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Was unable to start XY due to a bug, had to re-install, lost all custom settings.

Trying to re-enable zebra striping.

When I do so I get the message "Requires Show Grid enabled in the file list." That's nice, but just where do I set this? (And why the hell doesn't the software just make this change for me?)

mwoffenden wrote:Was unable to start XY due to a bug, had to re-install, lost all custom settings.

Trying to re-enable zebra striping.

When I do so I get the message "Requires Show Grid enabled in the file list." That's nice, but just where do I set this? (And why the hell doesn't the software just make this change for me?)

Tools > Customize List > Show Grid.

Menu - Tools - Customize List - Show Grid

You still get the message after (re)activating the option for zebra striping but it works perfectly.

Just what is "show grid" anyway? Curious, I tried turning it on, and the display did not look any different. I searched the Help, and it's not in the index, and the "search" turned up the Tools menu where I was interested, but it just said Grid is one of the choices, and applies to the current tab, but it didn't explain what it was!

Bumping this thread because I lost 20 minutes to figure out that setting under Tools (tools, really ?)

Also, it's weird that the default grid color is the same as the normal color, I had to change it to be visible.

Another question regarding zebra striping:

I have lots of stored tabsets. It appears that zebra striping is switched off after loading a tabset. Is this a feature, a bug, or my incompetence?

I would prefer it would stay on, irrespective of further actions with tabsets.

Borut wrote:Another question regarding zebra striping:

I have lots of stored tabsets. It appears that zebra striping is switched off after loading a tabset. Is this a feature, a bug, or my incompetence?

I would prefer it would stay on, irrespective of further actions with tabsets.

No, "zebra striping" is a global setting and is not changed by loading tabset.

"Show Grid", however, is part of the list customizations which are stored with the tabset in file "pane.ini", but are applied on loading a tabset only IF Configuration | Advanced | Remember list settings per tab is ticked (otherwise the current list customization is kept).

admin wrote:"Show Grid", however, is part of the list customizations which are stored with the tabset in file "pane.ini", but are applied on loading a tabset only IF Configuration | Advanced | Remember list settings per tab is ticked (otherwise the current list customization is kept).

Oh, yes, thank you!! I have now unchecked the "Apply to list style" item under "Configuration | Advanced | Miscellaneous | Remember list settings per tab" and zebras now appear always, i.e. as wished/expected. Sorry for not finding this myself.

Regards,
Borut

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grindax wrote:I myself have been confused on a number of occasions about which settings are global, which are tab-specific, which get overridden by loading a tab set, which rely on other options being set first, which get saved when saving general options, which get saved inside the actual tabset, etc.

Yes, it appears complex when viewed from above. But I think it mirrors various realistic workflows and user needs. Complexity is the natural price for configurability.