Do you know how i can register this as a bug/change request?

Info on that HERE

I thinnk it’s something like that. I can live with it.

Running with -noPlugin and the default style, when I open Windows Explorer, it still does the weird coloring thing in Function List for me:

So at least in my case, it doesn’t seem to be plugin or theme related. Perhaps a Windows setting conflicting with Notepad++. This is why I never bothered to address it - switching away from Function List then back to it makes the anomaly go away.

Cheers.

Thanks again for all your help

I’m away from computer this weekend but I’ll experiment a bit Monday and report back.

Cheers.

It appears to be NppExec.

That’s unfortunate. I cannot live without NppExec so I’ll just continue to ignore this minor issue. For me it happens sometimes when I open Windows Explorer. Maybe the changes of focus causing a widow repaint?

Cheers.

seems to reset the colour settings for the panels in notepad++

This happens to me on occasion but I just lived with it. I don’t think it’s your theme as I use a different theme. The plugins we have in common are:
CodeAlignmentNpp.dll DSpellCheck.dll NppExec.dll CustomizeToolbar.dll

I have PythonScript.dll as well, but it’s the 3.08 pre release which I’m assuming you’re not using. Should also mention I’m on 64 bit N++.

I think code alignment and customize toolbar are less used plugins by those on this site and since I’ve seen no other complaints off this type those may be the ones to start looking at.

Cheers.

You cannot attach files to the forum.

Use the </> button on the toolbar for embedding text.

For files too big to be embedded, the best you can do is link to a filesharing site, and hope that the IT department of the person who knows how to help you doesn’t block that site. (Mine does block, but I’m home right now, so I was able to grab it)

I didn’t install all your plugins. I tried with a fresh Notepad++ v7.9.5-32bit portable, I pasted in your theme as ModifiedZenburn.xml, and selected that theme. Then I restarted Notepad++, ran Find > [blank] > All In Current Document, and it popped open the search results, and didn’t mess up the colors.

Notepad++ v7.9.5   (32-bit)
Build time : Mar 21 2021 - 02:09:07
Path : C:\usr\local\apps\npp\npp.7.9.5.portable\notepad++.exe
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : ON
OS Name : Windows 10 Home (64-bit) 
OS Version : 2004
OS Build : 19041.985
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins : mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll 

With that, I think it’s probably one of your plugins. You can run with the -noPlugin option to disable all plugins and see if the problem goes away, which would prove it’s a plugin. To narrow it down to a specific plugin, you could go into C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\Plugins\ and rename the sub-folders one at a time and restart Notepad++ each time (thus disabling each plugin in turn), until the problem goes away; whichever was the last plugin disabled was the culprit.

I am using a modified Zenburn theme
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZwJ40XNUYPAD6bilwIvG0o3H95aCixwS/view?usp=sharing

If you could let me know how to attach a text file or embed text i can attach these things properly in the future.
Thanks again for your help

I’ve never seen that happen.

Could you please share your ? menu’s Debug Info, as well as what theme you are currently using? The first will show us exact version and what plugins you have installed (both of which might affect the behavior); the second might show that it happens because your theme is out of date, and doesn’t have all the style settings that it needs.