To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=85901 Issue #|85901 Summary|OO Writer mishandles ALT-TAB when NX Utility is active Component|Word processor Version|OOo 2.3.1 Platform|PC URL| OS/Version|Windows XP Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|DEFECT Priority|P4 Subcomponent|ui Assigned to|mru Reported by|tonygarland
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Feb 5 22:59:23 +0000 2008 ------- Nomachine.com provides desktop virtualization software which allows a remote linux desktop to be efficiently controlled from a PC. The PC client is freely available. When using the nomachine remote desktop client, it is handy to use another utility which allows ALT-TAB on the PC to switch among applications running on the remote linux desktop. This utility, NXUtility.exe, is available from http://ssrini.netfirms.com/. When NXUtility.exe is running in the system tray, ALT-TAB continues to switch between applications on the PC as it normally does. However, when the NoMachine.com NX client has the focus, then the ALT-TAB operations are routed over to the linux desktop and cycle among those applications instead. This all works fine. HOWEVER, when OO writer has the focus on the local PC desktop and NXUtility.exe is running in the system tray, ALT-TAB no longer switches away from writer. Instead, a TAB character is entered into the document. Notice that writer operates differently than all other windows applications in relation to compatible operation when NXUtility.exe is in the system tray. With other windows applications, ALT-TAB continues to allow switching among applications. But whenever one happens to 'land' on writer (switch focus to it) with NXUtility.exe running, then it is no longer possible to switch focus away using ALT-TAB. So this is mainly a efficiency frustration affecting a very small number of users who happen to utilize OO Writer on the local PC desktop while also using NX client (from NoMachine.com) to interact with a remote linux desktop. I typically do this using virtual desktops (such as http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/) -- leaving one desktop running the local PC applications and another with the NX client (where ALT-TAB cycles among the linux apps remotely). The question is why is OO writer affected by NXUtility.exe in a way which prevents ALT-TAB from working correctly to switch focus away, but other windows applications are not. In my test setup, I noticed that OO Calc is *not* adversely affected by NXUtility.exe in the same way as OO Writer. With OO Calc, ALT-TAB to place focus or take focus away from the OO application continues to work just fine. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
