Troubleshooting

 

Why are my buttons and objects all over the place when I test or run my application?
It's all about object alignment. On a program, which can change it's size, each object needs to know where it should align itself - where it will be placed. Objects, which are placed on a container object like the Main Dialog or a Panel, need to be aligned with a reference point, for example the top left corner. If you place a button in the bottom right corner of your Main Dialog, it needs alignment to Bottom + Right in its object properties, so it knows where to place itself during and after a resize of the user interface.

 

Solution: select the objects in question and check their alignment settings on the properties window. Set the alignment to the reference points where you want your objects to stay.

 

Learn more about object alignment

 

Why is my Exe-file not working?

A common mistake, which can happen when building your project, is to confuse a single exe file, created by the Executable method with the exe file, which is generated by the Raw files method. The latter is not able to run without the files and subfolders created during the build process in the output folder.

 

Solution: if your exe file does not launch the program as expected, please make sure you chose the right file (single exe) or you launched the exe of a raw built in its proper environment - with subfolders and files...

 

Learn all about the runtime and output file structures created by BrowserBob

 

When I try to edit an html page in my additional files, my browser opens instead of my preferred HTML editor.

This happens because the edit button opens the standard program associated with the selected file type, unless you specify a different program under File->External editors.

 

Solution: Open File->External editors and specify the path to your html editor by clicking the "..." button next to the html entry and choosing the path to the exe of your editor.

Learn all about external editors and changing the entries here...

 

Tool windows or properties window do not show up any more, disappeared.
Either you separated the tool window before by clicking twice on their Tab on the main tool window and afterwards you closed it, or your window has been moved out of the visible part of the screen.
 

Solution: bring the window back by selecting it from the View menu. There you can see if the missing window has been disabled or not. Enabled tool windows have a checkmark, the ones you do not find should not have a checkmark besides their name.

If that's not the case (if the window in question has a checkmark, but you can't find it anyway, bring it back by clicking View->Set tool windows to defaults in the
View menu
.

 

 

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