Bug 254712

Summary:	Cursor gets stuck while navigating through list of widget properties in Forms
Product:	[Applications] KEXI	Reporter:	shivanisrivastava17
Component:	Forms	Assignee:	Kexi Bugs <kexi-bugs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	dimitrios.tanis, floyd.fraenzel, staniek
Priority:	NOR
Version:	2.3 beta2 (KOffice 2.3 beta2)
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	All
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description shivanisrivastava17 2010-10-20 01:24:51 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 1.2) 
OS:                MS Windows

In forms,suppose you insert a widget called: command button OK , when you click on it and look at the properties in the right side column, if you wish to navigate through the list of properties using up-down arrow keys, the cursor gets stuck.It does not restore until manually clicked outside using a mouse.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Click on any widget (preferabbly Çommand button 'OK')and try navigating through the list of properties on the right, using up-down arrow keys.

Actual Results:  
Cursor gets stuck.

Expected Results:  
It should navigate smoothily when you use arrow keys.

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2010-10-20 03:02:14 UTC

For which application is this bug report?

Comment 2 shivanisrivastava17 2010-10-20 03:23:38 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> For which application is this bug report?

Hi, This application is Kexi 2007.1.1  Database.

Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2010-10-20 12:00:48 UTC

Reassigning.

Comment 4 Jarosław Staniek 2010-10-20 12:19:56 UTC

Thanks.
This is known bug, not yet fixed, in all Kexi versions. Changing to general bug, not just on Windows.

Comment 5 Dimitrios T Tanis 2012-01-12 00:25:15 UTC

This happens because when navigating through the properties in the property editor, the value field is activated too.
So if the user comes to a field that is "arrow keys" sensitive such as geometry settings (ie pressing up/down increases/decreases value) the value field is focused and pressing up/down further changes the value instead of moving further up/down in the property list.
Some would characterize this as a feature and frankly I can't decide either.

A temporary workaround is to hit ESC key after each time when moving up/down the properties in the property editor, that moves focus to the property name again.

Comment 6 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-02-01 21:07:43 UTC

*** Bug 292999 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 23:43:45 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.