'On top' bug?
« Thread started on: Oct 1st, 2005, 08:18am »
Hi,
New user of Stickies 5.2a on WinXP Pro SP2 - it's gorgeous!!
Something baffles me though - I have 3 stickies on my desktop, with none of them being set to 'always on top'. Now say I am working within an app that has focus. I want to create a new sticky and double click the icon in the tray bar. This creates a new blank sticky in the middle of the screen, on top of the app window I have been working on (as intended).
BUT: as soon as I have double clicked the traybar icon to create my new sticky, I find all 3 stickies on my desktop also become 'on top' - they show up without being asked !!
I don't think this should happen? Am I missing anything obvious?
Thanks for a great product, Tom.
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KKKmarie Guest
Re: 'On top' bug?
« Reply #1 on: Oct 1st, 2005, 11:36am »
Hi Doxford,
I have been using stickies for a little while now (and am no expert on it by far) but I thought it was weird they all re-appeard when you created a new one too at first. I don't know if there's a way to set it up in the program so it doesn't do that by default....but I guess it assumes you want all your notes in front of you to review when you create a new one. But all you have to do is click once anywhere else on the screen after you type your new stickie & the ones that are not set as "always on top" will disappear and return to your desktop including your newest one unless you set that one as "always on top" I don't know if that helps at all.
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Doxford Guest
Re: 'On top' bug?
« Reply #2 on: Oct 2nd, 2005, 05:27am »
Thanks for the reply, KKKmarie. At least I know now that it's not just happening on my computer!
Something else that I have noticed - whenever I boot up fresh or reboot, the cursor goes into the last sticky that I created on my desktop and starts blinking there. The cursor also lands into the last created intact sticky if you try to create a new sticky and then immediately delete it.
I find this unusual in the Win environment. I think that a sticky should not steal focus and get the cursor unless I explicitly ask it to?
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KKKmarie Guest
Re: 'On top' bug?
« Reply #3 on: Oct 3rd, 2005, 09:46am »
My cursor goes to the last stickie also if you create one & delete it right away. I think the idea is that since you did click the stickies icon in the task bar - and it created one for you ....since you immediately deleted it - it is assuming you meant to add to an exisitng one instead of creating a new one. As far as the reboot - I haven't taken notice. I try not to reboot much because it takes forever to load everything. I'll try to take note next time.
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Doxford Guest
Re: 'On top' bug?
« Reply #4 on: Oct 3rd, 2005, 2:59pm »
Well, not sure if it 'needs' fixing but certainly good to have intended behaviour in any Windows app. For example, I have been using ATNotes before Stickies and these 'problems' were not there.
Surely if a car's windscreen wiper were to swish everytime the driver tooted the horn, no harm would be done - but it wouldn't be expected behaviour would it?
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