Text selection oddity - is this a known Access bug?

[Jim Franklin]

Hi,

I wonder if anyone can help me. I am using Access2003, WinXp SP3, although I
have noticed this problem before with previous versions of Access/Windows.
It is an irritation rather than a drastic problem, just annoyed me enough
today!

Every now and then, seemingly at random, Access enters a mode where if I
click on a text box, combo box, datasheet cell (i.e. anything containing
text), instead of inserting the cursor at the position I click on, with no
text selected as it normally would, it positions the cursor in the right
place but selects all the text to the right of the cursor. Repeated
clicking, at different places seems to make no difference. Nor does clicking
on a point in the text and dragging the mousepointer, as one normally would
to select certain charactars - again all text to the right is also seleted.

This makes it imposible to insert characters into the existing text, without
retyping the rest of the string (e.g. change the day element of a date in a
dd/mm/yyyy formatted control.) Once this starts the only way to 'switch' it
off is to close Access and re-open it.

Has anyone else come across this and does anyone know of a solution? As I
said, this has happened for a long time, on different machines, different
versions of Access etc, so I can't believe this is an isolated experience.

Thanks, as always!

Jim

 

[KARL DEWEY]

Sounds like you have 'sticky key' problem. This happens when you hold the
shift key down too long. It has a similar effect on a Word document, so
next time try some text selection in Word.

My IT guy found a solution to turn it off other than restarting the computer
but I have forgotten it. I just don't hold down the shift for very long.

 

[Jim Franklin]

Hi Karl,

Thanks for your suggestion. I'm afraid it cannot be this. It is also
happening on a touch screen pc, using a virtual keyboard rather than a
physical one.

I have noticed that it seems to be triggered more with certain objects in
the db. I wondered if there is something in my code which might possibly
trigger something like this? Any suggestions anyone? I cannot believe no one
else has ever experienced this!

Cheers,
Jim

 

[KARL DEWEY]

The 'sticky key' problem is not a physical thing but in the software so I
imagine that your touch screen pc, using a virtual keyboard would be affected
the same way.