> On 2017May29, at 18:45, Joel Kulesza <jkule...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 8:44 AM, David Pesetsky <pese...@mit.edu > <mailto:pese...@mit.edu>> wrote: > > 1. Open a Lyx file in the editor window. > 2. Change any setting, for example, Screen Font (but it can be anything, on > any submenu > 3. Click "Apply" > 4. A white box appears and the program freezes. > 5. Also: if you click on the editor window while the program is in its frozen > state, that window turns black. > > Thanks for the detailed steps. Unfortunately, I cannot reproduce with LyX > 2.2.3 on OS X 10.12.5. However, there is some differing behavior I > experience which might explain why you see different things. > > When I do NOT have a document open, I can tweak a preference, Apply, Save, > and all is well. This is also the behavior I'd expect relative to my next > point. > > When I do have a document open, I can tweak a preference, Apply, *the dialog > window goes to the background*, I retrieve the dialog, Save, and all is well. > > > I wonder if someone can track down why the dialog focus changes depending on > whether a document is open or not.
Can’t track down why the dialog focus changes, but can confirm the behaviour that Apply with a document open sends the dialog window to the background (OSX 10.12.5 here too if that is any clue). /Anders
