Toad for Oracle Base Edition (32-bit)
17.1.717.3711
Toad sometimes stops displaying the loaded editor tab's full path as a hover hint. I have "Display full path as tab hints" enabled in the Editor options, and have tried unchecking, applying and re-checking it, to no effect. I haven't noticed a pattern as to when and why this occurs, but I develop against many branches and versions of our codebase and so this facility is invaluable to me.
The only way to cure the problem is to restart Toad, but this is not ideal to me as I can have many sessions and files / forms open in Toad.
I have not seen this issue personally, but then, I'm running 64-bit Toad in my Windows 10.
Almost sounds like a memory issue, as I've seen similar situations with Toad and other apps when workstation memory gets low... when the non-display happens, do you have lots of apps or files open? Memory on your workstation? Anxious to hear if Quest Dev can reproduce.
I think if Paul were low on memory, there would be bigger problems.
That said, it's pretty easy to exceed the 1.5 Gb limit in 32-bit land. 64 bit has no practical limitation on memory usage.
I took a peek at the code and don't see any reason why this might be happening. Do all hints stop working (for instance toolbar buttons) or just the ones on the tabs?
No memory problems here, I have plenty and less than 50% in use. Only the editor tab hints have stopped working. Toolbar buttons / session tab etc all working.
The error occurs if several editor windows are opened. Thus, the hint function only works in windows that are opened later. In the case of files opened in the original first editor window, the path as a tooltip is no longer displayed.
Any updates on this? It's a bug that is driving me nuts, as I have to work on multiple code branches and I cannot determine which version the file belongs to, without clicking Save As and cancelling.
Sorry, no. I spent some time looking at the code trying to figure out how this might happen and I never saw the problem. I've at least logged the problem in our bug tracking system so it won't be forgotten.
I do use font colours and styling, but not themes.
My editors are always maximised
Yes
Has focus, not shown
N/A
No tab hints are shown
Makes no difference
No
Some extra info
Hints work on speed buttons, connection tabs, navigator entries, just NOT editor tabs.
I often have many connections open
I may have reconnected the connections, due to VPN timeout
As per @urban.tamas's discovery, sometimes the hints work, but only on the more recent connections. If I go to the first connection, no hints.
I found some interesting behavior regarding the error. I opened several new Editor windows (4 different editor during the test) and opened some files in each of them. A schema browser window was opened next to them.
if I opened a new Editor window (new) in such a way that the current focus window was also an Editor window (old), the hint stopped working in the case of the previous (old) one - and only for this one -
if i opened a new Editor window (new) in such a way when the Schema Browser window was the last one active, the hint function works properly in all Editor windows
And I haven't said yet but I'm using the 64 bit version.
In my tests, I made a connection (nothing auto-opened). Then I opened 3 editors, then visited them one by one to open a different file in each. Couldn't reproduce it that way.
I also tried: Opening the 1st editor, open a file in it, open the 2nd editor, open a different file in it, open 3rd editor, open a file in it.
Thanks for the very specific step by step. I was able to reproduce it using Toad 17.1 32 bit that way.
I then tried the latest 32 bit beta (installed on the same machine). I could not reproduce it there. Then I imported the settings from 17.1 into the beta and still could not reproduce it.
So the good news is that it seems to be fixed. Can either of you confirm that?