Object Inspector driving me INSANE
lazarus / 9-Editor

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Harrison · 2010-06-10 00:17

Alright, I'm pretty much being driven insane by Object Inspector. I am
trying to rename a label on my form, but when I try to type the name,
even though the cursor is in the name box, it will take me to whatever
other thing in Object inspector starts with the letter that I type. If
I try to type "a" in the Name field, I instead get taken to Align. I
want to type. Not jump around.

It has never done this to me before. What is causing this crap?

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit if it matters.

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eny · 2010-06-10 00:20

I've had the same problem a couple of times.
Exiting and restarting Lazarus solved the problem.
No idea what caused the problem though.

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Harrison · 2010-06-10 01:03

Yeah, I eventually figured that out. Drove me insane for a bit though.
Extremely annoying.

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theo · 2010-06-10 01:16

you can toggle with the tab key between normal input and selection-by-
name

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eny · 2010-06-10 04:22

Ah, learned something

The issue here is that the object inspector isn't consistent and
predictable in it's feedback. The visual feedback (focus on the
editable part of the properties) is inconsistent with what happens
when you press a key (select a property that starts with the pressed
letter key).

Maybe we need a fix: as soon as the focus goes to a property input
box, switch (back) to normal input mode.

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Martin_fr · 2010-06-10 05:05

I looked at it in delphi => it actually moves the caret to the none
editable column

=> so I would suggest this should be reported as bug/feature request

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JuhaManninen · 2010-06-10 12:07

Quote from: Martin_fr on June 10, 2010, 07:05:26 amI looked at it in
delphi => it actually moves the caret to the none editable column
=> so I would suggest this should be reported as bug/feature request

There is issue #16259: Cannot Change Object Properties
It seems to be fixed somehow in Lazarus trunk.

Juha