Number: 25

Date: 16-Mar-84 23':57':56

Submitter: Sannella.pa

Source: Wallace.pa

Subject: Caret vanishes if you hold down control and bug left 

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Status: Declined

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Problem Type: Design - UI

Impact: Annoying

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Frequency: Everytime

Priority: Perhaps

System: Text

Subsystem: TEdit

Machine: 1132

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Lisp Version: 1-Mar-84

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Description: '
Date':  9 Mar 84 18':01 PST'
From': Wallace.pa'
Subject': TEdit': The case of the vanishing caret'
To': TEditSupport'
TEdit-System-Date':  1-Mar-84 13':54':34'
Lisp-System-Date':  1-Mar-84 14':24':22'
Machine-Type': Dorado'
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If you hold down control and bug left, the caret vanishes.  Now I know that that''s not a defined state, but it''s annoying; there''s no way to get it back without moving it.'
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Come to think if it, there''s no way to get a TEDIT window''s attention without moving he caret, is there?'


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Edit-By: Sannella.PA

Edit-Date: 21-Mar-84  8':40':23