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[Johannes Maibaum <jmaibaum@xxxxxxxxx>]

I’m pretty sure that is OSX only. At least it does not happen on my Arch Linux machine.

I just filed a bug report, as I was not able to find a root cause yesterday:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1468274


Best,
Johannes

> Am 22.06.2015 um 20:01 schrieb Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> 2015-06-22 19:54 GMT+02:00 Andy Peters <devel@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> 
>>> On Jun 22, 2015, at 5:00 AM, Johannes Maibaum <jmaibaum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hey OSX devs,
>>> 
>>> And I just came across another minor UI glitch in pcbnew: When running the DRC, the dialog
>>> window loses focus to the main window after the checks are finished. Since the main window is
>>> usually bigger than the DRC dialog window this results in the dialog suddenly vanishing from
>>> the screen. An unexperienced user might think that the checks failed and might try to click
>>> the DRC button again. But since the dialog is still lurking behind the main window, nothing
>>> happens.
>>> 
>>> I think that there are two issues here, that both should be easy to fix:
>>> 
>>> - DRC dialog window should keep focus after checks are finished.
>>> - If the dialog has somehow lost focus (perhaps the user deliberately gave focus back to the
>>> main window, leaving the dialog open), the next click on the DRC button/icon should bring the
>>> dialog back to focus.
>>> 
>>> However, with the DRC issue I am not sure, if this is OSX only and I have no Linux machine
>>> near me now to verify.
>> 
>> I have noticed this, too, and it’s been a long-standing annoyance. Is this an OS X-only issue or does it affect all platforms.
> 
> The "DRC dialog window should keep focus after checks are
> finished."-issue does not seem to be an issue on linux. But I also use
> the i3 wm which might or might not affect this beahivour.
> 
> Se other issue with clicking the DRC button when the dialog is already
> open... it won't brigh the window to the front either. I just tested
> this, but I have never noticed this because it has never hid itself
> for me.
> 
> Sorry for continuing this, I just realised this might have gone off
> topic. So I remaned this email subject.
> 
>> 
>> -a
>> 
>> 
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