Silly auto-scrolling problem in Xara Designer Pro

I have Xara designer pro and when I drag an object to the boundary of the workspace window Xara does not auto-scroll, instead the mouse shows a no-entry symbold as it is hovered over a scroll bar or whatever boundary the mouse is over. It used to work, and I have another installation on another machine where Xara does auto-scroll when I drag objects to the window boundary.

I was cleaning my keyboard when Xara was active and I accidentally turned on the grid, so perhaps I have turned off an auto-scroll option, I also turned off my scroll bars briefely for a reason I can't recall. Restoring them has made no difference.

This problem is driving me nuts, I have explored the options and the help and there seems to be nothing on the subject.

Thanks in advance for any help.

I see this if I have moved the mouse to far out of the window. At the edge just before the scroll bars then auto scroll works.

Ray

Doubt if this is of help but if I drag an object to the workspace edge, the object is stopped and a no go pointer appears. If I release the mouse the object is reset to its initial drag location.

If, however, I retreat a tad and slowly drag ahead, my page moves, bit by bit.
In such cases, I press 5 (50% Zoom) and can move around further before hitting the buffer.
I am sure this behaviour is across all versions.

If you were unaware, you can drag an object to a Document Tab and drop it onto a different design page.
The original remains and you may see a pointer with a plus.

Acorn

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Originally Posted by RKissane

I see this if I have moved the mouse to far out of the window. At the edge just before the scroll bars then auto scroll works.
Ray

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Snap!

Acorn

Several people above have reported that if they move the mouse pointer too far away from the window edge then the scrolling stops, and indeed that is how Xara used to behave but now I don't get ANY auto scrolling at ANY mouse position when I drag an object and this used to work and it works in my other Xara installation.

I have changed something in Xara and I can't find the option to set it back......... unless it was the Windows 10 update I had recently.

I am still officially going nuts.

Interactive - I moved this thread to Xara Graphics Forum.

You have not listed your product in your profile page so I am not sure what version you have having issues with. When you get a moment, can you update your profile?

I have DPX 18 just updated, and Pro+ recently updated and while it's a bit jerky for me, both scroll when I drag an object beyond the screen boundaries.

I am using Xara Designer Pro X 12.2.0.45774

I just assumed I had invoked some option I wasn't aware of, like the show grid option, which stopped auto-scrolling.

The effect occurs on all types of document, web page, A4 page etc.

Well if all else fails, go to Window > Control Bars and click Reset.

This will reset Designer Pro X to the default settings.

You will lose any custom tool bars or other settings.

I have tried resetting the bars and I still have the same problem.

Flipping thing.

You also said that your computer with Windows 10 recently did an update. This is a stretch but maybe it is worth a try, run the program as administrator again.

Ray

Alas running it as administrator didn't help.

I can't recall if there is any auto-scroll control in Xara Designer.

There is nothing in Designer that I am award of that controls this function. I also checked XAReg 2 to see if it can turn something on or off in the registry for this type of function and there was nothing listed.

It would appear you would need to open a ticket with technical support.

Ray

Designer is one of the few programs that make use of the Scroll Lock key on the keyboard - and that's probably what you pressed by accident.

Press Scroll Lock and auto-scrolling will be disabled again.

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Originally Posted by PhilM

Designer is one of the few programs that make use of the Scroll Lock key on the keyboard - and that's probably what you pressed by accident.
Press Scroll Lock and auto-scrolling will be disabled again.

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Doh! Simple when you know how.

Cheers.

Acorn

OMG!

You have it!!!!!!!!!!

And the reason I haven't spotted that is because I have one keyboard attached to two computers via a KVM device and as a result the scroll lock light doesn't work well and does not reflect the keyboard configuration.

Thank you very much indeed!

I will be happy for the rest of the day.