The preference triggers the error because ProjectViewMorph has the
SystemWindow as a owner and then it gets hidden when the targetOwner is
hidden.
I have to look at the other users of this method to understand why the
owner should be hidden. Nothing obvious comes to mind.

Best,
Karl


On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 6:25 AM K K Subbu <kksubbu.ml at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is also a targetMorph show later on in the method that has to be
> removed.
>
> I doubt whether the preference has anything to do with the bug.
>
> While loading from the server, the system window (or the thumbnail) is
> hidden and a translucent morph is placed over its bounds. When the
> loading is complete, the steps are reversed. I suppose this is to
> indicate that the thumbnail could change when a new version is loaded.
>
> This is holiday season so feedback may be slow in coming. In any case,
> you could post a fix to the Inbox to trigger discussions.
>
> Regards .. Subbu
>
> On 06/12/18 3:25 AM, karl ramberg wrote:
> > The problem does not happen when ProjectViewInWindow preference is false.
> >
> > In ComplexProgressIndicator>>withProgressDo:
> > Comment out
> > targetOwner ifNotNil: [targetOwner hide].
> >
> > I'm not sure why the owner of the ProjectViewMorph should ever hide here.
> > There could be some edge case I'm not aware of.
> >
> > If nobody see an issue with this I'll make a change and push to trunk
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Karl
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 8:47 AM K K Subbu <kksubbu.ml at gmail.com
> > <mailto:kksubbu.ml at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 28/11/18 1:28 AM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> >      >
> >      > I did World menu->open->morphic project.  (I can enter it and
> >     return, or
> >      > not enter it at all, and it has no effect on what I'm reporting
> >     here.)
> >      >
> >      > I then menu-clicked inside the project's thumbnail and chose "see
> if
> >      > server version is more recent."
> >      >
> >      > This brings up a chooser dialog and makes the project thumbnail
> >     morph
> >      > disappear.
> >
> >     The project view morph is enclosed in a system window which gets
> hidden
> >     while displaying a progress dialog to check on server. If the dialog
> is
> >     dismissed, it continues to stay hidden :-(. I suspect this is because
> >
> >     ProjectViewMorph>>checkForNewerVersionAndLoad
> >            self withProgressDo: [
> >              project loadFromServer
> >            ]
> >
> >     loadFromServer displays a progress bar when required, so I wonder why
> >     withProgressDo: is required again. If I remove this check and change
> to
> >
> >              project loadFromServer
> >
> >     then the problem gets solved. I don't know enough about project
> loading
> >     to confirm if this is indeed the correct solution.
> >
> >     Regards .. Subbu
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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