[Bluej-discuss] Change between versions 2.1.3 and 2.2.0

[Davin McCall]

Hi Jason,

I'm one of the BlueJ developers. What you describe is quite strange and 
I don't recall anything to do with focus being changed in 2.2.0 (but 
that's not to say that something was inadvertently changed). Is the 
plug-in publicly available (or would it otherwise be possible for me to 
obtain it) - I'd like to have a look myself.

Davin


Jason Madar wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a question regarding plug-ins changes between the two versions.  
> My plug in gives students access to a 3d environment for easy 
> visualization of their objects.  First, the student would create an 
> object that has a minimum of 3 fields (float x, y, z).  Once the object 
> is created on the object bench, the student would then select "start 
> env" from the tools menu.  A separate window would then pop up with a 3d 
> environment.  Students can go back to the object bench and call some 
> methods of the object (let's say the method moveX() would increase the x 
> field by a certain amount).  The object in the 3d environment would 
> change accordingly.
>
> Here is the strange part, in version 2.1.3, everything works fine.  In 
> 2.2.0, the environment would come up without problems if there were no 
> objects on the object bench.  As long as there are objects present, the 
> IDE would not allow the user to bring the 3d window to the foreground.  
> If I tried to click on the 3d window, the IDE would grab the focus right 
> away.
>
> I'm just wondering why would the IDE want complete control over the 
> window focus in 2.2.0?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jason
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