Command-# tabs not working...

willhig · Post by **willhig** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:57 am

Hello,

Just recently, after changing a few appearance settings, I haven't been able to switch tabs by using Command-1, Command-2, etc. Only Command-> and Command-< are working now.

Is there any way to toggle this feature, or have I disabled it somehow?

Thanks.

Post by **evands** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:53 am

Opening the Color Picker panel disables those shortcuts until Adium restarts. It's an old Apple bug which we have reported and they have ignored.

willhig · Post by **willhig** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:11 pm

Actually, it has acted this way every time I start it, whether or not I use the color picker...

maybe using the color picker again would toggle it for me?

Kepi · Post by **Kepi** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 2:53 am

evands wrote:Opening the Color Picker panel disables those shortcuts until Adium restarts. It's an old Apple bug which we have reported and they have ignored.

Are you sure? Or more specifically, are there more factors involved than simply opening the colour picker?

I just did some tests (10.4.2, Adium 0.84) and no matter how I opened the colour picker, I could still cmd-# to the different open tabs I had (and even opening new tabs after the fact).

I showed the colour picker by:
- choosing Format --> Show Colors
- clicking on the text colour and background colour buttons in the Font panel

nitrox · Post by **nitrox** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:40 pm

Ive been having this issue off and on. Occasionally it will work, but most of the time it does not. Unfortunately, it seems to work for all but seems to be 3 of us now. Ive yet to determine whats causing it along with anyone else.

Post by **evands** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:46 pm

I thought I was sure, but being sure in the face of evidence to the contrary is just silly.

Let's see if we can find anything in common amongst the users seeing this. Are you using tabbed windows? Some combination of tabbed and non-tabbed?

willhig · Post by **willhig** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:07 pm

I always use only one window with all of the convos,
at times I change from American/Romaji to Japanese or Spanish type input,
I never open the color-picker, but occasionally the text-formatting window,
otherwise that's it.

nitrox · Post by **nitrox** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:36 pm

I also always use one window, all tabbed.

I do occasionally open the color picker, but thats about once or twice every couple of weeks with multiple Adium restarts and computer restarts, without the picker opened, in between. I hardly ever open the text formatting and always use English input.

The last time it started working was after I changed the message style a couple times and probably restarted Adium. I then changed it again and it hasnt worked since (about a week or so). Ive tried to recreate this with no luck.

Kepi · Post by **Kepi** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 12:14 am

I also only ever use one window with my tabs in it, and have the following preference settings:

* [ON] Create new messages in tabs
* [OFF] Organize tabs into new windows by group
* [OFF] Sort tabs with the current sort options
• Tab switching it set to Arrows
* [ON] Always show tab bar
* [OFF] Allow closing of inactive tabs

Just in case any of those settings might affect the appearance of this issue (and a reminder for those following along: I don't see the issue during my tests)

Post by **evands** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 2:04 am

Oh, that's a good data point: Folks seeing the issue, what version of OS X are you using?

nitrox · Post by **nitrox** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 2:29 am

10.4.2

And to follow Kepi's...

* [ON] Create new messages in tabs
* [OFF] Organize tabs into new windows by group
* [OFF] Sort tabs with the current sort options (I dont see this option anywhere)
• Tab switching is set to Brackets
* [ON] Always show tab bar
* [OFF] Allow closing of inactive tabs

and for reference, heres the trac i had initially created for said issue, http://trac.adiumx.com/ticket/1373

willhig · Post by **willhig** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 6:22 am

10.4.2

* [ON] Create new messages in tabs
* [OFF] Organize tabs into new windows by group
* [ON] Sort tabs with the current sort options
• Tab switching is set to Arrows
* [ON] Always show tab bar
* [OFF] Allow closing of inactive tab

Would it help if I took a screenshot? I noticed there was one on the trac.

Post by **evands** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:50 pm

It's specifically the Color Sliders pane in the Colors picker -- that's the second from the left.

Here's the tricky part: If you open the picker, then switch to it, the command 1-4 shortcuts (which are grabbed by that drop-down menu near the top of it) aren't stolen until the next time a chat tab is opened, closed, or moved.

Here's the trickier part: The color picker remembers what tab it was on last. When you open Adium, if it was on the Color Sliders pane last time you used it, it grabs the shortcuts even before it's opened!

I'm looking into a better fix, but for now: Open the color picker, switch to a different pane (Please let me know if it was indeed on that pane to start with to confirm this theory), close it, then relaunch Adium and see if you get your command 1 through 4 back

nitrox · Post by **nitrox** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:07 pm

Hot damn evands, you have solved the mystery. Switching back to the wheel from the sliders fixed it. And for that, I have a large heart for you

Post by **evands** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:45 pm

Woah, that's quite a heart!

And in honor of that, fixed it Right for 0.85 -- never again shall this scourge afflict us. [13645]

nitrox · Post by **nitrox** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:39 pm

/updates SVN

willhig · Post by **willhig** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:29 am

Wow! It works!

Thanks everyone.

(I've always used the color sliders since I'm used to picking colors in Illustrator)