intermittent problem, unable to edit regular edit fields

[mclarekin]

EDIT I have the problem at the moment , I see that spinboxes are OK. The actual problem is with the other type of parameter boxes, and also file paths for loading images. Closing program and reinstalling fixes the problem
Cannot edit Ray Step Multiplier (and other NON spinboxes), mouse pointer will not allow you to backspace to edit parameter or delete or over-type the parameter, however x2, /2 and reset all still work.

[mclarekin]

I am in win10, no-opencl, and auto refresh is off and i am not rendering. I can delete the "8" at the beginning of the yaw value and that is as far as i can go. This is typical of the behavior, you can not get into the decimals part of the value. I can only delete the "-4" part of the pitch value and the "-45" part of the roll value.

This is not a new problem, it has been intermittently happening for some time now.

[mclarekin]

So far have the problem only in:
Navigation panel, but sweet spot is OK
Rendering Engine, but maximum iters and local server port are ok

[mclarekin]

the problem occurs in lots of tabs

[buddhi1980]

The problem is about spinboxes or regular edit fields? Ray Step Multiplier is not a spinbox, but just an edit field.

[mclarekin]

When the problem happens, it effects all regular edit fields where you enter a setting or a file path.

[buddhi1980]

How to reproduce it? When it happens?

[mclarekin]

I have no idea. Yesterday was the first time that i spent some time trying to find some answers and eliminate possible factors, all i found out was: it happens with all regular edit fields, it can happen in cpu mode it can happen with auto refresh off it can happen when not rendering

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[mclarekin]

current guess is that the problem seems to related to navigation by mouse. I had been using ctrl mouse wheel before i noticed that I could not change regular edit fields. This time i am in openCL full, auto refresh on.

[mclarekin]

can change values to the left of decimal point, but not to the right.
TODO I will investigate making problem reproducible

[TBeholder]

As in, the cursor insists on jumping to the very first position of any input fields, and snaps back if moved?

[mclarekin]

TBeholder, yes. I still haven't investigated. I suspect mouse navigation may cause it. I seldom use mouse navigation and i seldom have the problem. The next time it happens, could you advise on what you were doing prior to the problem occurring.

[TBeholder]

Did nothing unusual - load preset, move camera, undo.
Oh, and it's per dock. Not even per group of docks, some on the left and some on the right - so the previous time Navigation, Rendering Engine and Material Editor got affected, but Object Editor and Image Adjustments are not. Quit and start again fixed. Then it happens again, but only to Navigation.
In number fields cursor snaps to the first position, in text to the last. And the cursor can be moved by clicking mouse or tapping keys (I changed 0 -> 110 -> 11, though not at the first attempt), it just snaps back very fast.
Since it does indeed affect text, it's presumably not spinner, nor even pop-up slider (despite appearing after introduction of the latter).

[buddhi1980]

Does it happen under Windows or Linux? If Windows, which version. If Linux, which distro, version and which window manager (KDE, Gnome...)?
I have never seen this problem on my PC (nor under Windows, nor under LInux), so I need much more information to be able to reproduce it.

[mclarekin]

For me , the problem may happen on average only once per month
This is my current info (if my memory was correct)
WIN10
it happens with all regular edit fields
it can happen in cpu and openCl mode
it can happen with auto refresh off or on
it can happen when not rendering

[mclarekin]

@TBeholder what version of Mandelbulberv2 are you using?
@buddhi1980 , is it possible this could have been related in anyway to #602 ?

I have tested a few things today but cannot make the problem happen

[TBeholder]

Mandelbulber 2.16 on Linux, with 2 CPU
Also, the problem eventually does go away on its own - just like it appeared, without obvious reasons (and reappears, on different subsets of docks, repeatedly).

[buddhi1980]

Fixed by adding by adding event filter for menu shortcuts to disable buttonPressTimer