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    • donhoD
      donho @Michael Vincent
      last edited by

      @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.

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      • Artur HarisonA
        Artur Harison
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        This post is deleted!
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        • donhoD
          donho @Artur Harison
          last edited by

          @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.

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          • Artur HarisonA
            Artur Harison
            last edited by Artur Harison

            @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.

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            • Artur HarisonA
              Artur Harison
              last edited by

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

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              • Alan KilbornA
                Alan Kilborn @Artur Harison
                last edited by

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

                Text of inactive tab is not readable.

                Seems readable to me:

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                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.

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                • Michael VincentM
                  Michael Vincent @donho
                  last edited by

                  @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”:

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

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                  Cheers.

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                  • Dark SamusD
                    Dark Samus
                    last edited by

                    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.

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                    • Artur HarisonA
                      Artur Harison
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                      @Alan-Kilborn
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                      • EkopalypseE
                        Ekopalypse
                        last edited by Ekopalypse

                        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.

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                        • Michael VincentM
                          Michael Vincent @Artur Harison
                          last edited by

                          @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.

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                          • Michael VincentM
                            Michael Vincent @Michael Vincent
                            last edited by

                            @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.

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                            • EkopalypseE
                              Ekopalypse @Michael Vincent
                              last edited by

                              @Michael-Vincent

                              Yes, same erratic behavior on Win7.

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                              • donhoD
                                donho @Artur Harison
                                last edited by donho

                                @Artur-Harison

                                Text of inactive tab is not readable.

                                Obviously you have changed the theme - you can change it back to “DarkModeDefault.xml” or use Style configurator to tune the theme you have chosen.

                                @Michael-Vincent

                                The tab icons no longer show; however, they are still “checked”:

                                Indeed, it should be unchecked when the Dark mode is switched in. It’ll be fixed.

                                @Dark-Samus

                                Please remove it or make it optional while installation.

                                No. You can choose to not switch in.

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

                                Notepad++ is an open source project. Please check the implementation in Notepad++ repository on Github

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                                • Artur HarisonA
                                  Artur Harison
                                  last edited by

                                  Wow! I didn’t know (or forget) what style affects on Tabs.
                                  Thanks everyone!

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                                  • Michael VincentM
                                    Michael Vincent @donho
                                    last edited by

                                    @donho said in Notepad++ v8 Release Candidate:

                                    Indeed, it should be unchecked when the Dark mode is switched in. It’ll be fixed.

                                    Ok, but the “regular” icons don’t show either without some “clicking”.

                                    1. In Dark Mode, turn “Alternate icons” off by removing the check.
                                    2. close Notepad++
                                    3. open Notepad++

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                                    No tab icons at all. Checking “alternate icons” turns them on:

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                                    then unchecking them makes the regular ones appear:

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                                    Cheers.

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                                    • Michael VincentM
                                      Michael Vincent @donho
                                      last edited by

                                      @donho said in Notepad++ v8 Release Candidate:

                                      Enjoy

                                      Sorry to pile on - I really do appreciate the work, but noticed an “inconsistency” in Dark Mode - maybe by design, but thought I’d ask. Early intermediate releases had some more customization on the Dark Mode preferences like keeping or coloring the menus - now it’s just on/off so don’t know if that had an effect. This is what I see:

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                                      The “top bar” is black. The status bar is not quite black - RGB=32,32,32. I actually prefer that to the complete Black RGB=0,0,0. Of course that’s my personal preference and I’m assuming “tuning” these colors is not user-configurable. Just wondering why the slight differences in the coloring for the different UI components.

                                      NOTE: I’m on Windows 10 with system Dark Mode enabled in case that makes a difference:
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                                      Cheers.

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                                      • Alan KilbornA
                                        Alan Kilborn @Michael Vincent
                                        last edited by

                                        @Michael-Vincent

                                        I see your points about the tab bar icons / alternate icons.

                                        But I’d like to point out that it appears that for a “saved” file that the decision was made to have no icon at all (because it is so glaringly absent that no one would release software that way), in “dark mode” anyway.

                                        Can @donho confirm this? If this truly is a design decision, let’s get it out there and known about, because probably hundreds of users will report it as a bug (“where’s the icon on a saved file’s tab??”).

                                        I kind of like the cleaner look of saved files having no icon (we really only need to see the “exceptional” situations, e.g. modified, locked), but if one switches back to non-dark mode the icon comes back in that case.

                                        Minor comment on the addition of dark mode: My first instinct is to go to Style Configurator to turn it on/off, not to a Preference page with a single item on it.

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                                        • Michael VincentM
                                          Michael Vincent @Alan Kilborn
                                          last edited by

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

                                          But I’d like to point out that it appears that for a “saved” file that the decision was made to have no icon at all (because it is so glaringly absent that no one would release software that way), in “dark mode” anyway.
                                          Can @donho confirm this? If this truly is a design decision, let’s get it out there and known about, because probably hundreds of users will report it as a bug (“where’s the icon on a saved file’s tab??”).
                                          I kind of like the cleaner look of saved files having no icon (we really only need to see the “exceptional” situations, e.g. modified, locked), but if one switches back to non-dark mode the icon comes back in that case.

                                          I did not know that - but if that’s the case - that certainly makes sense. I am used to seeing the alternate icon green check on saved files. If the above is true, I’m not sure my claims of a “bug” are true then. Seems the “Saved” icon just doesn’t show anymore in Dark Mode - just something I’ll have to get used to ;-)

                                          Cheers.

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                                          • Michael VincentM
                                            Michael Vincent @Alan Kilborn
                                            last edited by

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

                                            Minor comment on the addition of dark mode: My first instinct is to go to Style Configurator to turn it on/off, not to a Preference page with a single item on it.

                                            Good point - I find myself doing that too!

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