Completely off-topic, but could you post a brief description of how you made that video David (or send me a PM)? I have to do something similar in the near future and it would be good to know what kit/software you recorded with.
Cheers and thanks, Mark > On Oct 9, 2020, at 3:18 PM, David Bovill via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Here is a video describing the bug - or at least I am assuming it is a bug. > Very curious to see if anyone else is experiencing this issue: > > • https://vimeo.com/466580164 > > On 9 Oct 2020, 14:48 +0100, David Bovill <david.bov...@gmail.com>, wrote: >> I’m getting pretty curious about this bug :) >> >> Testing mouse clicks- and not stacks jumping position when moving their >> location - I find that a stack that is successfully moved between the four >> quadrants of the screen - accepts mouse clicks accurately in the >> bottom-left, top-right and bottom right quadrants - but in the top-eft >> quadrant the mouse-click interactions are offset vertically in a way that is >> compatible with the stack jump. So if you manage to locate the. Stack >> without it jumping - in the top-left quadrant the mouse clicks are off. >> >> Monitor settings are set for default value of the MacBook Pro display. I >> think I’ll make a short video of this behaviour. >> On 9 Oct 2020, 14:35 +0100, David Bovill <david.bov...@gmail.com>, wrote: >>> Also tested on Livecode 8.1.5 with same results. >>> On 9 Oct 2020, 14:00 +0100, David Bovill <david.bov...@gmail.com>, wrote: >>>> >>>> Windows intermittently jump to a location on the screen when I move >>>> windows. It’s got too annoying to ignore. >>>> >>>> • Is anyone else having this problem? >>>> >>>> I am testing this on Mojave and Livecode 9.6.1 rc2. I am testing this >>>> without any of my own code such just was IDE stacks. This I “think” is >>>> quite a long standing bug that I suspect is related to the global >>>> coordinate system as I have been working around this for quite a while now. >>>> >>>> >>>> Detail >>>> The location of the jump seems to be the same horizontal x location. But >>>> with the vertical value being reset to the halfway point. >>>> >>>> I am testing by. Simply moving the message box. It is intermittent - so >>>> occurring about once every 5 moves, and strangely is happening only when >>>> the top left of the stack window is within the top left quadrant of the >>>> screen. Using. The following code int eh message box I find the top of the >>>> message box stack is always 492 after a jump (see below). This appears to >>>> be related to half the screen less the decorations like menu? > > > > put the screenrect & CR & the rect of stack” Message box" > > > > > > > > 0,0,1680,1050 > > > > 215,492,634,640 >>>> >>>> As a further indication that the problem is due to the IDE, I find that >>>> creating a test stack (no scripts or controls) exhibits the same behaviour >>>> - but this behaviour can be suppressed by choosing “Suppress Messages” >>>> from the “Development” menu. This suppression has no effect on the message >>>> box or other IDE windows which still jump intermittently. >>>> >>>> The problem is most intense when working with multiple screens. For at >>>> least a couple of years stacks I create and place on second or third >>>> monitors receive mouse clicks in the wrong location. This happens on >>>> different machines, and different. Monitor setups. Only tested on Macs. >>>> >>>> I am currently creating a multiscreen app - so taking the tracking down. >>>> Of this bug more seriously. The current tests are one on my laptop without >>>> external monitors, and having restarted the computer (several times). >>>> Applications other than Livecode don’t suffer this problem. >>>> >>>> How should I report this bug - should I submit a video / screen recording? >>>> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
