[64] Weird VERTICAL Main menu after switching Aero->class

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2011-09-30, 11:37 UTC

That's one of the most craziest things I've seen.

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How to reproduce? Switch to Aero and then to classic.

Main menu becomes vertical, width of every item is some pixels, but submenus (which are popup menus) are opened correctly.

If I change language, all becomes normal.

TC8x64b3, Win7x64Sp1Pro

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2011-09-30, 12:10 UTC

Confirmed with non-English language, thanks. Please close and re-open TC to fix.

I never noticed it because I always close all programs before changing the theme, otherwise it takes a horrible lot of time...

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2011-09-30, 12:39 UTC

It may take much more time to re-open programs again.

It is not necessary to restart TC, just change main menu file in language settings. Anyway it is interesting why problem exists only in Beta3 and not Beta2/Beta1.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2011-09-30, 13:05 UTC

It's probably related to the '?' in the menu bug.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2011-10-02, 15:43 UTC

Actually it's not my bug, it's in the Lazarus menu functions. I haven't located the bad function yet, but I get the same problem with the Lazarus IDE too...

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2011-10-02, 18:12 UTC

It sounds crazy.

Strange that beta2 works fine here. Also, I can't remember such bug with IDE when I tested control colors and different themes. It seems that we need some conditions......

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2011-10-03, 21:50 UTC

Beta 2 did not use the Lazarus menu, it used owner-drawn menus with my own code everywhere.

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2011-10-04, 07:27 UTC

Thanks for details, it makes it clear.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2011-10-07, 13:04 UTC

This should work now in beta 4, please test it!

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2011-10-07, 13:11 UTC

Unfortunately I am still able to reproduce it with b4, even with clean INI. I have opened both b3 and b4 on the screen and both got vertical menus after switching to classic theme from Aero. Listers also have such bug.

I think it is not so essential bug to waste too much time on it.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2011-10-07, 13:27 UTC

Unfortunately I can't.

I tried with various Windows versions, including Vista and 7.

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2011-10-07, 16:43 UTC

BTW I can't reproduce it on virtual machine with Windows 7 x64...

Sob · Post by *Sob » 2011-10-08, 17:05 UTC

I can (Win7 x64 in VirtualBox). But only with one older and more "used" virtual machine. With clean install it's fine. But I don't think there's a chance to find out what's different.