Re: focus and tooltip problems

On Monday 29 March 2004 02:21 pm, Andrew Irving wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've been having some annoying problem for about 3 months now, they just
> happened after upgrading cvs head but i'm afraid i lost track of the date.
> it's two things that annoy the hell out of me and i wondered if anyone
> could shed any light?
>
> Firstly, there is a bizarre focus problem which i find it hard to explain
> but can almost always reproduce by clicking on the K menu, picking any
> group (eg Internet) and dragging an icon to the desktop (eg Konqueror). it
> brings up the copy/move/link context menu only i can't click on it because
> the focus is still on the menus. I can't unclick the emus either because
> the mouse is stuck so i have to hit escape before i can get to the context
> menu. this manifests its self in a few places, for example, the grouping of
> tasks in kicker. If i have two konqueror windows open, click on konquerer
> and it then wants you to click which one to restore, except the mouse can't
> be used. I have to use the keyboard to select which instance.
>
> Lastly, a slightly less annoying problem to do with tool tips in the
> systray applet. if i *brush* my mouse over just *one* icon in there, i get
> a tooltip pop up for all the icons and they don't disappear. To get rid of
> them i have to hover my mouse over each of the icons (not the tooltip) to
> get it to disappear, but if i hover too long it brings it back or it
> accidently brings up the tooltip of the icon next to it.
>
> I hope i have explained these well enough, and suggestions welcome!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andy
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