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[IDV #JJS-149349]: McIDAS-V inquiry #517 updated

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  • Subject: [IDV #JJS-149349]: McIDAS-V inquiry #517 updated
  • Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:52:11 -0600
Hi Jess-

This appears to be a Java version issue.  If I run the svn code with the 
version of Java that was released in IDV 2.6u2 (1.6.0_11), I don't have this 
problem.  I'm still searching the web, but if anyone there can find out more, 
more heads are better than one.

Don

> I know this belongs in the support-mcv email, but as this started in the
> IDV support email over a month ago, I wanted to keep the thread the same
> and not have two separate ones for the same topic.  If you'd rather have
> me resend this to support-mcv, please let me know and I'll resubmit.
> 
> I wanted to follow up about the problem that we've seen with exiting
> full screen mode.  I can easily reproduce this in IDV on my Windows box
> (including the nightly build from yesterday, 10/13/09), so I'm not sure
> why you are not seeing this.
> 
> Here is the original request:
> 
> > When exiting the full screen mode (View->Reset Full Screen), the active
> > tab/panel that was displayed in full screen becomes grayed out.
> >
> > New tabs will work just fine, as well as any other tabs that already 
> > existed.
> > In a multi-panel tab, the remaining tabs that were not placed into full 
> > screen
> > mode will work just fine.  There were no errors in mcidasv.log.
> >
> > You can still remove the tab and add other tabs.
> >
> 
> These are the steps I took to reproduce this in IDV:
> 
> Start IDV
> Select View->Full Screen
> Select View->Reset Full Screen.
> 
> When the window is reset back to the original size, I now have a display
> that is grayed out and blank, and other windows and/or panels are not
> affected (please see attached image "Inquiry517.gif")
> 
> Then, I made the main window bigger.  I can now see the display in the
> new area shown, but the original size is still grayed out (please see
> attached image "Inquiry517-2.gif").
> 
> As I mentioned, this is on my Windows box, and I know Becky has also
> seen it on her Windows laptop.  In McIDAS-V we've also seen this during
> training sessions on Linux boxes.
> 
> Please let me know if there's any more information I can provide for you
> on this topic.
> 
> ~Jess
> 
> > > When exiting full screen mode, the active tab/panel becomes grayed out
> > >
> > >
> > This sounds like a McV specific problem. We don't have this problem with our
> > tabbed UI
> >
> > -Jeff
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: JJS-149349
> > Department: Support McV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: JJS-149349
Department: Support McV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open