Another GnuCash 2.411/Mac OS X 10.8.3 bug?

[John Ralls]

On May 3, 2013, at 8:08 AM, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com> wrote:

> At the risk of causing irritation, could I ask another Mac user to check these findings?
> 
> 1. Select an Account from the Accounts tab, right-click, and select Edit Account.
> 2. Select the text in the Account name: field.
> 3. Press cmd-C to Copy this text.
> 4. Move the mouse cursor to the Notes: field, and left click.
> 5. Press cmd-V to Paste this text into the Notes: field.
> 
> On my Mac, nothing is copied or pasted, although the corresponding ctrl-C and ctrl-V procedure works correctly in the Linux version.
> 
> [I have chosen specific fields to demonstrate the problem, but all combinations of fields seem to be affected. The problem also shows up when I try editing the Name field of a Scheduled Transaction].
> 
> Work-around: Select the text, then right-click and choose Copy, etc.
> 
> cmd-C and cmd-V work in other contexts, e.g. account registers, which suggests it's not a matter of my choosing the wrong configuration option somewhere.

Your observations are correct. It's a side effect of the way menus are handled in Gtk+, the GUI framework we use, on Macs. The menu shortcuts work only on Menubar menu items, not context menu items. I haven't figured out a way to fix it, so I'm open to suggestions. If you decide to file a bug, please do so against project gtk+, component mac integration.

Regards,
John Ralls