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From: kthompso@netcom.com (Kevin Thompson)
Subject: Re: VW2.0: Problems with the radio-button widget
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 20:18:51 GMT
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In article <4l7ls2-giv@svstch.ubs.ch>,
Daniel Schneiter <daniel.schneiter@ubs.ch> wrote:
>I noticed that in my application the radio-button widget didn't behave
>as expected. I arranged the 3 buttons in a horizontal way, slightly
>overlapping. When I selected the buttons from the left to the right
>they behaved as expected. When I tried to select them from the right
>to the left, finally all 3 buttons were ON!!
>
>I tried to figure out what was causing these problems. I run through the 
>application step by step and everything seemed to work ok, all instance
>variables held the correct values. I finally figured out, that it's (only)
>a redrawing-problem: if I moved another window over the three selected
>radio buttons and then moved it away again, only one button (the correct one)
>remained to be turned on.
>
>When I rearranged the radio buttons in a way, that the text-labels where
>not overlapping the problem disappeared. Maybe I also have to mention, that
>the problem only arised when the widgets were only slightly overlapping.
>When the were almost completely overlapping, there was/is no problem.
>
>Strange isn't it? Has anybody else made similar experiences?

Known VW 2.0 bug.  Fixed in 2.5, but as far as I know, there is no 2.0 patch.
We tried to fix it ourselves, but didn't figure out something that didn't have
nasty side-effects.

Kevin
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