[PD] canvas window "relocate" message strangeness ...

[hans w. koch]

hi,

on mac os 10.14.6 and pd 51-0 i don´t see scrollbars in any your examples 
(i don´t have the propertybang installed, so your last case doesn´t apply)

am i missing sth?

best
hans

> Am 05.06.2020 um 01:40 schrieb oliver <oliver at klingt.org>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> i just discovered a really strange phenomenon when opening patch windows with remote messages
> 
> Attached is a test patch that presents the "problem":
> 
> The window is always opening with active scroll sidebars, even though there's nothing to scroll.
> 
> The only exception is, when the "relocate" message mechanism is done "by hand". Messages that are sent remotely or with a delay produce the scrollbars.
> 
> It really seems that the visual representation of a clicked BANG or a [message box( comes into play here, though i don't understand how or why.
> 
> It seems as if only as long as the window messages are passed WITHIN the "visual representation time" (in lack of a better description ... i mean the short thickening of the border of a message box when it is clicked with the mouse) the window is opening as it should (without sidebars).
> 
> I discovered this phenomenon using the [propertybang] external from IEMGUTS, where the window would only open with said sidebars.
> 
> To make matters worse, this behaviour is not consistent, but seems a little random. What's sure though, is that only a direct mouseclick onto a bang or message box reliably opens the window without sidebars.
> 
> Feels a little voodoo-ish to me ...
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Oliver
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