FARR v2.00.145

I use FARR in the upper left corner of screen (fixed size).  I try to size the window so that it fits the maximum number of search values (9 for me).  I noticed that the FARR window get increasingly taller (not wider) the more I use the program.  The size changes are not immediate but after a bunch of runs the window will increase ever so slightly.  For me it takes 3 or 4 days of use before I say "Doh!" and resize the window back to the desired size.

Not a serious bug but I thought I would report it.

BTW, I use the LE4-Default skin just in case it matters.

Thanks for your attention.

yes, jbali this was a recent change.
my reasoning was that the down arrow key can be used in edit box to switch to results view, and escape from results brings you back up to edit box, so i thought we could use tab for autocomplete.

-mouser (July 04, 2007, 08:22 PM)

Thanks for the quick reply.

Any chance of adding an option to return the tab functionally back to way it worked before?  ...and/or allowing to user to determine which keys (or key combinations) will be used for what function.   For example: Ctrl+Tab for autocomplete.

I only make a fuss because I'm a big keyboard user and for a form of this type (Edit field followed by a List field), the natural way to navigate from the Edit field to the List field (at least for me) is the tab key.

Thank you for your consideration.

Re: Odd startup bug.  Original post: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=6624.msg60160#msg60160

The mysterious holding down of ALT is a classic problem that I used to get a lot in windows before XP. Now it just happens to me every year or something. I notice that your FARR shortcut has an ALT in it so pressing that could start and stop the odd behaviour.

-QuickBrownFox

Thank you for your interest.  I've delayed replying to your post because I wanted the bug to occur again several times so I could do some additional testing...

-Does the problem disappear when you press the ALT key?

-QuickBrownFox

No.  When in the middle of this "bug" (for lack of a better word), almost all input is blocked.  Like a stated earlier, the program acts as though the ALT key is being pressed down.  Pressing the ALT key doesn't change anything.

-When this problem occurs, go to another application (NOT by alt-tab) and press a key. Does the behaviour persist?

-QuickBrownFox

To be honest, I never thought to try to run other applications while FARR is running.  After all, there is no reason to have the FARR window active unless you want it to do stuff.

In a effort to track down this problem, I did have an opportunity to give this a try and... When I clicked to other windows and did stuff (no input block problems) and returned back to the FARR window, the input block was gone.

Just thought I'd point out that it's not necessarily FARR's fault and it could be windows or even the keyboard.

-QuickBrownFox

At this point there is no definitive proof that this is a FARR bug/problem.  However, since this idiosyncrasy only occurs while the FARR window is active (no problems with any other windows, ever), I have to conclude that this is probably a FARR bug.  Of course, if no one else experiences the problem and/or the bug cannot be reproduced, there is not much that can be done.

Thank you for your consideration.