Only one click to change focus and activate something?

Lamberto Vitali · May 21, 2023

Wynona said:
I'm with you, Dru. No Focus problems for me. In fact, I've never had any of the problems the OP has described.

I also use my computer daily, and especially Microsoft 365. I tested WordPad and Word and had no problems.

Clearly you didn't do what I asked, because this happens on any computer. Load TWO apps, side by side, so they are both displayed AT ONCE. Not just open at once, actually on the screen, visible at the same time, half a screen each for example. Work in one app. Now try to click something in the other app (where "other app" is either Office or Wordpad), say a menu. It doesn't work! You have to click a second time!

KCMichaelB · May 22, 2023

Just curious. For the sake of troubleshooting; do all of your computers have the start menu, taskbar, file explorer tweaker apps installed? I'm not experiencing these issues; but I do not use any third-party GUI tweaks. I've tried MS and non-MS apps side-by-side and they work as expected. I also don't use any third-party AV software. I have 3 PCs with W11( 2 Home, and 1 Pro version) and none of them currently have these symptoms. I hope you can sort this out. That would be super annoying to deal with that on a daily basis.

Lamberto Vitali · May 22, 2023

It nothing to do with my computers, it happens on any computer owned by anyone. It's the way MS stuff works. Here you go, try to do EXACTLY what I did in the video. Click the NOT IN FOCUS Wordpad's menu. It will bring Wordpad to focus, but NOT open the menu. Click the menu again, and it opens. The app only responds to clicks when it is ALREADY IN FOCUS.

You will notice in the video I only needed one click once to come back to the browser, yet Wordpad needed two.

Jeez, it's quite hard to video your desktop and hide the porn

KCMichaelB · May 22, 2023

Lamberto Vitali said:
It nothing to do with my computers, it happens on any computer owned by anyone. It's the way MS stuff works. Here you go, try to do EXACTLY what I did in the video. Click the NOT IN FOCUS Wordpad's menu. It will bring Wordpad to focus, but NOT open the menu. Click the menu again, and it opens. The app only responds to clicks when it is ALREADY IN FOCUS.

You will notice in the video I only needed one click once to come back to the browser, yet Wordpad needed two.

Jeez, it's quite hard to video your desktop and hide the porn

I stand corrected. I did exactly what your video displayed. I tried this on 2 computers. Originally I was copying text from 1 program and right-clicking and pasting into another. It's the part when you select a menu item where it requires 2 clicks. I'm going to try this on one of my Windows 10 PCs and see if I get the same result. LOL sharing a youtube video. The algorithm makes me look like some kind of weirdo when the video is finished on what to view next.

Lamberto Vitali · May 22, 2023

KCMichaelB said:
I stand corrected. I did exactly what your video displayed. I tried this on 2 computers. Originally I was copying text from 1 program and right-clicking and pasting into another. It's the part when you select a menu item where it requires 2 clicks. I'm going to try this on one of my Windows 10 PCs and see if I get the same result. LOL sharing a youtube video. The algorithm makes me look like some kind of weirdo when the video is finished on what to view next.

That's weird the right click works. Nothing else does. You can't for example left click in a different part of the text. It seems MS are even more inconsistent than I thought!

I don't right click to paste, it's too slow. I use both hands. Left click with the mouse then CTRL-V with the keys.

It'll be the same on Windows 10, it was the same on every Windows I can remember. Back in days of 286s and Windows 2, a friend was boasting his Archimedes only needed one click. Three decades later the bug still remains.

I can't test it myself, I have eight Windows 11 machines. Oh wait, there's the one which won't boot off anything with the screwed up BIOS, I think I put 10 on there with an old DVD drive I found dusty in a cupboard. Yes, Windows 10 has the bug.

The what to view next should be based on your own Youtube history (I hope!) Although if you saw "Geordie masturbating", that's just one of my parrots. Been on there a year and nobody's asked for it to be taken down yet, so I guess prudes are picky, only humans are rude.

Ghot · May 22, 2023

Lamberto Vitali said:
You can't for example left click in a different part of the text

Maybe MS thought that was an... improvement.
Like it prevents unintended edits, when the user was "working" in a different window.
I'm just guessing here.

I think you've "proven" that MS did this on purpose.
Maybe now we have to try to figure out "why" they did this on purpose. ^^

Like the new Win 11 context menu. At first I was like... wth?!? Why would anyone think that was an improvement.
Then I realized that MS probably did that for those with wildly smaller screens.
Those that might not want a seriously "long" context menu.

Lamberto Vitali · May 22, 2023

Ghot said:
Maybe MS thought that was an... improvement.
Like it prevents unintended edits, when the user was "working" in a different window.
I'm just guessing here.

I can't see how it prevents unintended edits. What it does is make you edit the wrong bit!

Or what if I click the save button when it isn't in focus, Guess what, no save!

