Hair trigger windows fixed?

tullik

Hair trigger windows fixed?

tullik wrote
... Problem: Hair trigger windows (http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=11465#11465)

Reported by: tullik

Status: Confirmed. However, this bug can only be fixed by totally removing the custom skin engine of the Window itself. Based on user feedback, we have decided to do this and thus bring back the standard window caption bars to PowerTools but I cannot at this stage say when this will be done. Maybe for PT 2008 before the final version, maybe after the final release. ...

Definitely a major undertaking! When you get to it, perhaps you can also devise a way for a window's message box to minimize/restore along with the window.

Incidentally, besides the major distractions (unsolicited window maximization, unsolicited launch of tasks), the skin has some minor ones. For example, very often the first left click on a check box is lost and one has to click it again. After the first click, subsequent clicks in the window behave normally.

@ jv16

Did you do something to fix this -- it seems to be gone in v 1.8.0.449 in the tools I've tried so far ...

tullik

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tullik

Thanks for fixing the Startup Manager window so quickly with the v 1.8.0.449 "silent build".

Unfortunately, "Hair trigger windows" is back in full force in the silent build.

I wonder what happened in the first 449 build that "fixed" the problem, apparently by accident? : :

jv16

I haven't been trying to fix this bug. As I said before, the bug is in the skin engine the product uses and the only way to fix the problem is to stop using parts of the skin engine and this is a major operation. It will be done but not right now.

tullik

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tullik

Somehow, the single click that acted like a double click when switching between PowerTools windows started acting normally again in the first 449 build. :?

It seems there is some unknown way to fix the problem, since it went away in that build.

tullik

For a while, I'll make the most of the current 449 situation by having icons for both "1.8.0.449.0" and "1.8.0.449.1" in Quick Launch.

The "1.8.0.449.0" windows behave, so I'll use it routinely. For Startup Manager, I'll use the other one.

tullik

Hair trigger windows fixed?

In v 1.8.0.451, the Hair trigger windows behavior seems to be gone (again).

I wonder if it is unintentional this time too ... ?

tullik

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tullik

The behavior is gone in v.1.8.0.457 -- very good!!

But how did it happen?

jv16

tullik wrote
The behavior is gone in v.1.8.0.457 -- very good!!

But how did it happen?

It must be just luck, there haven't been any changes to the skin engine.

tullik

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tullik

tullik wrote
The behavior is gone in v.1.8.0.457 -- very good!!

But how did it happen?

jv16 wrote
... It must be just luck, there haven't been any changes to the skin engine.

It's gone in v.1.8.0.459 also. How could we be that lucky twice in a row?

tullik

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