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[IDV #YPU-415017]: IDV v2.9u2 (Mac OS X): Bug in Data Choosers subwindow resizing?

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  • Subject: [IDV #YPU-415017]: IDV v2.9u2 (Mac OS X): Bug in Data Choosers subwindow resizing?
  • Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:41:08 -0700
Hi Dave,

It looks like you have discovered a UI bug. I confirm what you see.

As the old proverb goes: "Doctor, it hurts when I do this…" To which the doctor 
responds "Then don't do that." 

:-)

Is this a show stopper or are you still able to get your work done?

-Julien

> Julien and Yuan,
> 
> I'm running IDV v2.9u2 under Mac OS X v10.6.4.
> 
> I discovered today that when:
> (1)  I'm in the Dashboard window with the Data Choosers tab selected, and
> (2) I click on the tiny left or right arrows near the top of the internal 
> window frame separating the Data Source Type subwindow from the Data Choosers 
> menu subwindow (on the left), to expand one of the two sub-windows (at the 
> expense of the other), then
> (3) I can no longer grab and drag the cursor handle (dot) along the edge of 
> the expanded window to resize it and to expose the hidden subwindow, unless
> (4) I expand the Dashboard window to fill the screen (by clicking on the 
> green button in the upper left-hand corner of the Dashboard window).
> 
> The attached screen shot illustrates the state of the Data Choosers window 
> after clicking on the subwindow-sizing arrows a couple of times to try to 
> return to the original configuration, when the Dashboard is not full-screen 
> size.
> 
> -- Dave
> 
> 
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: YPU-415017
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open