On 02/11/2010 11:50 AM, Jan de Weerd wrote: > On 02/11/2010 05:17 PM, William F. Maddock wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jan de Weerd<jdweerd at ziggo.nl> >>> Sent: Feb 11, 2010 10:10 AM >>> To: Scribus User Mailing List<scribus at lists.scribus.info> >>> Subject: Re: [scribus] Gray dot at mouse click >>> >>> On 02/11/2010 04:46 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote: >>>> On 02/11/2010 09:53 AM, Jan de Weerd wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> When I click in the Scribus window a gray dot with soft outline (approx. >>>>> 1cm diam.) appears. So far no problem - could be a "new feature" I >>>>> thought" - but the dot is visable through other windows when they are on >>>>> top of the Scribus window. Even when I switch to another desktop the dot >>>>> is there. >>>> >>>> If it's a bug it must not be a Scribus bug as you describe it. >>>> >>>> >>> Could be, but it only happens with Scribus. I tried other graphic tools >>> but no dot appears when I click in the window. >> >> Do you have any other QT-based applications that you run? >> > Hmm. I have KDE4.3.4. that is QT-based I guess? I closed all other apps, > but no change. > When I start Scribus the dot appears when I click in an empty space of > the Scribus window (gray area or blank part of the sheet). When I click > in a text or image frame it does not happen. When I after clicking in a > frame click in the empty space the first time nothing happens, but at > the second click it is there.
Now that you explain it this way, I can say that I have seen such an artifact, but I think it's some kind of inconsequential display artifact. It does not affect the document, does not show up in print or in the final PDF. So it's a curiosity for sure, but a curiosity that can be safely ignored. Greg
