Philip A. Viton wrote:
Lyx 1.4.2 on Windows XP (Home and Pro, both sp 2).
The behavior of the detached Math Panels is very un-Windows-like: I
wonder if this is determined by the Qt library, or whether it can be fixed.
a. On the right of the panels there are the three traditional Windows
controls for closing, maximizing and minimizing-to-the-Taskbar. None of
them has any effect. The only way one can do this is to right-click on
the Taskbar icon and go from there.
b. It is not possible to drag the panels to a new location. Again, the
only way to do this is to right-click on the Taskbar entry, and then
choose Move.
c. Usually, when a window is not selected, clicking on its window bar
makes it active. Not the math panels: with these you need to select via
its Taskbar entry.
d. Traditionally, left-clicking on the window bar (once selected), or on
the icon at the left of the window bar, brings up the menu containing
the Move, Minimize, Maximize etc functions. In Lyx it has no effect.
As I say, I don't know whether this is forced on us by Qt or is a
conscious design decision. But for Windows users it's un-intuitive, and
it would be nice if it could be fixed, if possible.
I can reproduce this (also on Win XP), with one qualification. When you
first detach a panel and it has focus, you can move it, minimize it or
kill it. Once it loses focus, you cannot control it directly, although
the symbol entry buttons on it still work (assuming you can reach them,
i.e., they're not hidden behind another panel).
/Paul
