Brian,
I just noticed b3 today and tested my complex windows.
You are absolutely correct.
"[Fix] [Car] TabPanel: certain controls (e.g., the BevelButton) no
longer disappear when on a tab panel, within the bounds of
a GroupBox located on a different tab. (Feedback ID:
nzhoggky)"
This is not fixed at all.
I finally had to send a message to Geoff Perlman to get someone to
recognize how big this bug is. (a month or so ago)
It was then that I finally made the connection between group boxes and
the invisible controls and submitted a simple project showing this. I
also added to the "nzhoggky" bug report showing that many controls are
affected by the bug.
I don't know how they can say this is fixed when it is very obviously
not.
So, you are not alone... there are many of us waiting for this bug to
be fixed.
--
Joseph
On Apr 23, 2004, at 7:06 AM, Brian Seavers wrote:
There is certainly a shortfall in the facilities for selecting
controls on complex windows etc., however are you (also) referring to
the serious bug where controls (originally it was thought only bevel
buttons) 'disappear'? If so, look at past posts and sign on to the
related feedback entries. RB5.5.2b3 states that this is fixed, however
I had a quick run on it and I experienced even worse symptoms, I have
not had a response to my post on this or my comments on the 'fixed'
feedback - nzhoggky.
I have now finally (touch wood) been able to move up to 5.5.1 (from
5.2.4) thanks to Keith DeLongs's assistance. Keith identified the
problems being due to groupboxes, if you eliminate them from your
tabpanels your controls will reappear. Keith has made xtools available
which has a pseudo groupbox based on a canvas, I have since chopped
this down to suit my needs and, so far, things are looking good.
Obviously, you will lose grouping features for radio buttons but
that's a relatively small problem.
xTools is here:
http://redcort.com/rb/files/xTools.sit
I have seen this behavior under windows since I started using
RB...this is
compounded by the fact that there is no way to select a control
without
using the mouse. In VB, you can select a control that is obscured or
"off
window" using a drop down list. Hopefully RB6 will have this as well.
On Behalf Of Seth
Willits
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:33 AM
To: REALbasic Betas
Subject: This is Getting Ridiculous
These IDE tabpanel bugs are getting absolutely ridiculous. I was
trying to copy two controls from one tab to another, and when I
copied them, it asked me if I wanted to copy the embedded controls
since I accidently had the tab panel selected as well. I said no and
instantly all of my controls either were only half drawn or
completely gone. It wasn't just a one-time visual glitch, because
closing the window and reopening it just made everything but the
tabpanel disappear. They're all still selectable, but just invisible.
This is a lot like the "drag this control on top of this one and it
disappears" bug.
I can revert to my saved project, but still. These bugs are just
plain annoying. I'm hoping RB 6 won't have any of these bugs. And
it's not like they're new; many of these bugs have been around since
version 3 or before.
This is in 5.5.2b2 by the way.
--
Kind regards
Brian
"A moment's insight is sometimes worth a lifetime's experience"
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