Hi Leah - I had the same problem. Do you have the display theme set to Windows Classic? That's what was causing it for me. I had to change the theme to Windows XP (which I don't like but at least the menus work correctly).
Pat Christenson On Oct 9, 2007, at 11:52 PM, Leah Smaller wrote: > Good morning all, > > FM 7.0 Windows XP > > This strange thing is happening in dialog boxes. I wonder if it has > always been this way (not logical) and I never noticed or this is > some new. weird, skewed behavior. > When first opening a dialog (for instance, the Character Designer) > it takes more than one click on an arrow to open a drop down list > (the font list, for instance). In fact, in fact it takes about 3 > clicks: > Click 1 - nothing happens > Click 2 - the field is now in focus > Click 3 - drop down list, well...drops down. > > After this intial 3 click process, any other drop down menu in the > dialog box opens with the normal one click. > As long as the dialog box stays open the 3 click operation does not > return. However, after closing the dialog box and opening it > again, 3 clicks to open a drop down list are necessary. > > This, of course, slows down the work pace and it is a pity to add > extraneous mouse clicks to over worked hands. > > Any guesses as how to take care of this annoying problem? > > Leah Smaller > Technical Communicator > Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner > leah at compulite.com > > "What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own > discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais) > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as pxenson at comcast.net. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/pxenson > %40comcast.net > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.