Free42 for Windows: Alt-Tab fix

[Thomas Okken]

Hi all,

As you may know, there is a long-standing issue with Free42 for Windows, where switching away from it using Alt-Tab, and then back, the keyboard is left in an unresponsive state, where it responds to mouse clicks but not to the PC keyboard.

I think I finally found a way to fix this. I coded it a couple of days ago, and tested it under Windows 10 and Windows Server 2008 R2. It works fine, as far as I can tell, in those environments, but I don't have any other Windows environments available at the moment, so I can't vouch for this fix under, say, Windows XP, 7, or 8, and also don't know if this plays well with non-default theme settings.

Since I'm not ready for a full all-platform release of Free42 2.0.22 anyway, I was hoping maybe anyone would be interested in trying my Alt-Tab fix as beta testers in the meantime. For those who are, you can download it from http://thomasokken.com/free42/download/F...indows.zip

Thanks in advance, and please let me know if this doesn't work as expected, and if so, under which version of Windows, and using which theme setting. I appreciate your help!

Thomas

[KF6GPE]

Another satisfied Windows 10 user. Thanks!

[rprosperi]

Win-7 seems to be fixed! (in my case, Win-7 Pro, x64, but likely the same for all).

Thanks Thomas. It was a very small, but when it happens, annoying, bug.

[Thomas Okken]

I just received confirmation that it works in 8.1 and XP as well.

No need to sit on it; I just promoted the new build to release 2.0.21b, and it can now be downloaded using the usual link on the Free42 home page.

Thanks to all testers!

Thomas

[zeno333]

Works fine for me with Windows 10 1803 Release...

[grsbanks]

FWIW it's fixed the issue for me as well. Also W10 (Pro, 64-bit) 1803.