[Bug]: KryptonMessageBox does not obey tab characters like MessageBox

[cuppm]

I'm switching usages of MessageBox to KryptonMessageBox and I noticed that the Krypton version does not display tabs in the message the same way that the WinForms version does.

To Reproduce

string strMessage = "First line\r\nSecond line\r\n\r\nFourth line\r\nLeft\tTabbed by 1\r\nLeft\t\tTabbed by 2";
MessageBox.Show(strMessage);
KryptonMessageBox.Show(strMessage);

Expected behavior
The text to be tabbed over from the left margin like the WinForms MessageBox does.

Screenshots
WinForms

Krypton

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10
• Version: 19045.4291
• Framework/.NET Version: Framework 4.8
• Toolkit Version: v4.0.30319

[Smurf-IV]

@Wagnerp Should this be fixed in 8.5 as well ?

[Smurf-IV]

@cuppm You state that the toolkit version is v4.0.30319
This GitHub version does not support that.
Can you please use a recent version (i.e. V80.xx.x..)

[PWagner1]

@Wagnerp Should this be fixed in 8.5 as well ?

@Smurf-IV Yes it should, as the bug is present in older versions. I remember submitting a bug report about a similar issue a few months ago...

[Smurf-IV]

@Wagnerp Should this be fixed in 8.5 as well ?

@Smurf-IV Yes it should, as the bug is present in older versions. I remember submitting a bug report about a similar issue a few months ago...

Can you find it and link please?

And I've just checked and it is still broken in the Current Alpha:

[PWagner1]

@Wagnerp Should this be fixed in 8.5 as well ?

@Smurf-IV Yes it should, as the bug is present in older versions. I remember submitting a bug report about a similar issue a few months ago...

Can you find it and link please?

And I've just checked and it is still broken in the Current Alpha:

Will do, once/if I can find it

[Smurf-IV]

@Wagnerp Q: Why are the Font and the Text colour hard coded ? They should use the themes colours ??
Or is this just in 8.5 ?

[PWagner1]

@Wagnerp Q: Why are the Font and the Text colour hard coded ? They should use the themes colours ?? Or is this just in 8.5 ?

@Smurf-IV I think it's a left over from a older version.

[Smurf-IV]

FYI:
KWrapLabel is based on the winform Label; Which cannot do tabs :-(
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2154623/winforms-label-text-property-not-displaying-t-tab-character

Therefore

• Cannot change the base of the KWrapLabel or KryptonLinkWrapLabel, as that will change the way the existing usages work.
• Option 1: if a \t is found in the text then add spaces (Or the alt character(s))
• Option 2: Change to use a Text box without edit or border to ensure text formatting
• Option 3: Find out what Winforms does in its MessageBox and do the same.

Currently researching 3.

[PWagner1]

FYI: KWrapLabel is based on the winform Label; Which cannot do tabs :-( https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2154623/winforms-label-text-property-not-displaying-t-tab-character

Extend the Label?

[Smurf-IV]

Option 3:

Winforms just redirects to the underlying Win32 MessageBox in the User32 system dll !!

[PWagner1]

Option 2: Change to use a Text box without edit or border to ensure text formatting

Could use KryptonRichTextBox, as that offers far more flexibility, i.e. inline hyperlinks etc.

[PWagner1]

Is there a way to capture tabs, and replace them with alt-255?

What I ended up doing was using alt code alt-255 5 times.

[Smurf-IV]

Is there a way to capture tabs, and replace them with alt-255?

What I ended up doing was using alt code alt-255 5 times.

Yes: that's option 1...

[Smurf-IV]

Option 2 gives this:

I'll now investigate using an RichTextBox

[Smurf-IV]

RichTextBox makes a mess of the LinkLabel usages, So I will not change that.
As LinkLabels are going to be removed from the V90 messageBox to restore it back to stand usage - Yes ?

[PWagner1]

RichTextBox makes a mess of the LinkLabel usages, So I will not change that. As LinkLabels are going to be removed from the V90 messageBox to restore it back to stand usage - Yes ?

Yes, as they can be used in the newer expandable version.

[cuppm]

@cuppm You state that the toolkit version is v4.0.30319 This GitHub version does not support that. Can you please use a recent version (i.e. V80.xx.x..)

Sorry, I copied the .NET runtime version string instead of the Krypton toolkit version. As you've already deduced it affected the current release of 80.24.3.64.

Thanks for fixing this.