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pfb3d
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 Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:02 pm Post subject: NeoOffice Calc scrolling changes window focus |
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I think the following might be a bug, or at least an interesting feature.
Open a Calc spreadsheet #1 that is large enough so that the vertical scroll bar appears. Open a second similar spreadsheet (#2). Position #2 on top of #1.
Switch to another app like Preview, for example. With Preview active, position the mouse pointer over the spreadsheet and move the mouse scroll wheel. Spreadsheet #1 jumps on top of #2 and scrolls (Preview remains active). I would have expected that #2 would remain visible and would scroll. This seems to be a property of Calc windows as 2 Writer documents behave as expected but a Calc window opened after a Writer window causes the "scrolling switch".
NeoOffice 3.3 Patch 5, OS X 10.6.8 fully updated, using a Logitech usb mouse with a scrollwheel.
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amayze
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| Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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I can reproduce this "scrolling switch" behaviour using NeoOffice 3.3 Patch 5 Test 4 using Safari as the front most app.
Having re-produced it with two Calc windows and then a Calc window and a Writer window, I closed the two open windows with cmd-W and tried to open two new writer windows with cmd-N when NeoOffice hung and then crashed.
I attach the crash log.
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OPENSTEP
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| Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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From examining the crash log it looks like this may be happening when one of those files is being closed but there are some unusual things in the stack.
For the portion of the test where you had both the Calc and Writer window open, were those files on disk or empty new windows? If files, could you try opening them and closing them again quickly in sequence?
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pluby
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I will see if I can determine what is causing mouse wheel events to be sent to a background window.
In the meantime, I have a question for amayze: the crash log that you posted looks identical to the crashing bug that I fixed in this post.
Since you mentioned that you were using an older test patch than the one that fixes that other crashing bug, can you install the following test patch and tell us if you can still reproduce the crash?:
Intel:
http://juliette.neooffice.org/test/NeoOffice-3.3-Patch-5-Test-6-Intel.dmg
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pluby
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I think that I have fixed the bug that causes the NeoOffice windows order to change while using the mouse wheel when NeoOffice is not the active application.
Can you install the following test patch and tell us if the bug is fixed for you?:
Intel:
http://juliette.neooffice.org/test/NeoOffice-3.3-Patch-5-Test-7-Intel.dmg
Patrick |
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pfb3d
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| Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:42 am Post subject: |
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Test _7 fixed the bug for me.
I did see one minor anomalous behavior, which unfortunately I have not been able to reproduce. I installed the patch, launched NeoOffice, closed the blank Calc spreadsheet, used File> Recent Documents to open 2 spreadsheets. Switched to a Safari window that partially covered the spreadsheets and verified the bug was fixed. However, the little temporary window that shows "Row nn" while scrolling appeared below (outside) the Calc windows, as if it had about a 10 or 20 row offset. This only happened the first time NeoOffice launched and I have not been able to reproduce it after a number of attempts.
Thank you Patrick for your customary quick attention to this bug and for especially for your years of diligent maintenance and improvement of NeoOffice. I have been using it productively since the days of NeoOffice/J.
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pluby
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| Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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| pfb3d wrote: | | ...However, the little temporary window that shows "Row nn" while scrolling appeared below (outside) the Calc windows, as if it had about a 10 or 20 row offset. This only happened the first time NeoOffice launched and I have not been able to reproduce it after a number of attempts. |
I can reproduce this behavior. After some debugging work, I found that NeoOffice's underlying OpenOffice.org code ignores the screen coordinates in our mouse wheel events. Strangely, this only occurs when none of the NeoOffice windows are the active window. In such cases, the OpenOffice.org code displays the tooltip window at the screen coordinate of the last mouse move event that occurred when NeoOffice was the active application.
I think I have fixed this OpenOffice.org bug by sending a fake mouse moved event to the OpenOffice.org code before sending any mouse wheel events.
Can you install the following test patch and tell us if the bug is fixed for you?:
Intel:
http://juliette.neooffice.org/test/NeoOffice-3.3-Patch-5-Test-8-Intel.dmg
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pfb3d
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Following your diagnosis of the problem I can also now reproduce the behavior with Test-7.
3.3-Patch -5-Test-8 fixes the bug for me.
Your resourcefulness in diagnosing and fixing these bugs continues to amaze me.
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Paul |
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pluby
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Thank you for your compliment. Although I have to admit that my apparent level of skill looks best when working on bugs like this since I am working in the code that Ed and I have written and rewritten over the last 10 years. In contrast, when looking at OpenOffice.org's .docx and .xlsx import/export code, many times it feels like learning a foreign language. 
Before I release the mouse wheel fixes in an official patch, I want to see if the crashing bug that amayze found is also fixed by the latest patch. If amayze doesn't reported any new crashes in the next week (or other new crashing or hanging bugs are reported), I will then release the fixes in an official patch.
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pluby
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| Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:28 am Post subject: |
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FYI. I have included fix for the mouse wheel and crashing bugs in NeoOffice 3.3 Patch 6. The patch can be downloaded from the NeoOffice patch download page.
Patrick |
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amayze
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| Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:36 am Post subject: |
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| pluby wrote: | | Before I release the mouse wheel fixes in an official patch, I want to see if the crashing bug that amayze found is also fixed by the latest patch. If amayze doesn't reported any new crashes in the next week (or other new crashing or hanging bugs are reported), I will then release the fixes in an official patch. |
Sorry, I've been away for a few days. I'll try to reproduce what I did to get the crash this week if I can.
Andy. |
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