Bug: If you work TOO QUICKLY in Xara, the tool mode changes (this is unexpected)

[shiphen]

Dear Xara

BUG: If you left-click on an object (e.g. on a shape), hit delete and then left click again too quickly TOO QUICKLY you suddenly find yourself in Rectangle Tool mode and the delete key no longer functions.

John

Xara Designer Pro 7 (WinXP / Win7 x64)

[rpc9943]

You're referring to double click. Try double clicking on an object.

[Big Frank]

I don't think that's a bug, I think that's expected behaviour, added in a fairly recent version

[handrawn]

see this thread:
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...Y-doesn-t-work

the moot point is: whether the program is not 'registering' a keystroke and talking a 'double click' when it should not....

[PhilM]

I can confirm that this is a bug. The problem is that two clicks within a small time period are taken to be a double-click but it is possible to perform an operation within that period which makes the double-click invalid.

We should be able to fix this.

Phil

[handrawn]

thanks Phil

[Big Frank]

I don't think that's a bug, I think that's expected behaviour, added in a fairly recent version

go away beret, you're wrong again

[Luke.Hart]

This bug actually has it's root in the Windows double-click handling code, which seems to ignore key-presses when deciding to report a double-click or not.

There are at least 3 work-a-rounds to this issue:

1) Increase the double-click speed in Control Panel\Mouse. It shouldn't be difficult to find a setting which allows you to double-click when you want and not double-click when you've deleted inbetween.
2) Set the registry entry Mouse\DoubleClickNodeAction to 0. This will stop double-clicking switching tools.
3) Move the mouse slightly between select\delete pairs.

[handrawn]

thank you for 2) Luke - double clicking changing tool is something I don't want period

is it possible to disable two esc resetting defaults?

[Big Frank]

1) Increase the double-click speed in Control Panel\Mouse. It shouldn't be difficult to find a setting which allows you to double-click when you want and not double-click when you've deleted inbetween.
2) Set the registry entry Mouse\DoubleClickNodeAction to 0. This will stop double-clicking switching tools.
3) Move the mouse slightly between select\delete pairs.

4) work in a bath of treacle