#1243 LOW Trial-2: Frame toggleable in Home mode after closing activity

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#1243: Frame toggleable in Home mode after closing activity
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  Reporter:  gabaug  |       Owner:  marco  
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  new    
  Priority:  low     |   Milestone:  Trial-2
 Component:  distro  |     Version:         
Resolution:          |    Keywords:  frames 
  Verified:  0       |  
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Changes (by jfuhrer):

  * keywords:  => frames

Comment:

 I played around with this extensively while looking at a related ticket.
 I'm pretty much positive at this point that it is not closing an activity
 that causes the Frame to be togglable. In older builds, you could close by
 clicking a button in the frame that was next to the
 Neighborhoods/Groups/Home/Activities buttons. However, I think it is the
 case that what causes the bug is your cursor being over the frame when you
 switch to Home from a different mode (like
 Neighborhoods/Groups/Activities), and only if the frame was opened by
 mousing into a corner (NOT if it was opened via the frame toggle button).
 I have no problems with the frames toggling in Home if I quit using the
 activity's X button, or by using alt-C, UNLESS my cursor happened to be in
 the frame area when I pressed alt-C. (My cursor can't be in the frame area
 when pressing the X button, because the frame obscures the X button).

 Here are a bunch of tests to run to show the different situations.

 A) 1. Go to a non-Home area (like Neighborhood, Groups, Activity, etc.)
 2. Open Frames by mousing to a corner.
 3. With your cursor in the frame area, press the Home button on the
 keyboard (F3).
 4. The frames will stay, but disappear once you mouse of them (unlocked).
 The Frame Toggle key will work normally.

 B) 1. Go to a non-Home area (like Neighborhood, Groups, Activity, etc.)
 2. Don't open Frames. Keep your mouse in the center.
 3. Press the Home button on the keyboard (F3).
 4. The frames will appear, locked, and the Frame Toggle key does not work.

 C) 1. Go to a non-Home area (like Neighborhood, Groups, Activity, etc.)
 2. Open Frames by mousing over to a corner.
 3. Switch to Home by pressing the Home button at the top of the frame.
 (Cursor is within frame area.)
 4. The Frames will disappear and be toggleable normally.

 D) 1. Go to a non-Home area (like Neighborhood, Groups, Activity, etc.)
 2. Open Frames by using the Frame Toggle key. It doesn't matter where your
 cursor is.
 3. Press the Home button on the keyboard(F3).
 4. The frames will appear, locked, but the Frame Toggle key can toggle
 them.

 E) 1. Go to an Activity.
 2. Open Frames by mousing over to a corner.
 3. Quit the activity by pressing alt-C.
 4. The frames will stay, but they will disappear as soon as you mouse off
 them and can be toggled normally.

 F) 1. Go to an Activity.
 2. Close the activity by clicking the activity's X button in the upper
 right-hand corner.
 3. You will return to Home with the frames locked, and the Frame Toggle
 key cannot toggle them.

 G) 1. Go to an Activity.
 2. Open Frames with the Frame Toggle key.
 3. Close the activity with alt-C (it doesn't matter whether or not your
 cursor is on the frame).
 4. You will return to Home with the frames locked, but the Frame Toggle
 key can toggle them.

 In conclusion, it seems like when you switch to Home while the cursor is
 over a Frame that was opened by mousing to it, then Frames become
 toggleable in Home via both mousing and the Frame Toggle key. If you
 switch to Home when the cursor is not over a frame, then the Frame becomes
 locked and the Frame Toggle key doesn't work. If you switch to Home when
 Frames are open that you have opened with the Frame Toggle key, then
 regardless of whether or not your mouse is over them, Frames will be
 locked and but Frame Toggle key still works.

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