Keyboard input ignored after switching registers

[Michael Hendry]

On 2 Sep 2014, at 14:51, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

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> On Sep 2, 2014, at 6:28 AM, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 1. Open a credit card register from the Accounts tab, planning to enter details from a pile of credit card receipts.
>> 2. Realise that the receipt you’re about to post is for a different credit card, so open its register, and post the receipt.
>> 3. Click the tab for the first credit card, and try to type in the date for the next receipt in the pile.
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>> At this point, alphanumeric keyboard input is apparently ignored, and it’s necessary to TAB out of the field and Shift-TAB back into it, or click the mouse in the date field.
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>> I’m using 2.6.3 on an iMac with OS 10.9.4, and accept that I might have to put up with minor inconveniences such as this as a penance…
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> This is a very old bug, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=378728, that affects all platforms, not just Macs.

Should have found that reference - sorry for duplication!

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> Regards,
> John Ralls
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