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I've found a weird issue with LiveCode. I normally use an external monitor in addition to my laptop's screen. When working in LiveCode, I keep the "Dictionary" on the other screen.

Today, I am not connected to my external monitor as I am remote. When I open the Dictionary, it is not on-screen. I can see the faint highlight of it at the edge of my screen. However, I can't drag it into view.

I'm on a Mac with OS X Lion. When I use Mission Control, I it does show the Dictionary Window. However, clicking on it brings me back to a nice gray screen in LiveCode. My current stack, inspector, etc are not visible, nor is the Dictionary.

How in the world can I get the dictionary back into the screen?

Hi,

This is a super annoying bug that should have been fixed by RunRev a decade ago. I don't have the faintest idea why they don't bother. Anyway, to solve this problem temporarily, you need to choose Dictionary from the Help menu first and then run the following syntax from the message box:
Kind regards,

Mark

Hi

type this into the message box and hit enter:
set the loc of stack "revDictionary" to the screenloc


Best

Klaus

Ah, Mark was faster

AND I had the time to complain

Mark wrote:AND I had the time to complain

But only because you are used to it!

I won't deny that,Klaus. It would be nice if I had no reason to complain, though.

Mark

Ah! Thanks so much for the answer. I was suspecting I could use the Message Box to set it's position. I just had no clue how to determine the name of the stack.

Mark wrote:Hi,

This is a super annoying bug that should have been fixed by RunRev a decade ago. I don't have the faintest idea why they don't bother. Anyway, to solve this problem temporarily, you need to choose Dictionary from the Help menu first and then run the following syntax from the message box:

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set the loc of stack "revDictionary" to the screenloc

Kind regards,

Mark

I recently ran into this myself. What's the RQCC #?

I don't know the number by heart. Let me know when you find it.

Mark

I appreciate your helpful reply, but searching for "dictionary offscreen" yield zero hits and searching for "dictionary" had a few items but none seemed related to this issue.

Reports I've submitted myself or for which I've voted for require no searching at all, each just a click away. I was hoping that perhaps someone here who'd voted for that would be willing to put in the time for that one click to help others who would want to lend their votes to the report.

Yeah, I agree, I too would expect someone to have entered it already. If you can't find it while searching for "dictionary" then just create a new bug report. Always glad to help

Mark

I've come across this but always managed to solve it with the message box. I don't think it's in the QCC, although 7745 and 8073 come close. I think there are more major dictionary bugs to fix, but I suppose someone who is annoyed enough to care about this problem might want to file a bug so it gets some attention. YMMV.

Has anyone here found a recipe to make this happen?

The only one I know of for sure is when I'm using multiple monitors and have the dictionary on the external screen to my laptop, then try to open it with the external monitor not attached. The old position seems to be remembered even though the monitor is no longer present.