MySQL Bugs: #6990: Inline help causes query edit box to become uneditable

Bug #6990	Inline help causes query edit box to become uneditable
Submitted:	3 Dec 2004 15:19	Modified:	6 Dec 2004 12:44
Reporter:	Neil Jackson	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Query Browser	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	1.1.1.2	OS:	Windows (Windows XP - SP1)
Assigned to:	Mike Lischke	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
After using the Inline Help system (to display help-pages inside a Query-Tab style window), sometimes (about 1 time in 3) the query in the top edit box will become uneditable. The cursor will no longer display over the top edit box, but strangely, it is possible to select (highlight) portions of the text, though it is extremely difficult to pinpoint particular bits of text, because you have no cursor.

More importantly, it is impossible to insert new text, delete text, or cut and paste the query for pasting into a new query-tab's edit window.

Workaround Note - closing the Inline Help window will immediately reactivate the 'broken' query tab edit window, and you can carry on editing it. Much better this, than to lose your query entirely, after you'd looked something up in the help system!

How to repeat:
Open an Inline Help window, and one or more query tab windows, and use them! It'll happen fairly quickly, in my experience.

Suggested fix:
Um... make it not do this? LOL - I'll leave this to the experts...

Thanks again for a great product... despite their occasional (and completely understandable) issues, these tools are EXCELLENT, and I support you guys ALL THE WAY!

I could verify this behaviour on my system as well.

In order to reproduce the inline help must receive the focus  e.g just click somewhere into the text.
The query box not only get's reactivatd when closing the inline help also when switching to another task (ALT TAB)

Hope this helps,
Gregor 

Windows XP - SP2

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