Recovery by Alt - F4

[AllenJessup]

I wanted to relate something that just happened to me.

I was trying something to help a recent poster. I was editing a Surface Style and was going to change the Surface Point Display.

When I hit the ellipsis button on the right [...] the program froze. I tried all the trick I knew with no result. I wouldn't have lost much just ending the program but I'm stubborn.

What finally occurred to me was to hit Alt - F4, the keyboard combo for Close. I got to thinking that another dialog had opened behind the first one and if I could close it I might get control back. and I did.

I've duplicated this a couple of times to make sure it wasn't a fluke. I also found that I only had the problem when the Style editor was on my second screen. If I moved it to the first screen there was no problem.

Thought this might help someone some day.

Allen Jessup

[troma]

Thanks Allen, good info.

Did you discover what the other dialog was?  Was it there behind the surface style editor on the second screen?

Did you try the Alt+space M, arrow key, mouse trick to get it to 'snap' to the mouse?

[AllenJessup · Accepted solution]

It wasn't exactly another dialog. It's more like a flyout palette. I don't know the exact term for it.

Alt+space M doesn't seem to work because it isn't an independent Dialog.

Allen Jessup

[neilyj666]

Thought one of these tricks might have sorted out the Quick profile bug - but no luck..perhaps they'll have fixed it in 2014..

[Joe-Bouza]

Kudos!

I've killed many a process beause of the