#9510 NORM Not Tri: F4(Activity) hot key doesn't work.

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#9510: F4(Activity) hot key doesn't work.
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           Reporter:  Andy Pei      |       Owner:               
               Type:  defect        |      Status:  new          
           Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Not Triaged  
          Component:  not assigned  |     Version:  not specified
         Resolution:                |    Keywords:               
        Next_action:  never set     |    Verified:  0            
Deployment_affected:                |   Blockedby:               
           Blocking:                |  
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Comment(by mikus):

 Your problem description is unclear.

 When I launch an Activity (typically by clicking on an icon in Home View
 or in Journal View), a launch screen gets shown with the Activity's icon
 pulsing in the middle of it.  This indicates the system is performing the
 launch process.

 [I believe the function of F4 is to select the Activity View -- *not* to
 access any specific Activity.  I believe it is the responsibility of the
 launch process to position the Activity View to show the "Activity just
 launched".]

 If the Activity does not launch (i.e., if some problem prevents the
 initialization of that Activity), the pulsing launch screen persists for a
 while, then disappears.  I believe that F4 gets never set up to get into
 that Activity, because that Activity never got "ready".

 If the Activity does launch, I myself have never experienced F4 not
 getting set up -- either to the launch screen if the Activity is not yet
 "ready", or "into" the Activity once that Activity has been initialized
 and has put up its own screen.

 If, before the Activity is "ready", the user presses F4, it is my
 expectation that "there is no Activity there" - and therefore the user
 cannot as yet get into the Activity "just launched".  All the user would
 see is the (still in process) launch screen.

 [[BR]]
 Please explain more clearly: "what did you do - step by step", "how long
 did you wait between each step", and "what did you expect as you did each
 step".

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