[Framers] FrameMaker tab bug workaround

Shmuel Wolfson shmuelw1 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 6 02:41:16 PST 2017


I forgot to mention that I have 2015 (version 13.0.5.547).
It's possible this bug is fixed in the current version.
Below it says that it is fixed in version 14.0.0.361.

Shmuel

On 06-Dec-17 11:07 AM, Klaus Daube wrote:
>     Hello Shmuel,
>
>     I had reported this with FM-11 and it was considered duplicate at that
>     time.
>
>     This bug re-appeared several times:
>
>     Bug 2959372 during beta testing FM-11: Sub dialogue not working:
>
>     File > Preferences > Interface: Autocollaps Iconic Panels
>
>     ON is my preferred setting to dismiss the pods automatically.
>
>     There is however a severe drawback of this method: If the pod
>
>     opens an additional dialogue for entry of values, then the pod
>
>     closes and the entry in the subdialogue is lost.
>
>     1 Open the paragraph designer with CTRL+m 2).
>
>     2 Either you are already in the Basic pane with the New Tab
>
>       Stop item selected – or you naviguate to this situation.
>
>     3 ENTER does nothing – one needs to move the mouse and
>
>       click on the item (although it appears to be selected).
>
>     4 Edit Tab Stop dialogue opens.
>
>     5 As soon as I start typing in this dialogue, the pod dialogue
>
>       disappears.
>
>     6 After entering data in Edit Tab Stop and invoking Continue
>
>       (click or ENTER) the dilaogue closes.
>
>     7 Opening the pargraph designer again does not display the
>
>       newly set TAB stop.
>
>     In FM-10 the underlying problem ( 2742006 - Sub dialogue is not
>     accessible with
>
>     "Autocollapse Iconic Panels") was 'resolved' as Deferred...
>
>     FRMAKER-2031  [not me] Tab stops can not be modified:
>
>     => Fixed in 13.0.3.495
>
>     => re-appears in 13.0.5.547
>
>     => fixed in 14.0.0.361
>
>     So hopefully "new features" will not revive this fault perpetually.
>
>     Klaus
>
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>
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>
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