# Bug in Window Design **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugs and Feature Requests\ **Created:** [March 2, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/bug-in-window-design/87789 "2026-03-02T11:25:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Emile_Schwarz)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/bug-in-window-design/87789/1 "2026-03-02T11:25:33Z")
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)… ![image](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/f/4f0ec72e8778ef0d1165f8eaefb4fe911de5fe7d.jpeg) Same as above, but with a yellow window background: ![image](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/2/5223c4482115144436cf89e3df9bfb356e0a35ea.jpeg) Properties: ![image](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/2/228629a0722c3d272dd22fa9a5ce720e5fdadab2.png) 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. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_T](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Martin\_T](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Martin_T)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/bug-in-window-design/87789/2 "2026-03-02T11:36:34Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Emile_Schwarz)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/bug-in-window-design/87789/3 "2026-03-02T11:43:51Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_T](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Martin\_T](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Martin_T)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/bug-in-window-design/87789/4 "2026-03-02T11:49:44Z")
> [@Emile\_Schwarz](#): > > And in my first screen shot, we only see the anchors, not the TextField boundaries (that is the problem). ![image](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/6/969b0f2cc6ede0b0ec0e89197e55948f5c22a6d9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MarkusR](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/markusr/32/685_2.png) [@MarkusR](https://forum.xojo.com/u/MarkusR)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/bug-in-window-design/87789/5 "2026-03-02T12:01:48Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Emile_Schwarz)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/bug-in-window-design/87789/6 "2026-03-02T13:14:07Z")
> [@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: ![image](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/6/86aacc6cceee53b90c0f2ef962d41ef7eb3196be.jpeg) 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 ? ---
**Author:** ![AlbertoD](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@AlbertoD](https://forum.xojo.com/u/AlbertoD)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/bug-in-window-design/87789/7 "2026-03-02T13:56:22Z")
Shouldn’t Xojo try to match the colors between IDE and Run time? This is macOS 15.7.3 ![image](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/c/0c0d5b2a0be53a352c67c38b061c09d90849696f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Sweeney](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/mark_sweeney/32/3332_2.png) [@Mark\_Sweeney](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Mark_Sweeney)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/bug-in-window-design/87789/8 "2026-03-02T15:46:48Z")
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. ![Screenshot 2026-03-02 at 7.42.50 AM](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/4/5495ca061368248a531a446984acf4a48d8c726a.png) ---
**Author:** ![Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Emile_Schwarz)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/bug-in-window-design/87789/9 "2026-03-04T22:40:29Z")
And this is in Windows: ![image](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/7/47b1221c7421a24f27967a1a84201b36ab5c47cf.jpeg) 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)…