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Ctrl-Tab versus Drop down window

Dale Rosema Jan 17, 2008 11:13 AM

Yesterday I was ctrl-tabbing between drawings and one time I used the pull down windows instead. When I did, the file that came up was not one that I had clicked on. In fact, it was one that I didn't currently have open. I took a screen shot of it while holding the ctrl key down to show you that the three files I have open is not the one that popped up on my screen when using the drop down windows. It show that this file is "not open" to ctrl-tab too. Any clue?

Attached (re-attached) file. Don't know if it was there before.

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Ctrl-Tab versus Drop down window

Dale Rosema Feb 18, 2008 2:29 PM (in response to Dale Rosema)
I am still having issues with the drop down window versus control-tabbing. Attached are a series of screen dumps. The first two show are using the drop down window to select part XXX28034. When I do this, I do not get this part, but part XXX36059. Then next two show control-tabbing which works. Has anyone run into this, and/or does anyone know why I am?
Thanks,
Dale

2008-02-18a SW Error.JPG 205.6 KB

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2008-02-18b SW Error.JPG 196.1 KB

2008-02-18c SW Error.JPG 192.0 KB
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  Matt Lombard Feb 18, 2008 4:24 PM (in response to Dale Rosema)
  
  Dale,
  
  I have heard several people running into this in 2008 and also several releases ago, maybe 2003. Not sure if it has been a constant problem or if it is just one they have put back in the software to see if people are paying attention. There must be some sequence of things that make it happen, because I don't think I have ever seen it myself, but I believe it is happening.
  
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Paul Lemke Feb 18, 2008 4:36 PM (in response to Dale Rosema)

I have seen the same problem when you go up to the window drop down menu nothing you click on is right.
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  Matt Dollhopf Feb 18, 2008 6:28 PM (in response to Paul Lemke)
  
  Paul Lemke wrote:
  
  I have seen the same problem when you go up to the window drop down menu nothing you click on is right.
  
  I've had the above mentioned problem since install of '08. Just recently did a complete fresh install and the problem persists.
  
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    Wayne Tiffany Feb 18, 2008 6:40 PM (in response to Matt Dollhopf)
    
    Remember that this has been discussed and mentioned that it's more likely to see the issue when the drop-down list is longer than the window and you get the item called "More ...". I have seen it for a couple years at least, so it's not just 2008.
    
    WT
    
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      Mark Kaiser Feb 18, 2008 7:00 PM (in response to Wayne Tiffany)
      
      This usually happens to me on a daily basis, and I have only 2-3 documents open. Using the pull down window menu gets me to the wrong document, sometimes opens a document that isn't currently open.
      
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        Tim Koritz Feb 18, 2008 8:49 PM (in response to Mark Kaiser)
        
        We have it here too - it started happening after our upgrade to '08 - happens right before SWx crashes my PC. I cannot recreate this problem - it happens almost on a daily basis, just not consistently. It is a bit of an annoyance to say the least.
        
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        Matthew Lorono Feb 22, 2008 3:52 AM (in response to Tim Koritz)
        
        If you are curious about another method to do this, try out the DocActivation macros:
        
        http://sw.fcsuper.com/index.ph...ownloaddetails&lid=13
        
        Enjoy!
        
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        1-CRKXAA Feb 22, 2008 2:16 PM (in response to Tim Koritz)
        
        This has started happening to me daily with 2008. Ive loaded SP3.0 but it still remains. Sometime's you have parts that were never opened, but most time you open a totally different part than what is shown. Ctrl + Tab seems to work better, but Im used to the pull down. It seems like this problem is more widespread, hopefully the people at SW are aware of this.
        
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        Jim Wilkinson Feb 22, 2008 2:24 PM (in response to 1-CRKXAA)
        
        Hi Michael,
        
        We are aware of the problem and are looking into what might be going wrong.
        Thanks for the input from everyone. Hopefully we will have a fix for SP4.0 but it depends on the cause of the problem.
        
        Thanks,
        Jim
        
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        1-CRKXAA Feb 22, 2008 5:00 PM (in response to Jim Wilkinson)
        
        Thanks Jim, will look forward to the fix!
        
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        Cliff Daniel Jun 9, 2009 1:05 PM (in response to Jim Wilkinson)
        
        We're still waiting
        
        Jim Wilkinson wrote:
        
        Hi Michael,
        
        We are aware of the problem and are looking into what might be going wrong.
        
        Thanks for the input from everyone. Hopefully we will have a fix for SP4.0 but it depends on the cause of the problem.
        
        Thanks,
        
        Jim
        
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        Jim Wilkinson Jun 9, 2009 1:10 PM (in response to Cliff Daniel)
        
        Cliff Daniel wrote:
        
        We're still waiting
        
        Hi Cliff,
        
        This issue was discussed over a year ago and was fixed in SolidWorks 2008 SP4.0. Are you still having a problem and if so, what version are you running?
        
        Thanks,
        Jim
        
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Josh Brady Jun 9, 2009 1:21 PM (in response to Dale Rosema)

You mean I actually have to install a service pack or new version just to get bug fixes?

;-)
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  Cliff Daniel Jul 8, 2010 12:55 PM (in response to Josh Brady)
  
  Long time expatriate is back, we finally upgraded to 2010 x64 and new workstations. The small company I work for wasn't paying for getting the priviledge to have the software they bought fixed. Something about getting what thay pay for, an old concept out of fashion now I know. Anyhow, the computer upgrade and new OS forced us into the latest version.
  
  The aboved mentioned problem seems to be gone. Cool!
  
  Still seem to have some lingering quirks from the past though. And of course some completely new surprises.
  
  Solidquirks rules!
  
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Dave Melichar Nov 18, 2014 1:17 PM (in response to Dale Rosema)

Has anyone experienced that the window drop down menu simply doesn't work? It seems to only do it with assemblies and assembly prints, but when I select a different file than what is open, nothing happens. This is a new feature I've only experienced recently, but I am not the only one at my workplace who has the issue. Control Tab works, if you open the "open documents" window, that works, but selecting the files off the list doesn't do anything.

Very frustrating when you have used that function for years and now it doesn't work.
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