Bug in Window Design

[Emile_Schwarz]

Hi all,

not new, but this time I asked a kid (less than 20 y/o) and he said he does see nothing excepted the window.Screen shot below with a selected TextField. It was not selected when I asked the kid.

To be able to start a brand new project, I had to set a backdrop color (see the yellow screen shot below)…

Same as above, but with a yellow window background:

Properties:

The screen shots are talking by themselves.

So, during the window Design time, I have to use a backdrop, so I will see what I am doing.

[Martin_T]

This is not a bug. This is how macOS Tahoe renders DesktopTextField. The border is very difficult to see (also at your screenshot). Not a Xojo bug!

[Emile_Schwarz]

@Martin_T

macOS Tahoe

It was the same on some previous versions; this is not related to Tahoe.

And in my first screen shot, we only see the anchors, not the TextField boundaries (that is the problem).

Show me a screen shot of other IDE in the same condition and I will cry silently (continue to use a window with a colored background when designing a window.

Remember: this is a fact. Nothing else.

[Martin_T]

@Emile_Schwarz

And in my first screen shot, we only see the anchors, not the TextField boundaries (that is the problem).

[MarkusR]

yes its bad visible in design time.
mabye change your monitor contrast.
usually you have a label a hint or some text in it.
if it helps reset the back color at runtime.

[Emile_Schwarz]

@MarkusR

yes its bad visible in design time.

You are right.

For once, I started adding a TextField and because it was lunch time/I am at my local McDonald’s, I took the opportunity there are youngsters to ask them. Now I know it is not my bad eyes, but the stuff is not visible.

Then, a friend comes to me and we were talking until now.

I added the needed numbers of TextFields and here’s what it looks:

I will add (in the evening) two other Controls to group the 2 x 4 TF together, add Labels for them and then start the coding parts.

Regards.

BTW: what existing IDE can I compare this to ?

[AlbertoD]

Shouldn’t Xojo try to match the colors between IDE and Run time?

This is macOS 15.7.3

[Mark_Sweeney]

I see a bigger difference in the IDE in dark mode than in Light mode. At least you can see the textfields in the IDE in Dark mode on macOS 26.3.

[Emile_Schwarz]

And this is in Windows:

Screenshot taken from this Forum, another Thread. the white signs/characters are from the Forum navigation/information.
You can enlarge the image.

PS: the > sign in the DesktopListBox (Hierarchical Row) also is grey light / I have to put my eye very near the screen to see it (even if I know there is one in that Row)…