EditorNavigation setting change does not work

[uke]

Hi!

I have tried to change the EditorNavigation setting. I entered another line "EditorNavigation=MouseWheelScrolls" in the mulab.txt user settings file but the behaviour is just like before (zoom).

Is it a bug or did i miss something?

Best regards
Uwe

[MuTools]

Did you change it while MU.LAB was not running?

I.e. Quit MU.LAB - Make change in setup file - Restart MU.LAB

[uke]

MU.LAB wasn't running when i added the setting. Before i wrote this topic, i checked the file and the setting was still there.

[MuTools]

I doublechecked here and it works fine.

Strange.

You didn't put the quotation marks in the text, right?

Test should litterally say (case-insensitive)

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EditorNavigation=MouseWheelScrolls

Also note you can't scroll when fully zoomed out of course.

[uke]

I typed it exactly as you mentioned it, without quotes, as last line with carriage return at the end of the line. The file is located in the path

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C:\Program Files\MULAB\User\Settings

If i use the scroll wheel, it zooms in and out at the position of the mouse pointer.

[MuTools]

And where is the Mulab.exe you're using?

At C:\Program Files\MULAB\Mulab.exe?

Which Mulab version?

[uke]

Yes, the executable is at C:\Program Files\MULAB\MULAB.EXE. The version is 3.1.25.

[MuTools]

And the Mulab.txt does not contain 2 lines with "EditorNavigation=..."?

FYI: In such case the topmost is the effective one.

[uke]

The entry is the only one.

[MuTools]

I have no idea what's going on.

Please email me that Mulab.txt.

[MuTools]

Thanks for the Mulab.txt

I simply saved this file to my Mulab test folder here and started Mulab and when i scroll the mouse wheel the composer does scroll instead of zoom, so everything works fine here.

I asked to send the Mulab.txt because i wanted to check whether there was a typo or something like that but all seems ok.

I have no idea at all what's going on.

Is there anyone else here using the EditorNavigation=MouseWheelScrolls preference?

If yes, does it work ok on your system?

[MuTools]

Uke, if you make other changes to Mulab.txt, then are they properly applied?

In other words: Is it only that EditorNavigation preference that is problematic?

[uke]

I think i have found out the reason of this behaviour. When i downloaded MU.LAB, i copied it to the program folder and put a lnk on my desktop. To access the program folder, you need administrator rights, at least to write data. Although the settings file will just be read, it most likely caused the problem.

After i moved the whole MU.LAB folder to my users directory, everything is OK!

It is not a good solution to write user settings to a program folder. Better use the users home location (e.g. C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Roaming}.

Thank you for your help and patience!

[MuTools]

I think i have found out the reason of this behaviour. When i downloaded MU.LAB, i copied it to the program folder and put a lnk on my desktop. To access the program folder, you need administrator rights, at least to write data. Although the settings file will just be read, it most likely caused the problem.

So on what kind of Windows are you?

How come i didn't have that problem? (i did copy the Mulab folder to Program Files so to have the same situation)

It is not a good solution to write user settings to a program folder. Better use the users home location (e.g. C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Roaming}.

I think it's good to have a self-consistent Mulab folder.

You can perfectly have multiple Mulab folders on your system if you want, wich could be interesting regarding version management, cfr http://www.mutools.com/mulab/docs/upgra ... sions.html

Also a USB stick installation won't work then if the settings file is stored in some global system folder.

Thank you for your help and patience!

I'm glad you found the reason
I had totally no idea where to look.

[uke]

I am on Windows 7. Although i am logged in as administrator, i have to confirm a dialog when writing to files in the program folder. Probably you do so in your code and suppress the upcoming error. Anyhow, i like the idea with the consistent folder. Now i placed it in my home location. I guess it had been working if i had run the application as an administrator (i have not checked this).