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Alt tab focus

2007-03-05
2012-11-13
  • Nobody/Anonymous

    when i alt-tab out to another window, and then alt-tab back to notepad++, the focus does not go to the text editor area. i have to manually click on the text editor area to continue using.

     
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      Same here.  This is the only gotcha keeping me from switching from Crimson Editor completely, and even though this focus problem is a pain, I am dealing with it because Notepad++ rocks.

       
      • Nobody/Anonymous

        This problem can be confirmed, but it was present in 3.9

         
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      I use v4.02 of THE BEST OPENSOURCE TEXT EDITOR IN THE WORLD.   My alt-tab (or selection from the active taskbar) puts me in edit fine -- BUT: it takes as long as 3 seconds to get there!  No other app in my armada seems to have this problem:  You alt-tab (or task-select) most apps and you're there in milliseconds.  Why does it take so long?
      o yeh, Win2K SP4.   Any ideas?

       
      • Don HO

        Don HO - 2007-03-09

        > My alt-tab (or selection from the active taskbar) puts me in edit fine -- BUT: it takes as long as 3 seconds to get there!

        Then it's a serious bug.
        Is anybody in here has the same problem?

        Don

         
        • Don HO

          Don HO - 2007-03-09

          I identified the problem :
          That's because you have a mounted network disk which is out of connection AND you have the explorer plugin opened - every time you get forcus explorer plugin check the dead connection.

          Remve Explorer.dll from you plugin folder will remedy your problem.

          Don

           
          • Jens Lorenz

            Jens Lorenz - 2007-03-10

            Thanks Don for the help. I will create a own thread for explorer.

            Best Regards
            Jens

             
      • Jens Lorenz

        Jens Lorenz - 2007-03-09

        Is this behaviour during a plugins? Could you rename the plugins folder and paste one by one into the new create plugins folder? I would know like to know what this causes.

        Best Regards
        Jens

         
    • Daniel W. Ottey

      Daniel W. Ottey - 2007-03-05

      I can verify this behavior and hope it will be fixed soon.

       
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      Strange.  When I Alt+tab back to N++ my focus is in the text area.

      I really like this app.  I am trying to completely make the transition from Textpad, but I am having issues with customizing my shortcuts.  I've looked at the Shortcut Mapper, but I cannot create a keystroke to toggle wrapping.  I hate having to click to View > Wrap.  I'd love to bind that action to a keystroke or strokes.

      I also need to figure out how to add and associate extensions so I can apply styles to the color coding (.cfml, .aspx, .ascx, .master to name a few).

       
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      This was brought up in the Open Discussion forum, and the problem is with the explorer.dll plugin for v4.0.2.  If you close Notepad++, delete or rename the explorer.dll file in the plugins directory, then restart Notepad++, all alt-tab problems go away and you will be happy.

      Enjoy!

       
    • Jens Lorenz

      Jens Lorenz - 2007-03-07

      You could also download a new Explorer Beta version here:

      http://sourceforge.net/projects/npp-plugins

      The problem is fixed in it!

      Best Regards
      Jens

       
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      Thanks!

      I am new to Notepad++ , and this just started to irritate me.
      I though I check the Forum, and there the first issue, with already the solution.
      just a few hours old! ;-)

      Thats why I like OS !

      Just downloaded your Explorer.zip and indeed it works.

      Thanks again
      SCS