Dictionary Troubles

David C. davidocoker at gmail.com
Wed Aug 22 11:47:56 EDT 2012


On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Richard Gaskin
<ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
> David C. wrote:
>>
>> The last time I used LC on my laptop, I apparently had a second
>> monitor installed, but do not have that setup any longer.  Now when I
>> try to open the dictionary, I can see that it opens, but the location
>> is off-screen and un-viewable. Will someone please tell me if there is
>> a simple fix I can use from the message box that will allow me to to
>> re-center the dictionary stack... (please!) ?
>
>
> Short term - run this in the Message Box:
>    set the loc of stack revDictionary to the screenLoc
>
> Long term - file a bug report requesting that the window placement routine
> for IDE windows include a check for current actual display bounds.
>
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Thank you so much Richard!
I'm pretty sure that I had been there before, so I remembered to reset
preferences so it would show the U.I. stacks in the application
browser. Once I found the correct stack name for the dictionary, I
used the exact same short term solution you posted. :)

Best regards,
David C.




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