Thanks David, very kind of you to offer. Could we schedule for next week (or the one after)? I’m also in a bit of a crunch week myself so next week or after would work out better for me as well.
Cheers, Mark > On Oct 13, 2020, at 12:34 PM, David Bovill <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sure Mark. This week I’m doing a sprint on this topic - finishing on Sunday. > As part of that work I’ll be recording more videos in Livecode and will post > them next week together with some documentation. If you want a quick touch > base before that I’d be happy to do a Zoom and do a show / tell. > On 11 Oct 2020, 11:37 +0100, Mark Smith <[email protected]>, wrote: >> 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 >>> <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>, 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 <[email protected]>, wrote: >>>>> Also tested on Livecode 8.1.5 with same results. >>>>> On 9 Oct 2020, 14:00 +0100, David Bovill <[email protected]>, 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 >>> [email protected] >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
