RE: Code Editor Focus issues

Jim,

I agree with you completely. This is one of Code's most annoying "features",
and I find myself cursing it on a daily basis. It would be a welcome
surprise to find that one of the upcoming service packs provided a way for
the user to tailor this behavior (hint..hint).


John Taylor


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-code400-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-code400-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Jim Essinger
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 9:36 AM
> To: CODE400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Code Editor Focus issues
>
>
> Greetings;
>
> I brought this up at COMMON in one of the LAB sessions, but I thought I
> would bring it to your attention again, as it is driving me crazy
>  at this
> point.
>
> My config;  Win 2000 Pro with Service pack 2 installed,  V5R1M0
> version of
> WebSphere Developemnt tools with the second fix pack installed,
> AS/400 (not
> iSeries yet!) 720 with V4R5M0 installed.  IBM Thinkpad w/256Meg ram.  IBM
> Extras are enabled, with no modifications.  Highlight extra is turned on
> (FYI - does not seem to matter on or off).
>
> When using the compare function, I am constantly using the mouse to jump
> between sides, to bring them to the same lines of code so that I can view
> the differences between them. I am also using the scroll bars to position
> the window on both sides to the point I want to view/edit. When I
> click in
> the window at the place where I want to edit, the cursor is not placed at
> that point, but where Code editor last knew it to be.  This usually jumps
> the screen to a different line, then I have to find the line I
> was on, and
> position my cursor back to where I wanted to edit.
>
> In other words, I position the left hand window to the next mismatch,
> position the right window to the same line.  When I click in the left
> window to do some editing, the cursor does not go to where I clicked the
> mouse, but to where the editor wants it to be.  I assume that this is the
> position CodeEdit last knew the cursor to reside before repositioning the
> windows with the scroll bars.
>
> The net effect is to have to click multiple times when a single click in
> the inactive window should position the cursor where I clicked the mouse.
>
> Is there a work around or a fix for this?  I use compare all the time to
> sync my enhancements with a vendors upgrades, and I get slowed down a lot
> by having to reposition the cursor twice for every time I reposition the
> window.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jim Essinger
> Senior Programmer/Analyst
> Student Loan Fund of Idaho
> 208-452-4058
> esinger@fmtc.com
>

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