I’m pretty sure that is OSX only. At least it does not happen on my Arch Linux machine.
I just filed a bug report, as I was not able to find a root cause yesterday: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1468274 Best, Johannes > Am 22.06.2015 um 20:01 schrieb Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com>: > > 2015-06-22 19:54 GMT+02:00 Andy Peters <de...@latke.net>: >> >>> On Jun 22, 2015, at 5:00 AM, Johannes Maibaum <jmaib...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hey OSX devs, >>> >>> And I just came across another minor UI glitch in pcbnew: When running the >>> DRC, the dialog >>> window loses focus to the main window after the checks are finished. Since >>> the main window is >>> usually bigger than the DRC dialog window this results in the dialog >>> suddenly vanishing from >>> the screen. An unexperienced user might think that the checks failed and >>> might try to click >>> the DRC button again. But since the dialog is still lurking behind the main >>> window, nothing >>> happens. >>> >>> I think that there are two issues here, that both should be easy to fix: >>> >>> - DRC dialog window should keep focus after checks are finished. >>> - If the dialog has somehow lost focus (perhaps the user deliberately gave >>> focus back to the >>> main window, leaving the dialog open), the next click on the DRC >>> button/icon should bring the >>> dialog back to focus. >>> >>> However, with the DRC issue I am not sure, if this is OSX only and I have >>> no Linux machine >>> near me now to verify. >> >> I have noticed this, too, and it’s been a long-standing annoyance. Is this >> an OS X-only issue or does it affect all platforms. > > The "DRC dialog window should keep focus after checks are > finished."-issue does not seem to be an issue on linux. But I also use > the i3 wm which might or might not affect this beahivour. > > Se other issue with clicking the DRC button when the dialog is already > open... it won't brigh the window to the front either. I just tested > this, but I have never noticed this because it has never hid itself > for me. > > Sorry for continuing this, I just realised this might have gone off > topic. So I remaned this email subject. > >> >> -a >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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