[Lazarus] ghost selector in form editor

[Luca Olivetti]

El 18/02/18 a les 10:24, Luca Olivetti via Lazarus ha escrit:
> El 18/02/18 a les 01:17, Juha Manninen via Lazarus ha escrit:
>> On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 10:10 AM, Luca Olivetti via Lazarus
>> <lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
>>> I've been seeing this from time immemorial, probably since 
>>> 0.something, both
>>> under windows and linux/gtk/qt (though under linux is much more 
>>> frequent):
>>
>> There is an oldish report:
>>   https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=23741
>> but I don't remember seeing this problem although I have used many
>> Linux distributions and few Windows versions, too.
>> What can make the difference?
>> Does it happen only with particular forms or with any form?
> 
> I don't know. I'm currently using kubuntu 17.10 and a windows 7 virtual 
> machine, but I've seen it with windows xp and my previous linux 
> distributions (older versions of kubuntu, mageia, mandriva).
> In any case, I'm not sure the cause it's the same both on windows and 
> linux: in linux it's enough to drop a label on a form, and when I move 
> it the position of the ghost selector diverges from the real one
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZteRShCdkDA
> 
> under windows I need a more complex form and the ghost selector moves in 
> sync with the real one.
> Notice also how the ghost selector of the string grid is just one point.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY92B46URZ8

The plot thickens:

while the ghost selector of a label diverges from the real one, the 
ghost selector of other controls moves in sync:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTAKaYIM8_U

Bye
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Luca Olivetti
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