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Reimund T
Reimund T
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Panel problem: Lost keyboard focus in Photoshop on Mac OSX

Mar 31, 2011 4:29 AM

Some background: I making a plugin that consists of some photoshop scripts and a panel created in Adobe Configurator. Basically the panel has some buttons which executes some functions in the script. The plugin is described in greater detail and can be downloaded here http://lumens.se/tychpanel

 

The problem: To reproduce the problem, do the following:

  • Give the panel focus by clicking somewhere on it.
  • Switch to another application, then back to Photoshop. Keyboard focus is lost.

 

Any ideas why this happens, and what to do about it?

 

Note: this is somewhat of a cross-post started at http://www.ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4021&sid=d3c3d77dd128 984f8ee30252f0f4cf2a however, as I think it's more of a Configurator / Panel issue rather than a scripting issue I'm now asking here as well.

2179 Views   15 Replies   Latest reply: Reimund T, May 15, 2011 9:58 AM
 
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  • cromaline
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    1. cromaline,
    Mar 31, 2011 5:43 AM   in reply to Reimund T
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    All seems ok on my mac osx system( 10.6.6).

    or maybe I misunderstand the problem

     
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    2. Reimund T,
    Mar 31, 2011 7:08 AM   in reply to cromaline
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    Some keys still seem to work. For instance Shift+Cmd+S will open the Save as dialog, but I can't close it with Esc and I cannot enter a filename.

     

    Cromaline, are you experiencing the same?

     
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    3. cromaline,
    Mar 31, 2011 8:27 AM   in reply to Reimund T
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    The steps I tried are:

    1) click on your panel

    2) switch to illustrator

    3) switch back to photoshop

    4) Open  the dialog window by keyboard pressing Shift+Cmn+S 

    I can type the filename and I can   dismiss the save as dialog windows  Esc Key without any problem

    I tried also other way and other Keys without any problem

     

    If that are the right setps to test the problem, iI can say that all is ok with me

    If so try to repair permission on your drive and then to refresh Photoshop preference file

    ( opening Photoshop   pressing   at the same time   Cmnd+ Opt+Shift )

     
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  • Reimund T
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    4. Reimund T,
    Mar 31, 2011 8:53 AM   in reply to cromaline
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    Yes, that is the correct steps indeed!

     

    I'm not sure what you mean with "repair permission on your drive" but I tried the Cmd+Opt+Shift suggestion but it did not help

     

    I've also tried exiting all other running applications but that didnt work out either... *pulls hair*

     

    The funny thing is, if you click on the panel once again after losing focus Photoshop regains the focus until you switch application again..

     
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  • cromaline
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    5. cromaline,
    Mar 31, 2011 9:16 AM   in reply to Reimund T
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    To repair permission on mac os x:

    close all your opened applications open disk utility select on the left column your hard drive and then on the right  in the bottom click on " repair disk permission " close when it finish

     

    Not so sure but the problem you have seems  to be quite the same kind that  happened to someone trying to switch among  tools through the  keyboard with   some  panels

     
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    6. Reimund T,
    Mar 31, 2011 9:54 AM   in reply to cromaline
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    Repair permissions did not help.

     

    Bleh.

     
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    7. Reimund T,
    Mar 31, 2011 10:36 AM   in reply to Reimund T
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    I've found that if I create an empty panel in Configurator everything works fine. Adding a HTML widget however and clicking it triggers the bug. Ie, the HTML widget is likely the culprit here.

     
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  • cromaline
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    8. cromaline,
    Mar 31, 2011 10:51 AM   in reply to Reimund T
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    As I suspected.

    there are some thread  here about keyboard issue

    at the moment I don't  remember which one but Im pretty sure there was a solution in some cases

    try to take a look.

    If  I find  something that can  help you to solve the problem on your computer  I will be glad to inform you

     

    Compliment for your panel ,next days I will try it deeper

     
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  • Reimund T
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    9. Reimund T,
    Mar 31, 2011 11:14 AM   in reply to cromaline
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    On the Configurator forum? I've gone through all five pages can't seem to find any of them. Found one one via Google in another forum though: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/638863?tstart=0

    Not much help however.

     

    Thanks a bunch for the help so far btw.

     
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  • cromaline
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    10. cromaline,
    Mar 31, 2011 12:34 PM   in reply to Reimund T
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    many and different problems around photoshop keyboard,

    also when a panel is not involved, as you can see here

    http://forums.adobe.com/message/3437082

     

    Have you updated to the latest osx version?

    if not try 10.6.7 that could  solve some problem  with the  keyboard

    http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2011/03/mac-10-6-7-fixes-photoshop-cs5-co nflicts.html

     

     

    other suggestions could be :

    - duplicate the default photoshop keyboard and create a new workspace

    or

    - try  creating a new user account and  test there

     
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  • Reimund T
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    11. Reimund T,
    Mar 31, 2011 1:09 PM   in reply to cromaline
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    Tried all your suggestions. Updated to 10.6.7. New workspace. New user account. Deleted user pref directory. I even reinstalled PS.

     

    Nothing seems to work. >_<

     

    I really, really appreciate your effort though, mr Cromaline! Too bad mr PS is too stubborn. :-/

     
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    12. cromaline,
    Mar 31, 2011 2:15 PM   in reply to Reimund T
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    so sorry for you

     

    ms  cromaline :-)

     
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  • Jeffrey Tranberry
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    13. Jeffrey Tranberry,
    Mar 31, 2011 7:21 PM   in reply to Reimund T
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    I'll have someone investigate. Sounds like an issue with the HTML widget. The Esc key should return the focus from the panel - always.

     
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    14. Reimund T,
    Mar 31, 2011 11:39 PM   in reply to cromaline
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    Oh ms Cromaline . I'm so prejudiced.

     

    Jeffrey, sounds good.

     
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    15. Reimund T,
    May 15, 2011 9:58 AM   in reply to Reimund T
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    Updating to the lastest Photohop and Mac OSX version have fixed this issue for me. Sweet

     
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