PathOfBuildingCommunity / PathOfBuildingCommunity/PathOfBuilding
Path of Building is active(opening tooltips etc.) when in the background of other applications
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Description
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- I'm running the latest version of Path of Building and I've verified this by checking the changelog
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What platform are you running Path of Building on?
Windows
How is Path of Building expected to behave?
I expect Path of Building to not register mouse movement and its position when it is not the opened/in focus application.
I'm not sure if this causes any issues, but thought this might be related to why it feels like it takes a lot of resources even when ran in the background. Also tested with other applications to see if they behave similarly, but they do not.
Note: This does not happen when Path of Building is minimized.
How does Path of Building behave?
Path of Building is active(opening tooltips etc.) when in the background of other applications, such as Path of Exile.
How to reproduce the issue
- Open Path of Building
- Open another application such as Path of Exile
- Hold Alt + Tab to open the Windows Task Switcher
- Move the mouse around on the screen where Path of Building would show tooltips.
4a. Path of Building still needs to be a background application. - See in the Windows Task Switcher that Path of Building is registering cursor hover even if Path of Building is not the focused/opened application.
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Screenshots
Very very hard to see on the picture what is happening, but when I move the cursor around, the tooltips inside PoB's calculation page is opening and closing, even when PoB is not the primary opened application.
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue on Windows using the listed steps, keeping Path of Building in the background while moving the cursor over where its window would appear. Start by tracing the mouse and tooltip handling involved in the calculation page; done means background Path of Building no longer registers cursor movement or opens tooltips, while minimized behavior remains unaffected.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100