Why does the help window cause MATLAB to hang, and why do right-click and Ctrl+C not work in the help window?
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Hi, I am having trouble with two bugs in the MATLAB help (documentation) window. I am using Windows 8.1 64bit and MATLAB 2013b 64bit. These bugs does not appear in Windows 7.
- In the help window, whenever I press Ctrl+F, the whole MATLAB program semi-freeze. The core (command and editor window) will still run but the GUI (tabs and toolbars) won't respond to mouse clicks.
- Right click does not work in help window. It is supposed to pop up the right-click menu, but it doesn't. Nor does it copy text when press Ctrl+C.
Could any Windows 8.1 user confirm the same problems?
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texas instruments
2013-11-2
that is TRUE, this happens with me too, i have 2013a $ win8.1
Michael
2013-12-4
I have 2013b 64-bit and Windows 7 64-bit, and it just happened to me.
R
2013-12-9
Me too, I have 2013b 64-bit and Windows 7 64-bit and right click is dead and so is control c.
Franck Dernoncourt
2013-12-13
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2013-12-13
2013b 64-bit + Windows 7 64-bit SP1 + MSIE 11: right click works for me but control c dead (I have to use the Ctrl+Insert workaround).
texas instruments
2014-1-27
now i got win8.1, win8 with 2013b, the documentation doesn't have any display problem but I CAN'T COPY ANY THING FROM IT
Thomas
2014-2-27
Downgrading IE sounds okay until a windows update runs. Anyway, I use chrome because IE (i don't even know which version) was a festering pile.
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Laura
2013-12-11
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Hi, MathWorker here!
The broken behaviors of Ctrl+F and Ctrl+C in the MATLAB help browser are unfortunately due to a compatibility issue with certain versions of Internet Explorer, in particular IE11 and sometimes IE10. Downgrading your version of Internet Explorer to IE9, which MATLAB R2013b was tested more extensively on, is one way of working around the issue.
You can also work around the Ctrl+C issue by using Ctrl+Insert and Shift+Insert to copy and paste text.
I apologize greatly for the inconvenience! The developers for the Help browser are aware of the issue and actively working on a solution.
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Laura
2013-12-12
Henrik
2013-12-13
What about the right-clicking it's clearly my biggest issue. I have: Win 7, IE 11, R2013b 64 bit
Laura
2013-12-13
Hi Henrik, downgrading to IE9 should also fix the right-clicking issue.
I downgraded to IE10 with 2013b and no longer have the 3 issues in the bug report, http://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/1019537
Ronald
2014-1-17
Use these steps to downgrade to IE10:
- Go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and features
- Go to Windows Features and disable Internet Explorer 11
- Then click on Display installed updates
- Search for Internet explorer
- Right-click on Internet Explorer 11 > Uninstall
- Reboot
Now the right-clicking and ctrl-c are working again in the help browser.
While working, I had Visual Studio attached to the MATLAB process (I was debugging a MEX-file), and I noticed several lines in the debug window of the form:
First-chance exception at 0x00007FFC4859AB78 in MATLAB.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: Js::JavascriptExceptionObject at memory location 0x0000000144023910.
This shows up every time I right-click inside the MATLAB help browser. So it's obviously a Javascript bug coming from the embedded IE browser. I believe MATLAB uses the JxBrowser library to integrate browsers into Java apps, probably an older version though since the current 4.x uses the Chromium engine on all platforms.
This begs the question, is there a way to switch the underlying browser engine used by MATLAB on Windows from IE to say Gecko/Mozilla? That might be a better workaround as opposed to downgrading IE for the whole system! I can see the necessary JAR files already present in the installation folder $matlabroot/java/jarext/jxbrowser ...
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Image Analyst
2013-11-1
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Image Analyst
2013-12-5
They now know about it, but there is no fix other than to upgrade to R2013b. Or to downgrade to InternetExplorer 9 (if that's even possible). Here's their response: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/104025#answer_117295
R
2013-12-9
disagree, I checked the link and there is no mention about the right click mouse issue. also nothing on bugs they know about link above.
Image Analyst
2013-12-10
You're right, when I came back to your question I thought it was the same messed up help screen question that everyone else is talking about, but you already have R2013b, which has the fix, so you must have a new bug. What did the Mathworks say when you called them?
R
2013-12-11
Any ideas in getting this bug front and center?
Image Analyst
2013-12-11
Call them and don't let them hang up until it's solved.
Hardy
2014-1-17
Same issue here. Any progress? Matlab: r2013b on OS X 10.9.1
Yes, you cannot copy-paste, but have you tried dragging lines into scripts? Hope this helps you out.
Moshe Bouhnik
2015-9-17
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What about the hang problem? I have similar issue with ubuntu 12.04, and Matlab 2015a. Whenever I open the help window, and try to get back to the command window, matlab stop responding for about 30 sec. It is very annoying. Moshe
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Image Analyst
2015-9-17
Again, call them because we volunteers can't know how to solve every possible issue, so what did they tell you when you called them? I/we most likely can't improve over what they've told you. If they don't know how to solve it, then nobody will.
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