BZ 2147 - non-appearing text editing cursor

[Sarah Reichelt]

On 4/18/06, Martin Blackman <martinblackman at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure if I'm experiencing bug 2147 here (although under Windows
> v2.6.1, not Mac as listed against that bug), but I have a reproducible
> problem which sounds similar.
>
> I have a group of fields laid out on screen in 5 'rows'.
> The fields all have traversalon true and locktext false.
> Also in that group are some buttons, but they only go down as far as
> the 3rd row.
> The buttons are also grouped as a subgroup of the first group.
>
> Without fail, the cursor does not appear when clicking fields in rows
> 1 to 3, that is the text can be edited and deleted etc but with an
> invisible cursor.  The cursor appears just fine when clicking in rows
> 4 and 5.
>
> ie the problem occurs for fields overlapped by the subgroup.
>
> Did everyone know this one already or what  ?  Obviously my workaround
> is not to use a subgroup in this instance.

I would guess you are just seeing the same old problem Martin. I think
putting the sub-group behind the fields will fix it too, or just
moving the group so that it never overlaps the fields.

Sarah