'Save As' and 'Save a Copy' dialogs only visible in Windows Classic theme.

[OZ]

I'm running 0.47pre1 on a fresh install of Windows XP SP3. When I click File|Save As, the dialog is not shown. However, the menu bar at the extreme top goes light, as it would when a dialog box is open. If I then press Escape, the main windows regains focus. Other dialogs, such as Fill & Stroke, Layers, Export Bitmap work as expected.

Remembering that Scribus had a similar issue in a development version of 1.3.5, I changed my desktop theme to Windows classic, and the problem was corrected. I tried a few more themes, but the dialog only displays under classic. I thought it might be GTK, but remembered that Scribus uses Qt.

Thanks.

[theAdib (theadib)]

In order to reproduce; How can I switch the theme on XP? Do I need to restart? Thx, Adib.

[OZ (oswaldasmith)]

1. Right-click a blank area on your desktop.
2. Click Properties.
3. Click on the 'Themes' tab (leftmost tab)
4. Click the dropdown box under 'Theme:'
5. Select a theme (other than WIndows Classic), then click apply. It goes live immediately.
6. Run Inkscape. Try a 'Save As' operation.

Sorry for not including these steps in the OP.
I just remembered that I'm using a 'modded' version of XP, that comes preinstalled with some 3rd party themes (Royale themes, IIRC, I'm not at the offending computer). Perhaps that the source of my troubles.

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

I've had the same kind of behavior with OpenOffice Writer some times ago, after installing UXTheme Patcher...
Removing it solved the problem.

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Marking it duplicate of Bug #285267.
Please comment if it's no exactly the case.

[OZ (oswaldasmith)]

Yes, it seems to be a duplicate of that bug. Seems to be common in apps ported to Windows from Linux, hmm?

Oz