MMix64 1.11; Windows 8.1 RTM; Text-input solid-color bug

Window turns blue when you start typing in a chat

http://swe.bz/934b5f0ba301c3bd060257a10606fb6
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1) Open a Skype chat with someone

2) Click in the textbox

3) Begin typing

Window turns solid blue, until you resize it.

 

Animation of the issue here: http://swe.bz/934b5f0ba301c3bd060257a10606fb6

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

It seems that after you resize the window and it clears the blue away, you can continue to type without incident until you defocus and refocus the window, at which point you can repeat the bug. This is illustrated in the linked animation.

I've also found that refocusing the window clears the blue color, and selecting/backspacing text will cause it to appear just as typing does.

Animation shows the window in compact mode, but it happens regardless of window size.

 

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Can confirm this same bug happening in the Mail app as well, when typing/selecting text/etc. May be tied to text inputs in general.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Can you check the file signing time and date on say MMix_64.exe in the ModernMix folder please as testing here is not reproducing anything like that, but there was a similar issue in the 1.1 release when used on Windows 8.1.

I assume you did reboot after installation as that's critical on an upgrade.

Also what other (non modern) applications are running at the time?

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Conveniently, my screenshotting tool logs running foreground applications, so I can tell you exactly what I had running at the time that shot was taken:

iexplore
explorer
mirc
Photoshop
MMix_64
 
mirc is not actually installed (running from a portable drive) and I had Photoshop running only briefly after having just installed it. I believe the issue was occurring before that was installed, but I cannot say that with absolute certainty. I don't remember what I had open in IE, but it's a safe bet that at the very least I had shotweb and this forum open.
 
As for background processes and the file signing time and whatnot, I can provide that next time I'm there.
 
I can tell you, however, that I am reasonably certain the MMix on that system is a fresh non-upgrade install of 1.11, as I reformatted the system yesterday, and chose to wait until the next MMix release (which wound up being 1.11). 1.10 is the only other version I've used with any Win8.1 install, and that version had different issues which this install is not exhibiting. Also, my downloads page currently only provides 1.10 and 1.11, so I feel it's safe to say that this is 1.11.
 
So, the system is an almost totally-clean install of 8.1 RTM with little more than drivers and my development tools installed. Most of the applications listed below have only been ran once or twice, even.
 
Installed applications (from memory):
Visual Studio 2008 SP1
Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Visual Studio 2012
ReSharper 8
dotPeek
Unity3D 4.2.1
UnityVS 1.2
Photoshop CC
Office 2013 Professional Plus
MMix 1.11beta
CCCP
LatencyMon
7-Zip
NVIDIA GPU driver 327.xx (EVGA GTX 480)
Intel RAID manager/driver (EVGA P55LE motherboard)
 
 
Applications ran from a storage drive (not installed) include mIRC and uTorrent.
 
As a sidenote, I do have the Japanese input method enabled in addition to English (which is what makes that [A] box appear when I focus the textbox).
 
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Update: it seems to have fixed itself. it was happening with irritating regularity the other day, and now it's just stopped. Haven't rebooted since then or anything. Either this was a total fluke or it's going to be a rather difficult bug to track down...

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

We were able to reproduce it here and have made changes for the next update which should fix it.

It required a specific set of circumstances to occur which you had the misfortune to stumble upon, but thanks for doing so as it means we were able to fix it for everyone else too.