[mythtv-users] More popup menu oddities (can't select / wrong color buttons)

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/27/2006 02:16 PM, John Clabaugh wrote:
> On 1/27/06, Benjamin Carlisle <ben.carlisle at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On 1/27/06, Wendy Seltzer <wseltzer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> <http://wendy.seltzer.org/mythtv/good-popup.png > same screen, now it selects, and the buttons are gray (after starting the program and fast-forwarding to the end a second time)
>>>       
>> I've seen the same thing - in SVN as of about 2-3 weeks ago.  I usually have
>> to restart the frontend (from a terminal, because I can't select an option
>> on the Quit dialog box) to get control back.  It started happening about the
>> same time I installed Greyhem but I doubt that's the problem because it
>> happens in other themes too.  I have not found a pattern for when it
>> happens.
>>     
> I've seen this on the Minimalist-Wide theme.  I think it may be a
> focus issue.  Once I move the mouse and click on the dialog box, it
> receives focus and then everything is fine.
>   
I agree with the focus theory.  I've seen this issue when using older 
versions of xine.  It's an ugly hack, but you may want to consider 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/82722#82722 .  
Although the post focuses on issues caused by xine (which has now been 
patched to prevent the problems), any 3rd-party/external/non-Myth 
application can cause the issues.  Also, use the "; movemouse" approach 
to call the external app (instead of the script) to prevent problems 
with spaces, etc. in the command line.

If you're just using the menu or a terminal window or otherwise 
interactively calling the other apps, try just manually doing what the 
script does (i.e. after you return to the Myth GUI (immediately--don't 
wait until you have a "broken popup" or the fix won't work because 
you'll have to click the popup instead--which is hard to do when you 
can't see the mouse cursor), move the mouse outside the Myth GUI area 
and then back in).  This may mean you have to offset the GUI by 1 pixel 
in either the vertical or horizontal direction, but a pixel's a small 
price to pay for a fix^H^H^Hworaround (especially since that pixel 
should be off-screen due to overscan, anyway).  A big circle of the 
mouse going above and to the left of the screen works like a charm.  :)

Also, Wendy, once you've seen these "popup menu oddities", if you 
immediately go to the EPG (you can even use a JumpPoint to get you 
there) do you see the behavior I described in the post linked above 
(i.e. you can move one "cell" in any direction and then you get stuck)?  
If so, it's definitely a focus issue...

Mike