It turns out that this bug was actually another bug manifesting itself. There was a rogue browser widget (not visible) hiding in another group on the card gobbling up keystrokes on Windows platform. https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19023 <https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19023>
What’s worse is that the same bug bit me in the ass a year ago too. Fool me once, shame on you. -Andrew Bell > > Try comparing the properties of a group that works with the one that > doesn't. Also compare individual field properties, in particular check the > traversalOn, autoHilite, and lockText. That alone wouldn't explain why it > appears to fix itself occasionally, but could point to a script that > changes one of these properties. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > On January 28, 2021 3:33:39 PM Andrew at MidWest Coast Media via > use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> I have an app with a group of fields who are struggling to accept keyboard >> input. It seems to just be 1 group of 4 fields on a single card (that has >> been noticed). You can click in the field and the blinking I-bar is >> inserted, but typing on the keyboard does nothing. Pasting text into any of >> these fields seems to unlock the ability to type, as does switching to >> another application and switching back, but only until you leave the card >> and come back again. >> >> This ONLY happens in executable on Windows, not in IDE and never on Mac >> (where I am developing which is why I missed the bug in testing). Once you >> unlock 1 of the 4 fields in the group they all unlock until you leave the >> card and come back where the problem manifests again.There is another group >> of text files (hidden so not on screen the same time as the offending >> group) that accepts keyboard input fine without any hacks which points to a >> problem with the group. There are no scripts on the field or group itself. >> I have already tried a ?focus on nothing? without any luck. >> >> -Andrew Bell >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
