Unable to see Data in the Notepad++
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Thanks for the help, my issue got resolved after removing the appdate and also the notepad++ plugins folder in C drive and reinstalling Notepad++ again.
Well, that was rather mysterious. For those landing on this forum thread with a similar or “me too” issue I believe it would have helped greatly had the original screenshot also included Notepad++'s status bar much like the screenshot I had posted above in this forum thread. The status bar has useful information that likely would have provided clues about what was happening.
As the original screen shot was cropped we were also missing a hint on where the caret or text cursor was. Its location is noted on the status bar but also should have been visible as a line with a gray background instead of the usual white.
When I made my screenshot I had grabbed the “handle in the lower-right” corner of Notepad++ and dragged the size so that things looked nice. However, I failed to notice that had I shrunk Notepad++'s width enough that the leftmost field of the status bar had disappeared. I should have made it a bit wider so that all of the status bar fields are visible.
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Hello, I just had the same issue in Win 11. I tried uninstalling, deleting folders, etc. After reinstalling I could see the text OK, until I resized the window, then nothing again. N++ was working fine yesterday. Today I installed Mozilla Thunderbird [because MS will not accept that I am NOT going to use Outlook! instead of Mail :( ]. I uninstalled Thunderbird, but still no change. The only way I could get N++ working again on my machine was a system restore. I’d rather N++ than the email :)
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Can you share your ? menu’s Debug Info? Because I’ve been using Notepad++ v8.7 since it was released, and I’ve frequently resized the window on both Win10 and Win11, and have never had the text color magically switch to white when it resizes.
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@PeterJones as below. This is the working version now again sorry, not the version that the text, etc wasn’t visible
Notepad++ v8.6.7 (64-bit)
Build time : May 12 2024 - 20:04:00
Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line : “C:”
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
Cloud Config : OFF
Periodic Backup : ON
OS Name : Windows 11 Home (64-bit)
OS Version : 23H2
OS Build : 22631.4317
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins :
mimeTools (3.1)
NppConverter (4.6)
NppExport (0.4) -
@PeterJones Also, I don’t think it was just the text being white? see the line numbers, etc was also blank. And the screengrab with the scroll bars, Even when I opened a new or another file, the screen within the “textbox” didn’t change, it was frozen. Then if I closed and reopened the program, the previously opened files would just be white only.
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@Goff-Fred said in Unable to see Data in the Notepad++:
This is the working version now again sorry, not the version that the text, etc wasn’t visible
Well, that makes it more difficult to help you, because the Debug Info on the version you are having with could be more informative to someone than the Debug Info on the version that’s working for you. But assuming the v8.7 that you were having difficulty with had the same plugins, and other settings (other than just the version), I am not seeing anything that triggers an idea for me.
Maybe someone else will have ideas, or debug steps. (But if someone does ask you for more information, unless they tell you otherwise, they mean for v8.7 which you are having difficulty with, not for the older copy that you’re not.)
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Thank you @Goff-Fred. Those screen shots were helpful. I’m fascinated and puzzled by the bottom one. I had always thought that files/tabs were always “full screen” within the Notepad application. Your Notepad++ seems to have a windowed look within the application though it’s also only showing one open tab. I’m wondering if you are using either a Notepad++ plugin or an external application to allow multiple document windows within Notepad++.
This is the screen shot I’m writing about:
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Hello there.
I have the same issue as @Goff-Fred, when using the installed npp 8.7.7 .
If I use the portable version of npp 8.7 , everything seems to be fine -
@mkupper said:
I’m wondering if you are using either a Notepad++ plugin
His debug info showed no odd plugins…
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@Goff-Fred said in Unable to see Data in the Notepad++:
Command Line : “C:”
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I noticed this debug info cmdline param - if I’m not mistaken, it means that the OP tried to open all the files on the C: drive in N++!Anyway, because it’s about graphics, I’d try to play with the Preferences > MISC. > DirectWrite checkbox setting.
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@xomx This fixed it for me. Thank you!!!
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I’ve noticed that I only have the issue on my secondary display.
On the primary display of my laptop, the data/file contests are displayed properly:
On the secondary display , the data gets “lost” :
Hope it helps
