Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 103176
zoom slider grabs cursor anywhere on screen
Last modified: 2013-01-29 21:52:37 UTC
In working with a multi-column document with considerable highly tailored formatting, switching between Adobe Reader 9.1.2 under Mac OS X, details below, OO writer will somehow grab the mouse pointer and attach it to the zoom bar no matter where on the screen it is, whether or not the touchpad button is pushed and keep changing the view size and worse, sliding the document all over the screen. If you want the document, I can provide it or put it where you can get it quickly. Let me know. This was not a problem with the previous Mac Version and it has not been a problem with the last FreeBSD 7.2-Release OO build from ports. Thanks. If this is a mac unique issue, perhaps you can tell me how to lock the zoomslider to disable it unless I want to use it. From a UI perspective on the Mac, the window resizer is in the lower right corner and it is easy to pluck the zoom slider box, since on my install the zoom slider box appears to overlap the Mac window resizer. I tried to screen grab but can't past a jpeg image here. Hardware Overview: Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 6 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 800 MHz Boot ROM Version: MBP41.00C1.B03 Mac OS X 10.5.7 (9J61) Kernel Version: Darwin 9.7.0 Boot Volume: Macintosh HD Boot Mode: Normal Computer Name: Walter Roberts’s MacBook Pro
Created attachment 63259 [details] edited document
Reassigned to SBA
True, you can not submit an issue and attach anything at the same time. By attaching your document, you know that is easy. Please attach a screenshot, thx. My findings (OOO310_m14): From what I read, it looks like the fact that a shrinked Writer window will push the Zoom slider rightwards, until it "mangles" with the bottom right "standard" handle to change window size. By clicking the corner /the small diagonal lines that paint over the Zoom slider), the window size change wins over zoom change. So for me this works well (Max OS 10.5.7 on Macmini) How do you change focus between OOo and other applications? Does this happen with other apps (i.e. Safari) too?
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Attaching full screen shot. I have the Mac pretty much set up in standard fashion without much, if any munging. I switch back and forth by resizing windows to fit two across (ie a PDF doc on the right, oo on the left or on the second monitor. Then I just point at the appropriate window and click. I use the touchpad 99% of the time and I don't know if this would be a problem with the mouse. The touchpad is set for two finger rightclick which is not factory standard.
Created attachment 63316 [details] screen shot of slider issue.
New information: Apparently, OS X touchpad has emulation issues in that it detects a ctl/touchpad when touchpad is used with fingers resting on keys but no actual keypress. This triggers the zoom slider. A work around to this most annoying behavior would be to allow the zoom-slider to be disabled in the status bar as an option. Can this be done? I can find no documentation for this.