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This is a copy of an old topic but with a poll in the correct format.

When viewing a file that is frequently updated (e.g. web server log file), TextPad brings up a message box saying, "Another application has updated file <file name> Reload it?"

The problem is: When you click No, it appears again 3 seconds later.

This dialog should have a third button or check box that you can check or uncheck that prevents it from appearing again.

I joined this forum to suggest much the same thing.

At present, "when files are modified by another process", you can choose:
Prompt
Auto-Reload
Ignore

I use "Prompt" because sometimes I want to reload and sometimes not. But: when, for a given file, I get such a prompt, I usually want that behaviour to continue for that session. Thus the dialogue should have four buttons:
"Reload" (reload this time; but prompt again)
"Ignore" (don't reload; but prompt again)
"Always Reload" (but dont bother me again)
"Always Ignore" (dont reload & dont bother me again)

Even better would be to associate the default behaviour with different file types. For example, you might want to ignore changes made in the background to an .SQL file you are editing; but a changed .LOG file to be automatically reloaded. And, for .TXT files, you might want to be prompted, as above.

I just reread Codebase's post.

Instead of four buttons, a checkbox ("Remember this answer for this file") supplementing the existing two buttons would work fine to.

I just logged into the forum to suggest this same enhancement. How can I make it known that this is a desired feature? How does helios decide which enhancements to offer? This one seems pretty simple, from a programming point of view.....

There is the list updated every so often that ranks requested features compliments of Jeffy. You might want to scroll to the end of it.

Turing wrote:I just reread Codebase's post.

Instead of four buttons, a checkbox ("Remember this answer for this file") supplementing the existing two buttons would work fine to.

I cast my vote in that general direction. Also, if it were possible to use TP's regex/search feature to highlight text as the file was "tailed," that'd be great!