Notepad++ v8 Release Candidate

Alan Kilborn · May 19, 2021, 1:00 PM

@donho said in Notepad++ v8 Release Candidate:

You can tune “Distraction Free” in “Margin/Border/Edge” of Preferences dialog to make the display zone wider.

Yes, but even setting Distraction Free Padding to its maximum value of 9 IMO there is still a lot of “wasted” space on the left and right in a file with long lines. Maybe like 25% of the vertical size of the window is not used.

+ shouldn’t disappear. Could you provide the instructions to reproduce this bug please?

I was going to say I could not because I didn’t know how to repro it, but in having the Prefs window up while in DFM and adjusting Distraction Free Padding value dynamically I see the + box has disappeared from the upper right:

@dinkumoil said:

I guess the current state of dark mode will not really excite fans of this UI paradigm.

On the contrary, I like it a whole lot, so far. :-)
Anyway, it can rarely be hit 100% with the first try.
Great work whomever the big “dark mode” developer is.

donho · May 19, 2021, 5:49 PM

@Alan-Kilborn said in Notepad++ v8 Release Candidate:

Yes, but even setting Distraction Free Padding to its maximum value of 9 IMO there is still a lot of “wasted” space on the left and right in a file with long lines. Maybe like 25% of the vertical size of the window is not used.

Putting the text in the middle of the screen is the whole point of Distraction Free mode. Let’s see if other users want to decrease more the padding of 2 sides then I’ll adapt it.

I was going to say I could not because I didn’t know how to repro it, but in having the Prefs window up while in DFM and adjusting Distraction Free Padding value dynamically I see the + box has disappeared from the upper right:

Just try it, cannot reproduce it. Next time when it happen, you may check the + box on the 2nd monitor.

BTW, I just made Notepad++ crash by switching to Distraction Free mode + Dark mode. The culprit is HexEditor plugin. After removing HexEditor plugin, the crash is gone - just FYI.

Alan Kilborn · May 19, 2021, 1:06 PM

@donho said in Notepad++ v8 Release Candidate:

Putting the text in the middle of the screen is the whole point of Distraction Free mode

Hmm, IMO the point of a “distraction free mode” would be to eliminate “distractions” and let me focus on my text. Something that gets in the way of that, e.g. such whitespace, is a distraction in itself, because my text is obscured.

Sure, it’s your product, I’ve just been hoping for such a feature for a long time, and to get it and have my feeling be “OK, I tried it, now I’ll never use it because it isn’t useful” is somewhat of a downer.

Alan Kilborn · May 19, 2021, 1:24 PM

@donho said in Notepad++ v8 Release Candidate:

Just try it, cannot reproduce it. Next time when it happen, you may check the + box on the 2nd monitor.

I found a reliable repro, at least for me:

assign shortcut to DFM (I chose Shift+F12)
open Preferences window and leave it open
return to editing work in a tab
invoke DFM via the shortcut (once in DFM the + box does not appear)
use the shortcut to toggle in and out of DFM a few times (when in DFM the + never appears)
close the Preferenes window
invoke DFM via the shortcut (once in DFM the + box appears just fine)
use the shortcut to toggle in and out of DFM a few times (when in DFM the + appears just fine, every time)

I checked all monitors when it happens; nothing like + appears on them when this bug occurs.

Note: DFM = Distraction Free Mode

Michael Vincent · May 19, 2021, 1:44 PM

@Alan-Kilborn said in Notepad++ v8 Release Candidate:

I found a reliable repro, at least for me:

I tried and can’t reproduce. I’m using Shift-F11 as shortcut. I only have a single laptop monitor - no external display, with settings:

Cheers.

donho · May 19, 2021, 2:48 PM

@Michael-Vincent said in Notepad++ v8 Release Candidate:

I tried and can’t reproduce. I’m using Shift-F11 as shortcut. I only have a single laptop monitor - no external display, with settings:

@Alan-Kilborn I cannot reproduce either as @Michael-Vincent did (also only single laptop screen) - I assign the shortcut to F9 to DFM.

Artur Harison · May 19, 2021, 7:53 PM

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donho · May 19, 2021, 10:37 PM

@Artur-Harison

Be civilized please and remove all your plugins, then restore one by one for identifying the incompatible plugin.
More your report is accurate, more we can help you.

Artur Harison · May 19, 2021, 11:36 PM

@donho Sorry if it seemed rude. ))
Thanks for your work!
I can only share my impressions and remarks.
I think Dark Mode needs in options of customization.
1 - Need add option Disable toggling text Style
2 - Need add option Disable toggling icons
3 - When switching Mode, need make reverted to previous style, not by deafault.
4 - Replace Black on Dark fill. Or neutral gray.
Black nobody uses! )))
As an example: Photoshop, 3dsMax, XYplorer, Blender 2.9x.
Thanks again for big great update.

Artur Harison · May 19, 2021, 11:49 PM

Bug of Dark Mode:
Text of inactive tab is not readable.

Alan Kilborn · May 20, 2021, 12:27 AM

@Artur-Harison said in Notepad++ v8 Release Candidate:

Text of inactive tab is not readable.

Seems readable to me:

The problem with saying something like “Text of inactive tab is not readable” without showing some sort of substantiating picture is that it is hard to take you seriously.

Michael Vincent · May 20, 2021, 1:57 AM

@donho said in Notepad++ v8 Release Candidate:

Enjoy!

Small “bug” with switching to/from Dark Mode. I have Preferences => General => Alternate icons enabled for the tab icons (e.g., saved, edited, etc.) Now, switch to dark mode. The tab icons no longer show; however, they are still “checked”:

Checking and unchecking the “Alternate icons” checkbox makes them appear.

Cheers.

Dark Samus · May 20, 2021, 7:43 AM

I just hate dark mode…

Please remove it or make it optional while installation.

But i want to know how you able to implement that dark UI in win32API???
Its impressive.

Artur Harison · May 20, 2021, 8:25 AM

@Alan-Kilborn

Ekopalypse · May 20, 2021, 10:42 AM

I can also confirm the behavior reported by @Michael-Vincent with the alternative icons under Windows 7.
The others, the lack of the close button in DF mode and not being able to read inactive tabs in dark mode, do not occur here.
@donho and all involved, thanks for both features, I love them already.

Edit: Forgot to mention, I do have a multi-monitor setup.

Michael Vincent · May 20, 2021, 10:54 AM

@Artur-Harison

Seems you are using a custom theme (as opposed to DarkModeDefault)? That’s on you to adjust the Settings => Style Configurator… => Inactive tabs => Foreground colour. I too use a custom theme with Dark Mode enabled, and I had to make a few minor adjustments to my theme colors so they would look good in Dark Mode as well as with Dark Mode disabled so I can switch back and forth and not need to change my theme / theme colors.

Cheers.

Michael Vincent · May 20, 2021, 10:59 AM

@Michael-Vincent said in Notepad++ v8 Release Candidate:

Small “bug” with switching to/from Dark Mode

Also seems that when restarting Notepad++ in Dark Mode, even after the “correction” to show alternate tab icons, they are not shown on restart - even though they are checked in Preferences.

Cheers.