My memory is slow these days but I do think I've seen the same faults appear myself, both the focus and the popup but I'll be blowed if I can reproduce them now. Something for me to look out for anyhow!
On 25/12/2019, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don’t think that’s it. It’s strictly a matter of keyboard focus in > the comment editor. Having a hint window open does not affect this. > Thus far, I am not able to pinpoint any sequence of actions that makes > it happen. But basically, it should work as all such windows work. > Clicking in comment editor window should activate keyboard focus (i.e., > a cursor), there and remove it from wherever it was. > > I've also noticed another problem which is not related, but which > befuddled me for awhile. When you make a move resulting in pawn > promotion, a modal popup appears demanding to know the choice of piece > promoted to. The problem is, this popup is easily covered by other > windows in which no activity, neither mouse, nor keyboard is possible. > Such a modal popup for which input is required, should not be able to be > hidden by other SCID windows. But this issue is easily handled. Just > bring back the popup and answer its question. For awhile, though I > thought the program had crashed. > > On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 4:52 PM Maurice McCarthy <mansel...@gmail.com > <mailto:mansel...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Are you sure that there is not another window open, such as a Tip? > > > On Tue, 24 Dec 2019, 20:19 Steve Cohen, <stevec...@gmail.com > <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Sometimes, when I try to use the comment editor, I can't get > focus in > the comment entry area. I am then forced to try a bunch of random > clicks and button pushes until the problem goes away, which it > always > does, eventually, though I never know what the secret technique is. > > I assume this is a bug, but does anyone have a workaround for it? > > > _______________________________________________ > Scid-users mailing list > Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users > > _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
