Object Inspector driving me INSANE

[Harrison]

Alright, I'm pretty much being driven insane by Object Inspector. I am trying to rename a label on my form, but when I try to type the name, even though the cursor is in the name box, it will take me to whatever other thing in Object inspector starts with the letter that I type. If I try to type "a" in the Name field, I instead get taken to Align. I want to type. Not jump around.

It has never done this to me before. What is causing this crap?

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit if it matters.

[eny]

I've had the same problem a couple of times.
Exiting and restarting Lazarus solved the problem.
No idea what caused the problem though.

[Harrison]

Yeah, I eventually figured that out. Drove me insane for a bit though. Extremely annoying.

[theo]

you can toggle with the tab key between normal input and selection-by-name

[eny]

Ah, learned something

The issue here is that the object inspector isn't consistent and predictable in it's feedback. The visual feedback (focus on the editable part of the properties) is inconsistent with what happens when you press a key (select a property that starts with the pressed letter key).

Maybe we need a fix: as soon as the focus goes to a property input box, switch (back) to normal input mode.

[Martin_fr]

I looked at it in delphi => it actually moves the caret to the none editable column

=> so I would suggest this should be reported as bug/feature request

[JuhaManninen]

I looked at it in delphi => it actually moves the caret to the none editable column
=> so I would suggest this should be reported as bug/feature request

There is issue #16259: Cannot Change Object Properties
It seems to be fixed somehow in Lazarus trunk.

Juha