CSS Length Dialog only shows px in unit dropdown

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ecarlson66
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CSS Length Dialog only shows px in unit dropdown

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Any time I select "Length" from the code hints while creating CSS styles I don't see any of the common units in the dropdown.
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Post by Karlis »

There should be various length units available, including px, em, in etc. I tried to reproduce the problem with no success.

Please describe in more detail what are you doing and with which CSS properties does this happen? What Windows version are you running?
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one choice drop down in length

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I've noticed the same issue in HTMLPad. In my case, I'm running Win XP Home SP2, had a previous install of a trial version of Rapid CSS ( then bought Rapid CSS 2005).
The instance where I've observed this is when building up an entry in a CSS stylesheet, say adding a font-size. After picking "font-size" from the menu that appears when I enter a new line, HTMLPad adds the entry and the displays the attribute choices, percentage, length and named. I double click on length and get a default choice of 0 px, clicking on the drop down displays a single blank line, leaving px as the only choice.
I tried it in Rapid CSS 2005 and it did the same thing. I remember when I installed CSS 2005 that I removed the trial version afterwards, possibly that removed a needed dll? Another CSS program I have, Topstyle Lite, provides a length drop down, too and it gives me all the available options.
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Post by Karlis »

Thank you for the information. Most likely something was deleted when you attampted to uninstall trial version. You should install the full version on top of the trial and then leave it there.
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admin wrote:Thank you for the information. Most likely something was deleted when you attampted to uninstall trial version. You should install the full version on top of the trial and then leave it there.
I tried a clean install on another pc running WinXP, with the same results. Then I un-installed it, ran Windows restore to a restore point two days ago, ran the installation of the first Trial product, rapidcss5.exe and discovered it didn't offer any pop ups, I had to enter length parameters by hand. Then without un-installing it, I ran the install for HTMLPad 6.3 and it still won't show more than a "px" selection. I see in the .ini files that the section for length attributes are there, it's just that the program isn't picking them up. Is there a registry entry that controls this?
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Post by dthieme »

Well, it's not a complete bust. I see that the available length types show up in the inspector selections, just not in the code editor window. Since the numerical options are whole numbers only (won't let me insert a decimal) I still would have to go back and edit the size since, in fonts especially, I use em a lot and need the decimal point. So it remains just a minor problem in a pretty nice product. Still happy I bought a copy.
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Post by Karlis »

Finally I got it :) You were talking about Auto Complete, I thought it is the Inspector. Yes, you are correct, in Auto Complete there is a problem with this. Now that we have identified it, I can assure you that it will be fixed.
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Post by dthieme »

admin wrote:Finally I got it :) You were talking about Auto Complete, I thought it is the Inspector. Yes, you are correct, in Auto Complete there is a problem with this. Now that we have identified it, I can assure you that it will be fixed.
Glad we were able to get that cleared up :wink: Looking forward to the fix.
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