Sudden delay in dismissing answer dialog

[dunbarx]

I recently upgraded to Ventura.

Now and then I cannot select a choice from an answer dialog unless I click a choice several times over a period of perhaps ten seconds. The dialog selection buttons do hilite at each click but no action is taken. This happens perhaps once every three or four dialogs shown.

Anyone see this? Mac OS 13, LC 9.6.8.

Craig

[FourthWorld]

Don't know if it's related, but IIRC there are some fixes to the Ask and Answer dialogs in 9.6.9.

[dunbarx]

Richard.

Well, if true, that is a good reason to upgrade. But the "answer dialog"? Really? Is it very new technology?

And how do these things happen only to me?

Don't answer that.

Craig

[FourthWorld]

Window management is a hard thing on any platform. Harder on multiple platforms. And then multiplied by attempting to manage all the different conceptual underpinnings of each OS from one high-level scripting language.

I believe the 9,6,9 changes (working from memory here, and short on sleep) began as engine changes, which exposed older issues in the scripted dialogs.

[dunbarx]

Richard,

Will update, as I said.

I notice now that if I have one of those errant dialogs, and I click twice quickly on a button, I get a hilite on click 1 but not on click 2 unless I wait about one second. This regardless of whether or not it is ready to actually work.

Will update now and report back...

Craig

[dunbarx]

Nope.

9.6.9 does the same thing. I guess it is a Ventura thing? Though that does not seem right.

I can endure this, but it seems unfair.

Craig

[dunbarx]

I see that there are already 30 watchers here. But how many of you are on Ventura?

Please let me know if this pops up for even one other user. And especially if it does and you are NOT on Venrura.

Craig

[Emily-Elizabeth]

No delays when using the answer command, as sheet or as a modal.
LiveCode Community 9.6.3
macOS Ventura 13.3.1

[dunbarx]

Emily.

AHA. Thanks. So it is me. But I now realize that i did not "upgrade" to Ventura, I changed machines, to a Mac Mini M2.

So, anyone on that gadget?

Craig

[SWEdeAndy]

I don't experience any faulty behaviour in answer dialogs.

LC 9.6.8
Ventura 13.3.1
Mac Studio M1 Max

[dunbarx]

Andy.

OK, not exactly the same machine, but I am used to having these things happen only to me.

Craig

[dunbarx]

This issue went away for a week, but came back this morning. It is not that I must click a button repeatedly, it is that I must wait for a while. In other words, if I notice that my first click on a button in that dialog does nothing but hilite that button, if I wait about ten seconds, the second click works as advertised.

I thought I had a fast machine. This happened only after I upgraded to a mac mini M2 with Ventura preLoaded. So I am not sure which of three possibilities it is:

1- The Mac Mini
2- Ventura
3- Dunbarx

I would not be surprised at any or all.

Craig

[stam]

The 4th possibility is that there is some corruption in your installation of LC or your stack.
Might be worth trying with a fresh LC installation and a brand new test stack?

[dunbarx]

Stam.

Possibly. Should not hurt too much to try.

Just to make this as silly as possible, the wait time is ten seconds. If I just wait that interval before ever clicking a button, the action always works.

Craig

[dunbarx]

The time I have to wait is about 10.5 seconds. Perfectly repeatable.

Just saying.

Craig