backspace key does not work in speedcrunch 0.10.1 on Mac OS X 10.5

[Former user]

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 222

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Type anything in input area
2. Press backspace
3. Observe that nothing happens

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected character before cursor to be deleted, and cursor to move 
backwards.
Instead, the keypress is ignored and nothing seems to happen.


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
0.10.1 on Mac OS X 10.5.5

Please provide any additional information below.
Same version of speedcrunch works fine on Linux and Windows.
The delete key does work correctly on Mac (deletes character after cursor).

Reported by bert.vanleeuwen on 2008-11-25 13:26:11

[Former user]

Reported by `helder.pereira.correia` on 2008-11-26 16:18:10

[Former user]

``` Has anybody else been able to reproduce this issue? Its a really irritating bug ...

It occurs on mac os x 10.5.6 too FWIW ```

Reported by `bert.vanleeuwen` on 2008-12-18 22:02:26

[Former user]

``` Last time I checked, Alessandro, our OSX dude, couldn't reproduce this. I'll ask again. ```

Reported by `helder.pereira.correia` on 2008-12-18 22:53:30

[Former user]

``` I'm still experiencing this, currently using Mac OS X 10.5.8. One thing I just noticed, it only happens with an external USB keyboard, the backspace key on macbook pro continues working. The backspace key on external USB keyboard continues working correctly on all other Mac apps, only stops working for

Speedcrunch....

Quitting and restarting speedcrunch when in this state seems to make no difference.

Unplugging and re-plugging the USB keyboard fixes the problem for a few days (the problem only occurs a few days after a reboot initially). This would all seem to suggest that this cannot be speedcrunch's fault, EXCEPT that speedcrunch is the ONLY

application to display this behaviour, which makes me think it is somehow strangely

to blame. All other apps which I routinely use with text input continue working correctly, this includes Mail, iTerm, Adium, Skype, Opera, VMware, OpenOffice, Firefox, TextEdit, Dictionary, Safari.

I know this sounds bizarre, especially the fact that quitting and restarting speedcrunch does not alleviate the problem...

Any thoughts? ```

Reported by `bert.vanleeuwen` on 2009-09-21 22:12:59

[Former user]

``` @bert.vanleeuwen: now I'm pretty convinced this isn't our fault. At most, it is a bug in Qt (the framework we use). I'm CC'ing Alessandro to ask him to try a simple Qt application on OSX which uses a QTextEdit widget and try reproducing it. It only happens with SpeedCrunch because none of the applications you mentioned above use Qt. ```

Reported by `helder.pereira.correia` on 2009-09-21 22:21:05

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@bert.vanleeuwen: 4 Years later, we get back to You about this bizarre issue :) In case
You still are interested in all this and still have a similar set-up like in 2009,
could you perhaps test the RC package for SpeedCrunch 0.11 and see if the issue still
exists?
http://code.google.com/p/speedcrunch/downloads/detail?name=SpeedCrunch-0.11.dmg

Now, we use a much newer Qt version (4.8.5), use the Cocoa port rather than the Carbon
one, and there have of course been released many new OSX versions in-between. So, it
may be that the issue fixed itself in the meantime.

Reported by alessandro.portale on 2013-12-28 22:37:26

[Former user]

@Alessandro: It seems to work correctly now in the package you linked, though based
on my description above I'll need to run it for a few days before the issue would previously
occur. I have not used SpeedCrunch for a few years because of the backspace issue I
had experienced at the time. In the meantime of course I have a much newer version
of OSX too (10.9.1), and a completely different external USB keyboard, and a completely
different macbook pro.

I'll let it run for a week or so and then get back to you.

Reported by bert.vanleeuwen on 2014-01-20 08:19:24

[Former user]

Speedcrunch is still working correctly at present, this issue can probably be closed
now.

Reported by bert.vanleeuwen on 2014-01-27 06:32:15

[Former user]

Awesome, thanks Bert.

Reported by helder.pereira.correia on 2014-01-27 07:53:37 - Status changed: Fixed - Labels added: Type-Defect, Priority-High, OpSys-OSX, Milestone-0.11, Usability, Component-UI