temp_1.txt, ~temp_2.txt, etc.

Than make a batch file that deletes all files named ~temp_*.txt. Call the batch file with a tool added to the tools menu.

So, you work with your files, give them quick SaveAs ~temp_n.txt. When all done, run the tool to delete the temp files.

Or you can modifiy the shortcut that starts TextPad to start with a batch file, and put the delete command in the batch file to run when TextPad closes.

Both good suggestions. I'm actually doing something similar right now. Not quite as one-step as your suggestions, but it uses a batch file. It's not something that is a major enhancement request that would make or break whether I use Textpad or not. It's just a minor suggestion that I thought I'd toss out in the enhancement suggestions area. Thanks for the work around ideas