So I'm testing a few lines of code in the middle of a large script. I place the cursor on the line that I want to start debugging and I press F8 to begin. The selected line immediately jumps to the bottom of the screen. I can continue pressing F8 and the screen will scroll up one line at a time but I will instead usually move the scroll bar so that the lines of code I'm watching are visible.
Is there a reason the editor screen has to place the current line at the bottom of the page when F8 is first pressed? If it has to move I'd rather see the current line jump to the top of the page, at least that way I can see the upcoming lines. My preference would be that the initial press of F8 did nothing to change the positioning of the editor screen.
Thanks for listening,
Dick
F8 line jump in editor
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Erm. When I press f8 the line doesn't go anywhere. It stays where it was. If I step past the visible display then the editor is scrolled one line, just as if you'd pressed the down arrow. Is that what you mean?
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My cursor is sitting on a line that is in the middle of the screen. I'm on line 300 of 600. If I press F8 the current line immediately becomes the line at the bottom of the screen. After that pressing F8 is like pressing the down arrow. Once I'm in debug mode, I can use the scroll bar to reposition the current line in the center of the screen and there is no more "jumping".
Hope this makes sense.
If you're not having this issue, I'll tinker with some of my settings to see if I've caused this.
Hope this makes sense.
If you're not having this issue, I'll tinker with some of my settings to see if I've caused this.
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If my cursor is on a line in the middle of the screen when I hit F8 the cursor goes to the next line, and so on until it reaches the line at the bottom. Thereafter the page is scrolled one line at a time. It certainly doesn't jump immediately to the bottom. It has to get there first. If you see what I mean.
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Just went to a new Win XP SP2 PC. It has only a few apps loaded, Acrobat Reader, Pegasus Mail, Mozilla fireFox, possibly a few other minor utilities. Otherwise a fresh off the CD Windows Operating System only one day old and never touched by a "normal" human being... just Keller....
- I installed Macro Scheduler Standard version 9.2.
- Opened the sample Calculator script in the Advanced Editor.
- Scrolled down to where line 80 shows in the middle of the screen.
- Pressed F8......
- Line 80 jumps to the bottom of the screen.
- Uninstalled for ethical reasons.
Thanks for listening,
Dick
- I installed Macro Scheduler Standard version 9.2.
- Opened the sample Calculator script in the Advanced Editor.
- Scrolled down to where line 80 shows in the middle of the screen.
- Pressed F8......
- Line 80 jumps to the bottom of the screen.
- Uninstalled for ethical reasons.
Thanks for listening,
Dick
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Odd, I just tried the same. Didn't jump to end. Anyone else?
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Ok - I just tried it in XP and I now see the same thing. The line is not the last one but certainly very near the bottom after pressing F8. For some reason I don't get the same behaviour in Vista.
Well, I'll try to find out a reason and if it's within my control I will "fix" it.
Well, I'll try to find out a reason and if it's within my control I will "fix" it.
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Hello Dick.
I am seeing the same response. Was not able to duplicate with the first instructions. But once I did not start the Step process, and placed the focus on line 80, then pressing F8 did put line 80 on the bottom of the window.
This happens when window is maximized and when it is made much smaller.
I am seeing the same response. Was not able to duplicate with the first instructions. But once I did not start the Step process, and placed the focus on line 80, then pressing F8 did put line 80 on the bottom of the window.
This happens when window is maximized and when it is made much smaller.
Hope this was helpful..................good luck,
Bob
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