Patrick, I've checked a little more, and the answer is "many but not all." When, in System Preferences, I "click the lock to make changes," things work as usual and I don't need to quit Quicksilver. However, when I went to update iStat Menus and was asked to enter an administrator password, I got the same behavior I mentioned earlier until I quit Quicksilver. Also, when I went to the Finder to delete an app, the "Finder wants to make changes" dialog box was disrupted in the same way.
Trying to check Quicksilver's preferences I found something else that was interesting: the Quicksilver Preferences window has the same behavior as the password-entry dialog box. That is, it opens up unselected and when I click inside it the focus immediately shifts to the previously used application. I *am* able to click the "reset preferences" button (and it highlights in blue, unhighlighting when I move the cursor off of it), but I've held off on actually resetting the preferences in case there's something else you'd like me to check before I try that. By the way, I *love* Quicksilver and have been using it religiously for years. Thank you, thank you for offering it to all of us! And thanks for replying so quickly in support of a product I didn't even pay you for. Norm Aleks On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:53:02 AM UTC-7, Patrick wrote: > > This is an interesting one. Do you experience the issue with any other > password fields, or is it just the one related to Time Machine? > We've previously seen issues with Quicksilver and password fields in > browsers when 'Modifier only activation' is enabled in the 'command' > preferences. Do you have this enabled, and does disabling it help? > > It may also be worth you having a look over your triggers incase you might > have something there that's eating the input method > > On 10 October 2012 17:18, Norm Aleks <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Recently I can't enter administrator or encrypted-disk passwords when >> Quicksilver is running. For example, this morning I plugged in my >> encrypted Time Machine disk and when the "enter password to access <this >> disk>" dialog box came up, rather than the cursor blinking in the password >> field as usual I saw the dialog box above my application, inactive, as if >> I'd clicked outside it. Each time I clicked inside the password field to >> type, the cursor would very briefly blink inside it but then the dialog >> box would once again became inactive (and the most recent application >> became active). The workaround I've found is to quit Quicksilver while >> entering the password. Any other ideas? >> >> This is on a MacBook Air 13-inch, late 2010, running OS X 10.8.2 and >> Quicksilver beta 70. I am not sure when exactly the problem came up -- it >> may have been when I upgraded to Mountain Lion, as I haven't used this Mac >> a lot since then. >> >> I've Googled around for this problem and haven't seen anything. My >> apologies if this is a FAQ that I somehow missed! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Quicksilver" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en. >> >> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quicksilver" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en.
