Workaround for Xojo bug DesktopTextArea disappearing in Rectangle

Targets Windows
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Does anyone have any workarounds for the following bug that I can use while the bug is fixed?

DesktopTextArea inside DesktopRectangle disappearing when window is maximised/restored (#72310) · Issues · Xojo Inc / Xojo · GitLab

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Why is the TextArea a child of the Rectangle? For what do you need the Rectangle?

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It was my way of visually separating controls as Xojo does not have the the group control (that can be labelled) you typically see in desktop Windows. E.g.

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By the way, there’s more than just the one TextArea in my project as a child of the rectangle. The example I gave was to just to illustrate the bug.

If only way is to remove the parent rectangle, I might have to resort to this but was hoping I didn’t have to.

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I use rectangles in this manner, too. For now I would replace them with canvases or let the window/container do the drawing.

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https://documentation.xojo.com/api/user_interface/desktop/desktopgroupbox.html

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Soo…I’m not sure how I missed that :man_facepalming:

Thanks, looks like no workaround needed!

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Too many Controls / Too mall in the Label list… Who knows why sometimes we skip things (and sometimes people)…