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 <david.bov...@gmail.com>, 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 <david.bov...@gmail.com>, wrote: > > Also tested on Livecode 8.1.5 with same results. > > On 9 Oct 2020, 14:00 +0100, David Bovill <david.bov...@gmail.com>, 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 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
