No background in Thumbnails mode

[Boofo]

It works as it should on XP. Those spaces are normal for the size pic they are. The ones in your pic show photos that are landscape dimensions. I have some like those and some that there is no space at all. It depends on the pic that the thumb is of.

[karlchen]

Hi, Boofo.

Sorry to say so, but you have missed the point:
If you compare the screenshots which I posted (1), you may notice:

• always the same set of images are displayed (to make comparing easier)
• T.C. 7.04a paints the empty area of a thumbnail in the file panel background color, not in white
• T.C. 7.50 pb3 on Vista brings back exactly this behaviour
• T.C. 7.50 pb3 on WinXP does not bring back the T.C. 7.04a behaviour completely, because it paints the empty areas inside each thumbnail white, but not in the configured file panel background color.

Cheers,
Karl
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(1) You may find all 4 screenshots which illustrate what I am aiming at here:

+ T.C. 7.04a (alles ok)

+ T.C. 7.50 PB2 (Hintergrundfarbe Filepanel immer weiß, Hintergrundfarbe Thumbnail ok)

+ T.C. 7.50 PB3 (Hintergrundfarbe Filepanel ok, Hintergrundfarbe Thumbnail immer weiß)

+ Thumbnailview in TC750pb3 unter Vista

Though the links have been taken from the German forum, the screenshots do not require you to understand German: The first 3 screenshots have been created on WinXP, the 4th screenshot has been taken on Vista.

[Boofo]

I see what you meant now. I didn't look at the Vista image as I only use XP. Plus, I have my background set to white anyway so it would work right for me then. But I do see your point.

[karlchen]

Hi, Boofo.

I should not have linked to the (German) thread only, but given all 4 links in my first post. They have been added to my previous post. In fact, the German thread holds more links to screenshots illustrating the difference between T.C. 7.04a and T.C. 7.50 pb3 on WinXP.

Cheers,
Karl

[Boofo]

Maybe if I had a different colored background other than white, I would have noticed it before now. I looked at all the screenshots now and I see what you mean. I thought this was supposed to be fixed in the beta 3.

[Clo]

karlchen

Hello Karl !

• At least to me with XP-Pro SP1, the bug is fixed OK, since one can't see any difference on THIS IMAGE.
- Reminder : The background of an incomplete row was white between the last thumb nail and the right edge…
- Of course, as usual, my classic Win9x theme…

VG
Claude
Clo

[Boofo]

2Clo
How come you haven't upgraded to SP3 on XP Pro yet? That might make the difference that I see.

[ghisler(Author)]

Maybe it's indeed a SP1 error? I will try this under Vmware. I don't have this problem with SP3.

[Clo]

2ghisler(Author)

But there is no error with XP-SP1 now, like I said above!
- The thumb nails look is quite correct now, the right BG is used totally.

 VG
Claude
Clo

[petermad]

I can confirm the difference between 7.04a and 7.50b3 described by karlchen under Win XP SP3!

http://madsenworld.dk/tcmd/thumbback.png - red dot marked areas shouldn't be white.

EDIT: My thumbnails are extracted with Explorer method (OLE2)

[karlchen]

Hi, guys.

<irony> WinXP SP1 is not buggy in any way, this is why MS had to release SP2 and SP3 in order to implement some new bugs. </irony>
<side note> As a matter of fact, I will not be bothered to upgrade to SP3 this PIII dynosaur which was supposed to retire more than 12 months ago. So retirement is overdue. </side note>

But I may be bothered to verify my WinXP SP1 testing results on WinXP SP2 on my office machine (No, we have not rolled out SP3, yet.), i.e. not before Monday morning.

Cheers,
Karl

[karlchen]

Hi, Peter.

I can confirm the difference between 7.04a and 7.50b3 described by karlchen under Win XP SP3!
http://madsenworld.dk/tcmd/thumbback.png

Thanks for your confirmation.

For all those that can understand some German, there is a very detailled German thread devoted to the same topic, TC7.50pb2: Hintergrundfarbe bei Miniaturansicht .... They posted some helpful screenshots illustrating the issue as well.

By the way, the users of WinXP SP3 in the German thread seem to agree that the thumbnail view of T.C. 7.50 PB3 behaves in the same way as the thumbnail view of T.C. 7.04a.

Cheers,
Karl

[petermad]

the users of WinXP SP3 in the German thread seem to agree that the thumbnail view of T.C. 7.50 PB3 behaves in the same way as the thumbnail view of T.C. 7.04a

Well then I have proved them wrong - there must be some other prerequisite than the SP version.

[karlchen]

Hi, Claude.

But there is no error with XP-SP1 now, like I said above!
- The thumb nails look is quite correct now, the right BG is used totally

As my WinXP SP1 screenshot does illustrate that all thumbnails will have a white background which shows up once a picture does not fill the thumbnail square area completely, we might try to find out what the relevant settings are.
Your settings and my settings must be different. Obviously. The question is which of the differences are relevant and make our T.C.'s behave differently?

Kind regards,
Karl
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Oh, and by the way, with two days' delay: Happy birthday, Claude. Live long and prosper!

[Boofo]

Well, I just changed the background color on mine from white to test it and it works right . The areas in each box that aren't fully taken up by the picture, are the same color as my background color. I am using XP Pro SP3. So... since mine is working right, then it is fixed and you are all messed up!