Barton Wright wrote: > > Thanks for making XXE such a superb XML editor. I have used it > professionally every day for the last two and a half years, and would > not want to work without it. > > I am sorry to report that on Windows 7, XXE is failing to
Not XXE, Java/Swing on Windows 7 is failing to... > show the buttons at the top of the Open File dialog. I have experimented with > different desktop themes and colors, and the result is always the same: > the buttons do not appear. > > Here is a comparison of the top of the Open File dialog of XXE 4.5.0 > Professional on three versions of Windows. All three instances of XXE > were installed from the same setup file. > > 32-bit Windows XP Professional SP3 > > 64-bit Windows Vista Business SP2 > > 64-bit Windows 7 Professional (also seen on 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate) > > The thing is, the buttons are actually right where they should be, and > can be used normally once you know where to click. It is only the button > bitmaps that are missing. When I hover the mouse over the positions > where the buttons should be, the tooltip pops up and the outline of the > button shows up: > We knew about this problem and there's nothing we can do to fix it. This problem will be fixed by installing a forthcoming version 1.6 of the Java runtime. According to http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=2183124 the bug is fixed in Java 1.6.0_18 (to be released someday). > I use the JRE that's shipped with XXE to run XXE. The File Open dialog > of all other Java-based applications exhibits normal behavior on Windows > 7, including Eclipse 3.5, Aptana 1.5, Oxygen 11, and my employer's > Eclipse-based product. That's normal. All the software you cite does not use the standard Java (Swing) file chooser dialog box. Therefore they cannot have the same problem. > While I have your attention on the Open File dialog, can you > please-please-please make it remember its size if we resize it? I use > the Windows and Linux versions, and would love to see that behavior on > both. We have certain directories with lots of files, and to see them > all without scrolling, we have to resize the Open File dialog every. > single. time. > OK. We'll try to implement that in next release.
