Cannot click on window with mouse, at all

Technical Support & Bugs
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I was trying to run a module for Malifaux. While playing(we both set up a room) my mouse couldn’t click on any of the screens/windows except for the map. When I tried going to the file drop down to save the game or exit I couldn’t click on it.

I restarted vassal and could not click on the main menu to select any of the modules or from the drop downs. The only thing I could do was minimize the window. I was eventually able to get one of the modules open by using keyboard commands. (One of the modules got highlighted and pressing enter allowed me to navigate).

I uninstalled vassal and deleted vassal’s temp folder. When I reinstalled the problem did not go away.

I even reinstalled Java and restarted my computer. But so far nothing.

Is there a solution to this?

I am currently running Windows 7 with 8gbs of ram, 1 terabyte raid harddrive(75gb space remaining).

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Thus spake donteatrawhagis:

I was trying to run a module for Malifaux. While playing(we both set up
a room) my mouse couldn’t click on any of the screens/windows except for
the map. When I tried going to the file drop down to save the game or
exit I couldn’t click on it.

I restarted vassal and could not click on the main menu to select any of
the modules or from the drop downs. The only thing I could do was
minimize the window. I was eventually able to get one of the modules
open by using keyboard commands. (One of the modules got highlighted and
pressing enter allowed me to navigate).

I uninstalled vassal and deleted vassal’s temp folder. When I
reinstalled the problem did not go away.

I even reinstalled Java and restarted my computer. But so far nothing.

Is there a solution to this?

I am currently running Windows 7 with 8gbs of ram, 1 terabyte raid
harddrive(75gb space remaining).

Post your errorLog.

vassalengine.org/wiki/Error_Logs

–
J.

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I am also experiencing something similar.

I am not able to move Combat Units from their window onto the game board. See it in action here:

http://somup.com/cbeXoCRnm

2017-03-11 10:30:35,783 [0-main] INFO  VASSAL.launch.StartUp - Starting
2017-03-11 10:30:35,786 [0-main] INFO  VASSAL.launch.StartUp - OS Mac OS X 10.12.3
2017-03-11 10:30:35,786 [0-main] INFO  VASSAL.launch.StartUp - Java version 1.8.0_121
2017-03-11 10:30:35,786 [0-main] INFO  VASSAL.launch.StartUp - VASSAL version 3.2.17
2017-03-11 10:30:36,043 [0-AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO  VASSAL.launch.ModuleManager - Manager
2017-03-11 10:30:44,887 [0-SwingWorker-pool-879591061-thread-1] INFO  VASSAL.launch.AbstractLaunchAction - Loading module file /Users/robj/Personal Backup Data/Games/Vassal/SoR_v5.0.2.vmod
2017-03-11 10:30:45,009 [0-SwingWorker-pool-879591061-thread-1] INFO  VASSAL.launch.TilingHandler - No images to tile.
2017-03-11 10:30:45,010 [0-SwingWorker-pool-879591061-thread-1] INFO  VASSAL.launch.AbstractLaunchAction - Loading module Sword of Rome
2017-03-11 10:30:45,016 [0-SwingWorker-pool-879591061-thread-1] INFO  VASSAL.tools.io.ProcessLauncher - launching /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java -Xms256M -Xmx512M -DVASSAL.id=1 -DVASSAL.port=54739 -Duser.home=/Users/robj -Duser.dir=/Applications/VASSAL.app -cp Contents/Resources/Java/Vengine.jar -Xdock:name=Sword of Rome -Xdock:icon=/Applications/VASSAL.app/Contents/Resources/VASSAL.icns -Dapple.awt.graphics.UseQuartz=false VASSAL.launch.Player --load -- /Users/robj/Personal Backup Data/Games/Vassal/SoR_v5.0.2.vmod
2017-03-11 10:30:45,541 [1-main] INFO  VASSAL.launch.StartUp - Starting
2017-03-11 10:30:45,549 [1-main] INFO  VASSAL.launch.StartUp - OS Mac OS X 10.12.3
2017-03-11 10:30:45,549 [1-main] INFO  VASSAL.launch.StartUp - Java version 1.8.0_121
2017-03-11 10:30:45,549 [1-main] INFO  VASSAL.launch.StartUp - VASSAL version 3.2.17
2017-03-11 10:30:45,549 [1-main] INFO  VASSAL.launch.Launcher - Player
2017-03-11 10:30:48,127 [1-IconFactory-preload] INFO  VASSAL.tools.icon.IconFactory - VASSAL images folder found at jar:file:/Applications/VASSAL.app/Contents/Resources/Java/Vengine.jar!/images/
2017-03-11 10:30:48,130 [1-IconFactory-preload] INFO  VASSAL.tools.icon.IconFactory - Icon family network-server created for network-server.png
2017-03-11 10:30:48,130 [1-IconFactory-preload] INFO  VASSAL.tools.icon.IconFactory - Icon family go-down created for go-down.png
2017-03-11 10:30:48,130 [1-IconFactory-preload] INFO  VASSAL.tools.icon.IconFactory - Icon family network-idle created for network-idle.png
2017-03-11 10:30:48,130 [1-IconFactory-preload] INFO  VASSAL.tools.icon.IconFactory - Icon family VASSAL created for VASSAL.png
2017-03-11 10:30:48,130 [1-IconFactory-preload] INFO  VASSAL.tools.icon.IconFactory - Icon family calculator created for calculator.png
2017-03-11 10:30:48,130 [1-IconFactory-preload] INFO  VASSAL.tools.icon.IconFactory - Icon family go-up created for go-up.png
2017-03-11 10:30:48,130 [1-IconFactory-preload] INFO  VASSAL.tools.icon.IconFactory - Icon family VASSAL-jabber created for VASSAL-jabber.png
2017-03-11 10:30:48,130 [1-IconFactory-preload] INFO  VASSAL.tools.icon.IconFactory - Icon family jabber created for jabber.png
2017-03-11 10:30:48,131 [1-IconFactory-preload] INFO  VASSAL.tools.icon.IconFactory - Icon family bug created for bug.png
2017-03-11 10:30:48,131 [1-IconFactory-preload] INFO  VASSAL.tools.icon.IconFactory - Icon family yes created for yes.svg
2017-03-11 10:30:48,131 [1-IconFactory-preload] INFO  VASSAL.tools.icon.IconFactory - Icon family no created for no.svg
2017-03-11 10:30:49,081 [1-AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN  VASSAL.launch.BasicModule - Sword of Rome version 5.0.2
2017-03-11 10:30:54,169 [1-AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO  VASSAL.build.module.GameState - Loading save game /Users/robj/Dropbox/Beginners Game/008 Gauls 2.vlog, created with module version 5.0.2
2017-03-11 10:31:56,187 [1-AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO  VASSAL.script.ExpressionInterpreter - Attempting to load /VASSAL/script/init_expression.bsh URI generated=jar:file:/Applications/VASSAL.app/Contents/Resources/Java/Vengine.jar!/VASSAL/script/init_expression.bsh
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rburkej, that seems to be a Mac-specific problem with Sierra and recent Java versions, see the discussion here: https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/problems-with-sub-windows-under-java-ver-8/8742/1

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Thank you. I can confirm that changing to separate windows fixes the issue.