stager386 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 This question is going to make me feel stupid when I hear the answer. Suddenly, my cursor changes from the arrow to this double arrow when I move it up to the line that identifies any opened file or view. It has never done that before. It's usually just the plain arrow. I have looked everywhere to try and change this and can't figure it out. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 That is definitely not normal but it is likely just a windows glitch that will probably reset with a restart. If it persists and you don't get a good answer here tech support my be able to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 That is normal behavior. The double arrow allows you to drag the window edges to resize tiled views. When you see the double arrow, it means you are at the edge of the window - click and drag and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, glennw said: That is normal behavior. Not normal on a PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Chopsaw, So how do you resize a tiled window? In this case, I have to have at least 2 windows tiled vertically (side by side) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Just now, glennw said: Chopsaw, So how do you resize a tiled window? With that cursor but it only appears at a location where there are tiled windows which I do not see in the screen shot. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 OK, I guess a reboot wouldn't hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, glennw said: OK, I guess a reboot wouldn't hurt. It may be picking up something from another application that is open behind chief but that really should not happen either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermot Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Cursors can sometimes get "stuck" (at least under all versions of MS Windows that I have used). This is most likely due to either a program bug or system error. In either case, if exiting and restarting the program does not fix it, a computer restart should. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I've had this happen in Windows just recently. Like Dermot said, it seems to just get "stuck" and will not return to the normal pointer. Even trying to cancel out of what I was doing did not change it. Hitting Esc or the spacebar would not restore it to normal. Last time it happened, I chased it all over the screen trying to find what "it" was wanting to do! Never did. If I moved the cursor up into the menu areas, it would change to the normal arrow "pick" cursor. As soon as I moved down into the drawing area it would revert to the "resize window" symbol. I think I closed CA down and restarted. Don't know what caused it; hope it doesn't happen again. Just to add additional info, I do use multiple windows on 2-monitors as my normal workflow; that may have something to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stager386 Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 Thank you everyone! I don't feel so stupid now. I do have 2 monitors just like RidgeRunner does. I shut down everything and did a restart of Windows. Seems to be fixed now. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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