[GNC] Stange Mac OS issues (update)

[V. Vatsal]

Hi John,

I found the source of the problem. One machine was set to automatically hide and reveal the menu bar, which seemed to confuse GnuCash. Turning it off seems to resolve the problem.

Nike



at 9:29 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
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> Interesting and a bit strange. Are there any other differences between the two machines other than model? Grasping at straws, can you set up a new user on the 13” MBA and see if running GnuCash as that user changes anything?
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> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
>> On Aug 4, 2018, at 8:30 PM, V. Vatsal <nikeno at me.com> wrote:
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>> John,
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>> Neither machine has a Retina display. One is an 11 inch MacBook Air (which works fine with GnuCash) and the other is a 13 inch Air (which doesn’t). Both are running 10.3.6.
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>> I tried creating a new GnuCash data file on the 13 inch machine, and couldn’t even get through the setup process, since clicking with a mouse doesn’t work reliably. 
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>> Both have tabs set “in full screen only” and all options in the dock preferences are the same.
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>> Nike
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>>> On Aug 4, 2018, at 5:35 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
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>>>> On Aug 4, 2018, at 5:23 PM, V. Vatsal via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
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>>>> Hi all,
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>>>> This is an update to my earlier post reporting malfunction of the mouse pointer under the current version of Mac OS,
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>>>> John Ralls responded that it was connected with Mac OS system tabs.
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>>>> I have tried toggling the system tabs, but it makes no difference — the behaviour continues. 
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>>>> However, I have done some more testing and found some results  that may be useful to track down the bug.
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>>>> I have a single GnuCash file, on a USB key. I have been running GnuCash on two different machines, and the USB key goes back and forth. 
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>>>> On one machine, there is no problem at all with the mouse. Everything works as expected. This was the machine used to create the GnuCash file in the first place.
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>>>> However, on the other machine, many GnuCash interface elements are broken. Windows appear with strange sizes, and radio buttons are often hidden. The mouse click in list seems to select the item below the one clicked. 
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>>>> I note that the two machines in question have different screen sizes and resolutions; if there’s a problem with mouse/screen coordinates, perhaps there is something in the GnuCash data files that ties the resolution and screen coordinates to the machine that created the file? 
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>>>> I hope this helps.
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>>> Nike,
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>>> When it comes to Mac screen resolution only one thing counts: Is one of them a Retina and the other not? Are both running the same MacOS version?
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>>> The data file shouldn't have any affect on drawing the GUI.
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>>> Regards,
>>> John Ralls
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