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Dale_Rosema
23-Emerald III
Dale_Rosema23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
August 9, 2012
Question

Dialog box opening behind main window

  • August 9, 2012
  • 2 replies
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Am I the only one, or do others have it where the dialog box (i.e. when you do a Save As, Edit text, or other things that require a pop-up box) opens behind the window you are currently working on. Sometime I'll wait for a short while for it to open, only to do an Alt-Tab and find it has been open waiting for me. It just opened up behind the window being called from instead of above?

Thanks,

Dale

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      TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
      17-Peridot
      August 9, 2012

      Yes, this is part of that "fit and finish" PTC hasn't mastered yet.

      Same problem with dialog boxes where critical terms are truncated due to the narrow width of the cell, and not being able to stretch it in many cases. Remembering cell length would be nice too when we adjust it to our needs.

      The whole Creo UI is buggy, or at the very least, poorly vetted... so much so that no one is even bothering to report it to CS (SC will tell you to post it in IDEAS). And there is no other avenue to report these shortcomings. Expect to live with this for quite some time.

        Dale_Rosema
        23-Emerald III
        Dale_Rosema23-Emerald IIIAuthor
        23-Emerald III
        December 19, 2012

        Antonius,

        Is this still happening for you? I still see it a fair amount.

        Thanks, Dale

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        TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
        17-Peridot
        December 19, 2012

        Nothing has changed in recent updates.

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        Wheelsofsteel10-Marble
        10-Marble
        December 19, 2012

        Yes I have the same problem, and I am running the latest build of Creo 2 M030, and it still hasn't been fixed.

        I use a window called TOOL PATH INFO within manufacturing when I run the CL PLAYER, and it is the same, as soon as I start the play button on the CL player, the TOOL PATH INFO window goes behind.

        This isn't a big fix, I have done windows programming before, it would be a windows parameter, simple to change, I even thought about having a go myself, don't know why PTC hasn't done it, might have a look over xmas myself.

        and on the new interface, in manufacturing there are window in which i need to enter text, but the window is so small, and there is no scroll bars, I am forced to copy and cut, then paste into notepad to edit, then past back into the window. real productivity...... PTC.....

        Peter

        Dale_Rosema
        23-Emerald III
        Dale_Rosema23-Emerald IIIAuthor
        23-Emerald III
        April 17, 2013

        I have see this happen frequently in rename also. You open the rename dialog box. Change the name. Click "OK". Wait and wait and wait and wait. The click on the box again and magically the done box appears as if it has been sitting there forever waiting for you.

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