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

[John Ralls]

On Jan 17, 2013, at 3:29 PM, Robert Kesterson <robertk at robertk.com> wrote:

> Clayton Ginsburg wrote:
>> On 1/17/13 5:14 PM, Steve wrote:
>>> This is a small annoyance,...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.
>>> 
>> 
>> No clue as to the why but I have similar behavior on the mac version gnucash.
> For whatever it's worth, I do *not* get that behaviour on my mac version (Gnucash 2.4.11 on OS/X 10.8.2).  It would drive me nuts if it did, since almost every transaction I enter has splits.
> 

It's not limited to the split button. It can happen on any button, and it has to do with crossing events (i.e., detecting the mouse moving into or out of a controls) getting lost somewhere in Gtk. This was partly fixed for Macs [1], but it's the first I've heard of it on MSWin.

Regards,
John Ralls