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I can successfully set and unset the regex flag with the new Search>RegexSet and RegexClear commands (via key-commands I assigned to them), but I can only do this when the find-dialog is closed.

When the dialog is opened and I use these same key-commands, I'm only getting dings, as if I'm trying to type something but there's a modal dialog I haven't dismissed. I've tried this with different key-commands, too, with the same result.

Is this the intention of these new commands? Or have I uncovered a little bug?

Thanks!

Does it depend on whether the Find dialog is focused?
Or does it depend only on it being opened?

(while it is focused, Alt-E is the key to toggle Regex)

They work as long as the find dialog is not focused on--even if the dialog is open. They do not work when the dialog is open and focused.

This is disappointing. I sort of feel like this is a bug. Or SHOULD be a bug, and it SHOULD work when it's open and focused.

It makes automating TextPad via scripts significantly more tricky. SETTING and UNSETTING a flag is very different than TOGGLING it. Scripts are obviously more reliable when they can explicitly set and unset. With toggling, I have to explicitly ask the user to verify the flag state before proceeding...since there's no way to programatically know.

Having to close the dialog to (reliably) change flags is also a hassle, because now, whatever text is selected in the document will be put into the find-what dialog when it's reopened.

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Dear Helios: Please consider making these commands work when the find dialog is open and focused. Thank you.

My guess is that when the dialog is focussed, Windows takes over and controls which key combinations are active - and these are (at least partially) defined by the underlined characters in the checkbox/button labels ...

The key commands only work in the document proper. Not in any dialogs. I wish the documentation was clearer, but this seems to be standard Windows thing.