# Weird behavior in IDE

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/weird-behavior-in-ide/84402>\
**Category:** Windows\
**Created:** [February 26, 2025, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/weird-behavior-in-ide/84402 "2025-02-26T08:23:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Alexander\_van\_der\_Linden](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/alexander_van_der_linden/32/323_2.png) [@Alexander\_van\_der\_Linden](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Alexander_van_der_Linden)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/weird-behavior-in-ide/84402/1 "2025-02-26T08:23:18Z")

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I recently notice strange behavior in the IDE. Items placed in the tree e.g. a class or a container sometimes cannot be selected. A double click opens the item in a separate tab, but the normal selection to have a look in the Inspector fails, while other items have no problems. Thought my project was corrupt so I copied everything in a new project, but now I’m facing the same problems.

Anybody else seeing this behavior?

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**Author:** ![kevin\_g](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/65b543/32.png) [@kevin\_g](https://forum.xojo.com/u/kevin_g)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/weird-behavior-in-ide/84402/2 "2025-02-26T09:15:00Z")

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Could you have locked the IDE tab?

The IDE used to filter the navigation panel contents when a tab was locked but now it doesn’t so you can see everything but not interact with it.

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**Author:** ![Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Emile_Schwarz)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/weird-behavior-in-ide/84402/3 "2025-02-26T09:23:16Z")

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Still the same behavior after a reboot ?

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**Author:** ![Alexander\_van\_der\_Linden](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/alexander_van_der_linden/32/323_2.png) [@Alexander\_van\_der\_Linden](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Alexander_van_der_Linden)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/weird-behavior-in-ide/84402/4 "2025-02-26T10:10:03Z")

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Indeed… didn’t know that. If you lock the tab the other items become inaccessible.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![kevin\_g](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/65b543/32.png) [@kevin\_g](https://forum.xojo.com/u/kevin_g)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 10:19am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/weird-behavior-in-ide/84402/5 "2025-02-26T10:19:25Z")

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Glad that helped.

The lock feature was really nice but was broken at some point and it appears to be another thing that Xojo no longer care about.

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**Author:** ![AlbertoD](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@AlbertoD](https://forum.xojo.com/u/AlbertoD)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/weird-behavior-in-ide/84402/6 "2025-02-26T12:25:53Z")

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> [@kevin\_g](#):
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> and it appears to be another thing that Xojo no longer care about

Do you know if there is a ticket/issue for this?

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**Author:** ![kevin\_g](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/65b543/32.png) [@kevin\_g](https://forum.xojo.com/u/kevin_g)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/weird-behavior-in-ide/84402/7 "2025-02-26T12:29:15Z")

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[https://tracker.xojo.com/xojoinc/xojo/-/issues/76824](https://tracker.xojo.com/xojoinc/xojo/-/issues/76824)