Ghot said:
I think you've "proven" that MS did this on purpose.
Maybe now we have to try to figure out "why" they did this on purpose. ^^

Because they don't have a clue.

Ghot said:
Like the new Win 11 context menu. At first I was like... wth?!? Why would anyone think that was an improvement.
Then I realized that MS probably did that for those with wildly smaller screens.
Those that might not want a seriously "long" context menu.

That thing is preposterously stupid. They removed the most common things, copy, paste etc. What?!? So I'm meant to figure out what the funny little icons are at the top I didn't even notice to begin with? No, I use words. I don't know what the symbols on my washing machine mean either. Hieroglyphs are for Neanderthals.

Ghot · May 22, 2023

Lamberto Vitali said:
I can't see how it prevents unintended edits

Only thing I can think is say you're playing a windowed game, with lots of say... keyboard and mouse.
Someone at MS thought... "they could accidentally make an unintended edit".

Who knows.

I agree though... a lot of the changes are just plain stoooopid. :/

Edwin · May 22, 2023

I thought perhaps the glitch was intrinsic to the $29.99 version of Office! :zany:

But, it also happens in Paint, W10 or W11, customizations or not!

Lamberto Vitali · May 22, 2023

Ghot said:
Only thing I can think is say you're playing a windowed game, with lots of say... keyboard and mouse.
Someone at MS thought... "they could accidentally make an unintended edit".

So.... I accidentally click outside the game, and continue to hammer the fire key, and how does one extra click needed help this? All it does is make me edit a different part.

Ghot said:
Who knows.

I agree though... a lot of the changes are just plain stoooopid. :/

All the changes are stupid. I've never found anything better about newer windowses, apart from less crashing. All the interface stuff is horrid, and everyone gets programs to revert!

Edwin said:
I thought perhaps the glitch was intrinsic to the $29.99 version of Office!

But, it also happens in Paint, W10 or W11, customizations or not!

You can get Office that cheap? I thought it was over $100? I'm not too familiar with pricing.

Paint? Why do they even include that? I don't think there's anything you can actually do with it.

Ghot · May 22, 2023

Lamberto Vitali said:
You can get Office that cheap?

StackSocial has it for $29 to $49 depending on the sales. There's a topic about it here somewhere.

z3r010 · May 22, 2023

Ghot said:
StackSocial has it for $29 to $49 depending on the sales. There's a topic about it here somewhere.

It's on at $29.99 atm.

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Lamberto Vitali · May 22, 2023

I guess their sales were dropping. It used to be a three figure sum unless you were a student or something. Is windows still $150?

Edwin · May 22, 2023

Lamberto Vitali said:
You can get Office that cheap? I thought it was over $100? I'm not too familiar with pricing.

Lamberto Vitali said:
Paint? Why do they even include that? I don't think there's anything you can actually do with it.

Beats me!!!

Wynona · May 22, 2023

Lamberto Vitali said:
Clearly you didn't do what I asked, because this happens on any computer. Load TWO apps, side by side, so they are both displayed AT ONCE. Not just open at once, actually on the screen, visible at the same time, half a screen each for example. Work in one app. Now try to click something in the other app (where "other app" is either Office or Wordpad), say a menu. It doesn't work! You have to click a second time!

Making assumptions about the folks trying to help you won't get your problem solved.

Dru has your problem pegged, but you have rudely written him off.

With the focus on document 1, it takes one click to change focus to document 2, then a second click to put the cursor where you want it into the newly "focused" document.

And with that, I'm outta here . . . before I get into trouble.

Wynona · May 22, 2023

z3r010 said:
Micro

Good morning, John.

That's a great price for those with only one computer. But I have four . . . two desktops and two laptops, so it would cost me $120 for the four I would need, but a subscription to Microsoft 365 is $99. Yeah, I have to resubscribe every year, but I'm always on the latest and greatest.

Lamberto Vitali · May 22, 2023

Edwin said:
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Beats me!!!

I see they did away with the crazy rental idea then? You can still purchase software and really own it?

Lamberto Vitali · May 22, 2023

Wynona said:
Good morning, John.

That's a great price for those with only one computer. But I have four . . . two desktops and two laptops, so it would cost me $120 for the four I would need, but a subscription to Microsoft 365 is $99. Yeah, I have to resubscribe every year, but I'm always on the latest and greatest.

Then just buy it for one.

Lamberto Vitali · May 22, 2023

Wynona said:
Making assumptions about the folks trying to help you won't get your problem solved.

Assumptions? I pointed out they'd misunderstood the problem.

Wynona said:
Dru has your problem pegged, but you have rudely written him off.

He thought my computer was too slow. You can see it in my specs. It isn't slow.

Wynona said:
With the focus on document 1, it takes one click to change focus to document 2, then a second click to put the cursor where you want it into the newly "focused" document.

Exactly, you seem to have understood. Although you haven't suggested how I fix it. There must be a third party tool like there is for every other interface screwup.