When I double click on an existing name I have typed into the Find box on the Individuals page so that I can search for another name the system selects all the letters of the name to be replaced except for the last one. This is no matter how long/short the name is.
For example if the name in the box is Smith the double-click only selects the letters Smit.
Any idea why?
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BillH
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Hi makfai,
I don't have any idea why this happens, but it happens for me if I double click while the cursor is positioned over the name. If I move my cursor to a part of the search box that isn't over the name and double click, it selects the entire name. Maybe someone with more knowledge knows why it is happening.
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I don't have any idea why this happens, but it happens for me if I double click while the cursor is positioned over the name. If I move my cursor to a part of the search box that isn't over the name and double click, it selects the entire name. Maybe someone with more knowledge knows why it is happening.
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Very odd, but if you double click in the box, but not on the text it selects correctly.
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Glad someone else has noticed it!
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Interestingly the problem does NOT exist with FH V3, so must have been introduced in V4 or V5.
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This seems to be only a cosmetic problem. For instance if I enter 'Clarke' in the Find box and later click on the name, only 'Clark' is highlighted. But when I press F3 it finds the next 'Clarke' rather than the next 'Clark' (I happen to have both in my tree).
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Peter - point taken but it is more than cosmetic.
Until I spotted what was happening I was deleting what I thought was the whole name and typing in the new one and it was not bringing it up. I then realised that it was because it had the 'rogue' letter at the end.
I never noticed this in previous version or even in the first version of FH5 so what has triggered it is intriguing!
Until I spotted what was happening I was deleting what I thought was the whole name and typing in the new one and it was not bringing it up. I then realised that it was because it had the 'rogue' letter at the end.
I never noticed this in previous version or even in the first version of FH5 so what has triggered it is intriguing!
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I just noticed the same thing happening when I was typing in a Note. I wanted to move the last word (a name) I had typed and it highlighted all but the last letter fo the name. I then tried other words in the Note without a problem.
I then realised that I had not pressed the space bar after the name. Once I had pressed the space bar then all the letters were highlighted. I tried the same in the FIND area and the same happened. The whole word was highlighted providing the space bar had been pressed after the last letter.
I then realised that I had not pressed the space bar after the name. Once I had pressed the space bar then all the letters were highlighted. I tried the same in the FIND area and the same happened. The whole word was highlighted providing the space bar had been pressed after the last letter.