IDE Editor Locks Scrolling

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IDE Editor Locks Scrolling

Post by dcpbarrington » Thu May 29, 2014 10:30 pm

Forum,

I wanted to see if anyone else is having the same issue with the LiveCode Script Editor. Maybe I just have something configured wrong, but this continues to be a big nuance.

ENVIRONEMENT
> Windows 7 64 bit
> LiveCode V6.1.1 (has been happening on previous version as well)

ISSUE.
1> open a large file with 2,000 lines of script.
2> select a section of text
3> pull the text beyond the bottom of the editor to select text that is not shown on screen.
4> Script Editor goes into a loop scrolling down page until it gets to the bottom of the file.
5> No way to stop the scrolling.

I've been working around this by placing cursor, holding SHIFT and then going to area where I need to cut, but every once in a while I forget and on a large file it can be locked up for a long time before the editor gets to the bottom and stops the loop.

Any way to stop the auto scroll or is my configuration wrong?
Thanks for the HELP.
dcp

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Re: IDE Editor Locks Scrolling

Post by Simon » Thu May 29, 2014 11:17 pm

Hi dcp,
Oh, yes I see this everyday!
It did teach me something new, just like selecting multiple files holding down shift + click selects all the code between the cursors.
I thought there was a bug report on this but I can't find it now.

Simon
Edit oh I see you wrote about shit + click... well then I'm just agreeing :)
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Re: IDE Editor Locks Scrolling

Post by sefrojones » Thu May 29, 2014 11:17 pm

I have intermittently experienced this issue, it seems like clicking "Suppress Messages" works to stop the scrolling most of the time. I'm not sure if there's a bug report filed for this, it may be worth reporting.

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Re: IDE Editor Locks Scrolling

Post by Simon » Fri May 30, 2014 4:08 am

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Re: IDE Editor Locks Scrolling

Post by dave.kilroy » Fri May 30, 2014 9:05 am

I used to experience this irritating run-away scroll as well (but seems to have been fixed for a while now) - what often worked for me was to hit Ctrl+Alt+Del and open the Task Manager, that seemed to freeze the scroll and give me back control of the IDE (but it didn't work EVERY time)
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Re: IDE Editor Locks Scrolling

Post by dcpbarrington » Fri May 30, 2014 10:00 pm

Apparently this has been fixed. Here is the note from the bug report.
your bug report has been addressed and the issue you raised is fixed. We fixed this bug in release: LiveCode 6.6.2 RC 1.
Thanks everyone for your comments.
dcp

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