Let's start looking for common things. Anyone using an alternate debugger? An alternate script editor? How about everyone having this problem remove all add-ons and start up LiveCode again and see if it persists. Sorry, I'm a troubleshooter.
Bob On Jan 18, 2011, at 2:15 PM, Björnke von Gierke wrote: > I had this several times. the script editor also often gets stuck on resize > mode, despite the mouse being clicked on the field or another object that is > not the resize triangle. > > just now the script editors backgroundcolor was set to white when i opened > it, and the mosue was stuck at the pane-resizing icon (two paralell lines > with arrows pointing left and right). had to change tool for the cursor, > reopen editor for the background color. > > On 18 Jan 2011, at 21:47, J. Landman Gay wrote: > >> On 1/18/11 12:52 PM, Richmond wrote: >>> On 01/18/2011 08:31 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: >>>> Is anyone else having trouble with the cursor not updating, or >>>> sometimes locking, in version 4.5.3? I'm noticing it particularly in >>>> the script editor, where the cursor doesn't change when you mouse over >>>> different panes or outside the window. >>>> >>>> I'm also noticing that sometimes clicking on a window doesn't activate >>>> it. The message box doesn't update to show the stack name and the >>>> window titlebar remains disabled. >>>> >>>> Just trying to figure out if it's me with a stray "lock messages" >>>> command somewhere, or if I can blame it on someone else. >>>> >>>> OS X Snow Leopard. >>>> >>> >>> Down in the undergrowth [i.e. RR 4.0 on a PPC macMini running Tiger] the >>> cursor suddenly >>> turns into what I like to call "the Clariswork clock", or, more >>> accurately " the Mac OS 7 clock" >>> and gets stuck like that. >> >> If you mean the rainbow beachball, that's a different thing. Judging from >> the lack of response, it must be something in my setup. All I can think of >> is a stray "lock messages" command, but those are supposed to reset at the >> end of pending handlers and that isn't happening. But if the problem were >> widespread I guess there'd be all kinds of reports about it. It's incredibly >> irritating. >> >> And here I was hoping it wasn't my fault. >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
