It is time to resurrect an ancient (well, three-year-old) thread[0]
and poke once again at a bug that, as far as I can tell, remains
unsolved[1]. Some Windows users (including myself and some of my
users) experience a productivity inhibitor when we Alt+Tab from XXE to
another application and back again. *Some of the time*, switching
applications this way causes the focus to move to XXE's menu bar, and
so if the user just tries to enter content normally, she may actually
be triggering XXE commands, instead.
I wanted to report that I am still seeing this bug and to provide some
additional information. Here is my platform:
- XXE Professional Edition 3.6.1
- Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.6.0_01
- Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 1.6.0_01-b06
- Windows XP 5.1 x86 (2002 Professional, Service Pack 2)
As far as I can tell, this bug exhibits when switching between XXE and
any other application, and it also exhibits regardless of whether XXE
is maximized or not. After observing the problem for a while, I have
a hypothesis for the kind of user behaviour that triggers this bug.
In particular, it happens whenever you finish your Alt+Tab sequence
(switching away from XXE) by releasing the Alt and Tab keys at nearly
the same time. To be even more precise, I believe it is most
reproducible when you start to release the Alt key immediately before
you start to release the Tab key. Obviously, it happens fast, and it
takes some practice to trigger the bug consistently. I will certainly
admit that this is very subjective evidence, but I hope it helps,
nonetheless.
Take care,
John L. Clark
[0] http://www.xmlmind.com/pipermail/xmleditor-support/2004-August/002180.html
[1] http://www.xmlmind.com/pipermail/xmleditor-support/2004-January/001717.html
