ACC: Arrange Icons Does Not Locate Icons in Correct Place

ID: Q90091

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

Icons do not always stay where you expect them to. See the "Steps to Reproduce Behavior" section later in this article for more details.


CAUSE

Icons and their placement are handled entirely by Windows.


STATUS

This behavior is by design.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior


  1. In the Database window, create several objects, maybe five, such as forms, queries, and macros.


  2. Minimize all the objects to icons.


  3. Randomly place the icons around the screen. Make sure that a couple of the icons are placed off the Microsoft Access client area. You can do this by dragging the icon as far right as possible. When the icon is touching the window's border, a horizontal scroll bar will appear. Move the scroll box as far to the right as possible. Repeat this process until you can move the scroll box back to the left and no longer see the moved icon.


  4. On the Windows menu, click Arrange Icons.


  5. Double-click one of the icons.


  6. The object you double-clicked in step 5 should open. Now minimize it. Note that the icon is not in the same place as before step 5. If you do this with each icon, each will end up moving.

    If you do a second Arrange Icons after step 6, the icons move to the correct location. Arranging icons on Microsoft Access windows with horizontal or vertical scroll bars displays this behavior.



Keywords          : kbenv 
Version           : 1.0 1.1 2.0 7.0 97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: March 9, 1999