I can confirm the problem. It's been difficult to pin down a precise
sequence that brings it on. I don't see it as often as once a day (and I
spend a fair amount of time in Entourage). But I will see it a couple or
three times a week.

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Cheers,
Peter


> From: Dennis T Cheung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:21:37 -0800
> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: My two "outstanding" EvX issues
> 
> I'm hoping that if enough people post their precise repro steps, a clearer
> pattern will emerge. I can never get this problem to repro... That's
> puzzling.
> 
> 
> On 1/23/03 11:45 AM, "Dan Frakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> On 1/23/03 1:51 AM, "Dennis T Cheung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Could you provide a step by step list of actions to take that would cause
>>> this problem to appear?
>>> 
>>> Like:
>>> 
>>> 1. Launch Entourage
>>> 2. Click here
>>> 3. click there
>>> 4. etc etc etc
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Dennis:
>> 
>> As I've mentioned a few times in the past few months, it's not 100%
>> consistent. For me, it happens most frequently when I click on a Custom Mail
>> View, but it sometimes also happens when I click on a folder. (And every
>> once in a long while it doesn't happen at all -- but that's rare.)
>> 
>> What happens is:
>> 
>> 1) Click on a Custom View or Folder.
>> 
>> 2) Briefly see the contents of the Custom View or Folder (about a second).
>> 
>> 3) Watch helplessly as the focus shifts back to top-level "On My Computer"
>> (main window shows list of folders/Views)  ;)
>> 
>> 
>> Generally, immediately clicking on the same Custom View or Folder again
>> causes it to stay selected. However, after the next mail check the problem
>> returns. (In other words, it doesn't only happen the first time I click on a
>> Custom View or Folder and then "fix" itself until I quit EvX.)
>> 
>> I never have the Preview Pane open, but other people have reported that it
>> also happens with the Preview Pane showing.
>> 
>> Rebuilding the database and/or throwing away preferences doesn't fix the
>> problem.
>> 
>> The end result is fairly frustrating, as it usually takes two clicks on a
>> Custom View or Folder, a couple seconds apart, before I can actually view
>> that View or Folder.
>> 
>> I've now counted five people on the list who have reported the problem:
>> Myself
>> Laurie Duncan
>> Jason Buscema
>> Rick Johnson
>> Michael Collins
>> 
>> (and possibly Eric Hildum, when Eric responded to the list I wasn't sure if
>> he was describing exactly the same issue)
>> 
> 
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