One bite of the apple at a time on the toolbar?

[Clayton Ginsburg]

On 1/17/13 5:14 PM, Steve wrote:
> This is a small annoyance, but hoping someone can point me in the right
> direction.  I only experience this when I use GnuCash.  I experience it
> throughout GnuCash whenever I use the toolbar at the top of the screen, but
> here's one simple example.  btw, I'm running GnuCash on Windows 7, both 32
> and 64...
>
> So I have a checking account open with all transactions displayed.
>
> 1. I highlight a transaction, any transaction
> 2. I click on the "Split" button that is on the toolbar at the top of the
> screen
> 3. The transaction opens the split
> 4. I then want to close the split, so I go to the toolbar and click on
> "Split" again
> 5. This time nothing happens.  Indeed at this point if I click on ANY of the
> buttons on the toolbar, nothing happens.
> 6. If I click somewhere OUTSIDE of Gnucash (anywhere, in another program, on
> my desktop, etc.) and THEN go back to Gnucash (without it being closed), and
> click on any of the buttons, they work again...but just once (until I click
> outside of Gnucash, etc
> 7. Note: Unlike the buttons on the Toolbar, eg Save, Close, Duplicate,
> Delete, etc., if I click on the menu at the very very top of GnuCash, eg
> File, View, Transactions, Actions, and click on any of the options under any
> of those headings, they DO always work, repetitively.
>
> Does anyone know why my mouse seems to lose its focus on the toolbar buttons
> after clicking on them once?  eg I get one "bite" on these buttons, and
> they're not active again until I click outside of Gnucash and return.
>
> Thanks!
>

No clue as to the why but I have similar behavior on the mac version 
gnucash.