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snerdini
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Nov 12, 2002, 09:05 AM
 
I've posted this before, but got no replies, so I'm gonna try again...

Sometimes if I'm working in a program, and I click on a Dreamweaver window to bring to front, it selects that window, but gets "stuck" in behind my current window. No matter how many times I click on it, it won't come to front. I have to click back on my previous program and then back on Dreamweaver again. It's very annoying. Anyone else have this happen? I'm pretty sure it's only with Dreamweaver.

It's weird...if I do a Cmd-Tab back and forth between the programs that never happens.

Any advice?
     
ryju
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Nov 12, 2002, 03:05 PM
 
Are you looking for advice on how to make this not happen? Just use command tab I guess. I've never had this problem to be honest, it's happened sometimes in IE and the finder.

Sorry I can't be much help.
     
JoNoiD
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Nov 12, 2002, 08:54 PM
 
I can confirm the problem. It happens largely when an information window pops up in the background and it cannot be clicked, although the problem described happens sometimes as well.
     
booboo
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Nov 12, 2002, 09:13 PM
 
Try Option-click (or Command-click)

Works sometimes.
     
dr. zoidberg
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Nov 12, 2002, 09:16 PM
 
sometimes clicking or click+dragging on the specific window works as well.
but i�d also like to know how/why this happens every once in a while.
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Nov 13, 2002, 05:20 AM
 
I get this alot in many apps. It's periodic and only happens once in a while, but it is annoying. I don't have Dreamweaver either.
     
snerdini  (op)
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Nov 13, 2002, 09:18 AM
 
Thanks, all...makes me feel better that I'm not alone on this one.

I'm gonna send some feedback to Apple about this. Hopefully they can take care of it. I know it's not critical - but it sure would be nice!
     
t_hah
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Nov 13, 2002, 06:32 PM
 
Just confirming this...I use Dreamweaver on a daily basis and it is quite annoying...of course I am so used to it by now, that I would probbaly miss it if it would get fixed.


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