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Various Windows quirks

A collection of various Windows quirks with Kate. So far, everything has been tried on Binary Factory # 1619, unless stated otherwise.

  • The "portable" version (aka the 7zip download) has a smaller icon than the installable version (the exe download) image

  • Elliding on Windows seems broken. This here is elliding turned on, with a limit on 3 tabs. image Without elliding: image

  • Inactive tab color is too dark:
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    It should look like this:
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  • Portable version does not include the same translations:
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  • Portable version shipping less themes:
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  • The user folder in path title bar is shown as ~ which while technically correct would probably be confusing for some:
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  • The "Command window"s information icon does not show any info:
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  • The theme editors scroll wheel being locked makes for a very weird experience, as I can't recall anything on Windows that manages to disable a scrollbar. Usually, only fields are disabled. image

  • Areas that have tabs and scroll bars, can behave a little weird: Scrolling on the bar, will still lead to the scroll bar being scrolled. I.e, if I hover over "Einrückung" and scroll down, then not only does the view get further down, but I'll also suddenly get transported to the "Autovervollständigung" tab. image

  • The "edit with kate" option in the context menu, could use an icon, similar to how other tools do it image

Edited by Waqar Ahmed