Mouse Focus Bug???

[John Hill @ Poplar Hill Machine]

Hey Everyone,

 

I've run into this before but couldn't figure out exactly what caused it until today. It's caused me major headaches in the past because I've "lost" ops and couldn't figure out why.

 

Please see if you can duplicate:

 

1 - Create some wireframe geometry.

2 - Create an operation that uses some of the geometry...drill a hole maybe.

3 - Make sure the new op is selected.

4 - Select a piece of geometry not used by the op.

5 - Move the mouse pointer back over the op manager.

6 - Hit the delete key.

7 - The op is deleted but not the geometry.

8 - Now, repeat but for step 3 deselect all ops.

9 - Hitting the delete key selects the op.

10 - Hitting it again deletes the op.

 

This is especially frustrating because even though the mouse pointer may appear to be in the graphics window, if it's too close to the op manager separator and changes to an arrow, the delete key deletes the op, not the geometry.

 

Is there a setting to require a mouse click to move focus?

 

Thanks,

 

John

[Guest]

John,

 

If your mouse is in the OP manager, NO MATTER what you have selected on the screen, you OP manager is active.

 

The mouse is then focused on the OP manager and not the screen

[strabe]

Well I just had my mouse in the ops manager and hit delete and th "select entities" dialog popped up in the geo area. (I have dual monitors with ops mgr undocked)

 

Wierd.

[Steve Biehl - Cimquest Inc]

it is working the way intended for John H. The mouse location sets focus.

 

strabe, that is probably an effect of the undocked ops manager.

[John Hill @ Poplar Hill Machine]

OK strabe!

 

I'm now in an undocked state and liking it!

 

Thanks,

 

John

[strabe]

[t smith]

Yes sometimes you have to click in the ops window to activate it and sometimes you don't,

and that goes for the graphics window also! I do have my ops manager undocked also with dual monitors.

[?Mark]

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The mouse is then focused on the OP manager and not the screen

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O'k, big problem here that started today and it's causing major problem with my backplot.

 

No matter where the mouse is on my monitor the op manager is always "alive'.

What I mean by "alive" is that when mouse was located on screen ops manager icons always become gray, but not anymore.

 

My X3 beta doesn't have that problem though ???