[X-Unix] use of Terminal affects other Apps

Rob Griffiths robg at macosxhints.com
Thu Feb 10 15:29:31 PST 2005


On Feb 10, 2005, at 3:24 PM, Tom Shaw wrote:

> At 11:07 AM -0500 2/10/05, AKappyCT wrote:
>> Anyone have any ideas on how to correct the following?
>>
>> Whenever I have Terminal running, using Shift to constrain movement, 
>> Option-Drag to copy, and some other standard Mac GUI features do not 
>> work in a number of other applications, ie. Adobe products and 
>> Filemaker. As soon as I quit Terminal, these GUI features work fine 
>> once again.
>
> I don't see this at all. You sure that you have the focus shifted to 
> the app?

Sounds like he has "Secure Keyboard Entry" enabled (in the File menu). 
Disable it, and all will be back to normal.

-rob.



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