I'm hoping that if enough people post their precise repro steps, a clearer pattern will emerge. I can never get this problem to repro... That's puzzling.
On 1/23/03 11:45 AM, "Dan Frakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/23/03 1:51 AM, "Dennis T Cheung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Could you provide a step by step list of actions to take that would cause >> this problem to appear? >> >> Like: >> >> 1. Launch Entourage >> 2. Click here >> 3. click there >> 4. etc etc etc >> >> Thanks. > > Dennis: > > As I've mentioned a few times in the past few months, it's not 100% > consistent. For me, it happens most frequently when I click on a Custom Mail > View, but it sometimes also happens when I click on a folder. (And every > once in a long while it doesn't happen at all -- but that's rare.) > > What happens is: > > 1) Click on a Custom View or Folder. > > 2) Briefly see the contents of the Custom View or Folder (about a second). > > 3) Watch helplessly as the focus shifts back to top-level "On My Computer" > (main window shows list of folders/Views) ;) > > > Generally, immediately clicking on the same Custom View or Folder again > causes it to stay selected. However, after the next mail check the problem > returns. (In other words, it doesn't only happen the first time I click on a > Custom View or Folder and then "fix" itself until I quit EvX.) > > I never have the Preview Pane open, but other people have reported that it > also happens with the Preview Pane showing. > > Rebuilding the database and/or throwing away preferences doesn't fix the > problem. > > The end result is fairly frustrating, as it usually takes two clicks on a > Custom View or Folder, a couple seconds apart, before I can actually view > that View or Folder. > > I've now counted five people on the list who have reported the problem: > Myself > Laurie Duncan > Jason Buscema > Rick Johnson > Michael Collins > > (and possibly Eric Hildum, when Eric responded to the list I wasn't sure if > he was describing exactly the same issue) > -- Dennis T Cheung | [EMAIL PROTECTED] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
