Dragging mouse to change values of properties doesn't work well when using remote desktop

Dragging mouse to change values of properties doesn't work well when using remote desktop by Zodman

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Type:	Bug
ID:	732493
Opened:	3/21/2012 5:20:38 PM
Access Restriction:	Public

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Our organisation is moving towards virtualised desktops, which means we access our desktop via a remote session.

When using Blend, if I click and drag a value on the properties pane, it doesn't work correctly. The changes to the property value don't correspond to the mouse movement; it's analgous to driving a car with sloppy steering.

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If I am holding the mouse button down on the left margin property and start moving to the right the values start moving up correctly:

1,2,3,5,7,9...

However if I now start moving left, the values continue to go up for a time, then start coming back down:

11,13,15,14,13,11,9,7...

And again, if I start moving right, the values continue to go down for a time, then start going back up again. Each time I change the direction of the drag, I have to move further to get the values to change direction. This renders the feature virtually unusable.

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Posted by Microsoft on 5/21/2012 at 1:41 PM

Oh, I see, I apologize for my misunderstanding. So, yes, I can see this issue in Blend 4 over Remote Desktop. It's actually not something we will be able to address though. I understand it's frustrating but hopefully it's something you can work around by entering values.

Apologies again,
Steve

Posted by Zodman on 5/20/2012 at 6:00 PM

Hi Steve,

The behaviour I've outlined is on Blend 4, so I can confirm the issue does occur there as well.

Given that Blend 4 is the highest version of Blend available for Windows XP, and XP is still supported, can we please get this issue to be assigned to be fixed in Blend 4 as part of a patch as well?

I've tried to find a more appropriate Connect site for Blend 4 but haven't been able to find one.

Posted by Microsoft on 5/17/2012 at 8:00 PM

Hi! As far as I know this issue does not occur with Blend 4. It does occur with the BUILD release of Blend 5 but it has since been fixed in our code base so the very next time we release a preview or the RTM of Blend 5 the issue will be seen to be resolved.

Cheers,
Steve

Posted by Zodman on 5/16/2012 at 5:19 PM

Fantastic.

Tell me though; by "next public release" are we talking about Blend 4 or Blend 5? I'm hoping you mean Blend 4 as I'm stuck on Windows XP for the time being and can't move up to Blend 5.

Posted by Microsoft on 5/16/2012 at 11:54 AM

Hi, thanks for filing the issue report. The 'slider' functionality in the property inspector, that you describe, did have this problem for a time but it's since been resolved. It will be fixed in the next public release.

Cheers!
Steve White (Blend Program Manager)