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| kinook |
Posted - Jan 19 2006 : 10:34:06 AM
Using VAssist 10.2.1440.0 on VS 2005 Pro 8.0.50727.42 (RTM) on Win XP Pro SP2, pressing Alt+A selects but does not drop down the V&AssistX menu item. |
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| feline |
Posted - Jan 25 2006 : 6:30:05 PM
it happened to me today, so i stopped and looked into it. IF you have a D&ata menu as well as a V&AssistX menu then the VA menu does not automatically drop down, since there is a duplicate menu accelerator.
i have not been using VS2005 long enough myself to know why there is a data menu floating around, or why it seems to disappear some of the time, but this is the trigger. i am far to used to pressing alt-a to want to change, but i am not sure what else to suggest off hand. |
| feline |
Posted - Jan 22 2006 : 2:10:30 PM
i will keep an eye out for this myself. i have see this problem on three separate machines, but it appears to be somewhat random, and only effects VS2005 *sigh* |
| kinook |
Posted - Jan 20 2006 : 10:28:49 AM
quote:
Originally posted by support
We are unable to reproduce the problem. The VAssistX menu opens when we press Alt+A. (Similar environment as you have.)
Of course, I can't reproduce it today either. I'm pretty sure the menus have not changed since then, and it's the only one with an A mnemonic (although the behavior was consistent with multiple mnemonics). When it was happenning, down arrow or Enter would drop the menu down. I'll chalk it up to VS2005 flakiness. |
| tragib |
Posted - Jan 19 2006 : 3:31:18 PM
I had the same issue. It is most likely caused by having another top level menu item having the same accelerator. In my case it's the 'Data' menu. I changed the accelerator on the 'VAssistX' menu to 'X' and it works normal. If you display the 'Help' toolbar in 2005, the 'How Do I' button has the same keyboard accelerator as the 'Debug' menu and will do the same thing.
HTH,
Travis |
| feline |
Posted - Jan 19 2006 : 2:25:13 PM
kinook what happens if you press enter? i suspect the menu opens. do you see the same effect on any of the other menu's in the IDE?
i have seen this effect myself, but only in VS 2005. i have been seeing it on and off ever since i installed VS2005 beta 2, and i had always assumed that it was some new "feature" in the IDE. currently it is not happening on my test machine, but i don't know why.
if this only effects the VAX menu for you then i will have another look. this is the menu i most notice it on, but it is also the menu i use most often. |
| support |
Posted - Jan 19 2006 : 11:42:00 AM
We are unable to reproduce the problem. The VAssistX menu opens when we press Alt+A. (Similar environment as you have.)
We try with and without settings of Display Properties to hide accelerators.
Do you see accelerators and is File selected when you press Alt alone?
Is your CPU busy?
Do you have any other add-ins or utilities installed that might interfere with the functionality? |
