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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0009293ScribusUser Interfacepublic2015-04-25 00:29
Reporteryazid_next Assigned Tocbradney  
PriorityhighSeverityblockReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionfixed 
PlatformApple Intel Core 2 DuoOSMac OS XOS Version10.5.8
Product Version1.3.7 
Fixed in Version1.3.9.svn 
Summary0009293: Properties Panel / Palette does not appear
DescriptionI just installed Scribus 1.3.7 on my Mac OS X. It is impossible to launch/view the properties window/palette. Neither through F2 key or through Window/Properties panel.

I have a french version of Scribus.

I did try the 1.3.8 version, idem.

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this issue has been fixed for 1.3.9 (and 1.4)

until 1.3.9 is released, you can go through the following steps to get the PP to work on Mac OS X:

1) Quit Scribus
2) Open the preferences file in TextEdit
   Home> Library> Preferences> Scribus> prefs135.xml
   (path: ~/Library/Preferences/Scribus/prefs135.xml )
3) search for the line containing
            <context name="PropertiesPalette">
4) Change any negative values for 'left' and 'top' to positive ones
   e.g.
            <attribute key="left" value="100"/>
            <attribute key="top" value="100"/>
5) restart Scribus
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Relationships

has duplicate 0009325 closedcbradney Properties dialog (F2) is not visible 
has duplicate 0009348 closedjghali impossible to view properties window 
has duplicate 0009493 closedjghali Properties Panel/ Window does not open 
related to 0009297 new button for resetting the palettes' placement 

Activities

yazid_next

2010-07-24 17:12

reporter   ~0024369

I try to check the Console for some error, the last message is :

"Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file"

yazid_next

2010-07-24 21:20

reporter   ~0024370

Finally, I got the answer and the solution : the pref135.xml file was wrong.

<context name="PropertiesPalette">
            <attribute key="height" value="600"/>
            <attribute key="left" value="-300"/>
            <attribute key="top" value="64"/>
            <attribute key="visible" value="1"/>
            <attribute key="width" value="300"/>
        </context>

When I changed "left" from -300 to 300 everything went ok.

By the way, I did not find anywhere in the doc that the preference file, under MAC, is located in : /Users/%user%/Library/Preferences/Scribus instead of what it is writter : /Users/.scribus/

cbradney

2010-07-28 21:59

administrator   ~0024400

Where did you see that preferences would be in .scribus ?

http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=install4 indicates they will be in /Users/username/Library/Preferences/Scribus on Mac OS X

yazid_next

2010-07-29 17:11

reporter   ~0024409

Here : http://bugs.scribus.net/print_bug_page.php?bug_id=2881

cbradney

2010-07-29 18:23

administrator   ~0024410

That bug is not documentatition.. and is aaaaaaaaaages old and was closed aaaaaaages ago

cbradney

2010-07-30 21:28

administrator   ~0024417

We seem to have been checking for top/right/width and height, but not if the palette was to the left of the screen.. fixed in svn now

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-07-24 16:47 yazid_next New Issue
2010-07-24 17:12 yazid_next Note Added: 0024369
2010-07-24 21:20 yazid_next Note Added: 0024370
2010-07-26 20:03 ale Relationship added related to 0009297
2010-07-28 21:59 cbradney Note Added: 0024400
2010-07-29 17:11 yazid_next Note Added: 0024409
2010-07-29 18:23 cbradney Note Added: 0024410
2010-07-30 21:28 cbradney Note Added: 0024417
2010-07-30 21:28 cbradney Status new => resolved
2010-07-30 21:28 cbradney Fixed in Version => 1.3.9.svn
2010-07-30 21:28 cbradney Resolution open => fixed
2010-07-30 21:28 cbradney Assigned To => cbradney
2010-08-10 20:51 cbradney Status resolved => closed
2010-08-18 16:49 cbradney Relationship added has duplicate 0009325
2010-08-19 07:21 ale Description Updated
2010-09-05 23:29 jghali Relationship added has duplicate 0009348
2010-11-16 22:27 jghali Relationship added has duplicate 0009493