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[IDV #RIV-962460]: IDV 2.4b3 nightly 12/17: Menus hidden behind display

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  • Subject: [IDV #RIV-962460]: IDV 2.4b3 nightly 12/17: Menus hidden behind display
  • Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:03:41 -0700
Hi Dave-

> >> ... when I pull down any of the View, Projection, File,
> >> Edit, etc. menus, the portions of them that overlap with the display
> >> area are all hidden behind the display.
> >
> > Others running Leopard have reported a similar problem.  The
> > only workaround we have is to set the Look & Feel to be Aqua
> > in the User Preferences.
> 
> Don and/or Jeff,
> 
> I have an Intel iMac running Leopard at home as well as in my office.
> The one at home has IDV 2.4b3 installed (nightly build 12/17) and
> doesn't have the menu--hiding-behind-display problem or the can't-
> select-from-menu problem that I have on my office iMac, even though I
> installed this version of the IDV after upgrading to Leopard, so
> timing of the IDV installation (before or after upgrading to Leopard)
> doesn't seem to account for the problem, either.
> 
> I'm at a loss about what might account for the difference between the
> two iMacs running Leopard--I try to configure and treat them pretty
> similarly.

I'm at a loss also.  Do they have the same graphics cards?  What's
the graphics card model?

Thanks.

Don

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: RIV-962460
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open