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Warboys
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December 11, 2013
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Can't select or deselect in Fireworks CS6 (Mac version)

  • December 11, 2013
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Hey guys,

So for most of the day everything was working fine, then suddenly I can't select or deselect items. Well, technically I can by DRAGGING as I select (which is very inconvenient) but there's no work around for editing text (which requires a double-click on the object).

It sounds exactly the same as this bug posted for Fireworks CS5;

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/755820

Now, I have Spotify installed but I've restarted without it running and yesterday there were no problems with Fireworks at all... so I doubt it's Spotify related. Everything else sounds the same though.

I've restarted, un-installed and reinstalled the program and closed all media programs I can see. Still broken. Quite possibly something else is interfering with it but I have no idea what (since I haven't installed anything new)

This is preventing me from finishing a pretty important piece of work, so I'd REALLY appreciate a response.

Thanks guys

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    different_Fireball157F
    Participant
    October 25, 2014

    I also had to quit Spotify to be able to select things again. Wow. Thanks for the info.

    jonsuh
    jonsuh
    Participant
    October 17, 2014

    Having Google Chrome running also causes the issue. I'm running version 39.0.2171.27 beta (64-bit).

    Close Chrome and the issue goes away. Strange.

      deekay_peekay
      deekay_peekay
      Participant
      October 21, 2014

      Been bugging me for a year... closed chrome and bingo, fireworks fully functional.  Inconvenient perhaps, but less so than using FW with dragging to select etc.!!  Thanks for cracking that... I didn't have spotify installed.

      jonsuh
      jonsuh
      Participant
      October 21, 2014

      Concerning Chrome causing issues with selecting in Fireworks, I noticed that it was the Google Music extension that was causing it. Once I disable the Google Music extension, the problem stopped and I can now have Chrome and Fireworks open at the same time.

      If you don't have the Google Music plugin and Chrome is causing the issue, I'd be curious if there are any other plugins that cause this issue—maybe disable one-by-one to see which one is the culprit.

        rchiock
        rchiock
        Participant
        October 10, 2014

        It's a shame Fireworks s not going to continue. I start using Fw just a couple of years ago, 'cause my (by then) new job.

        About a new program to use... I found one, that is online and its name is Gravit but is a beta for the moment.

        pkubin
        pkubin
        Participant
        October 10, 2014

        unbelievable... just had to quit spotify to be able to select things again... drove me nearly insane being on a tight scedule... adobe, please, please do continue fireworks, since it is still the only tool, that riped and streamlined over the years into the swiss army knife for web and ux designers.

          Herbert2001
          Herbert2001
          Inspiring
          October 10, 2014

          Sorry to be the bearer of ill tidings, but Adobe will NOT continue development of Fireworks. Nor will they release it in the public domain.

          This is similar to what happened to Freehand - a number of Fireworks users have even set up an initiative to convince Adobe to release Fireworks as open source. Knowing Adobe and its behaviour in the past, this will never be allowed to happen.

          Reality check: Fireworks is dead, gone, and will soon be dust when more compatibility issues pop up due to operating system updates.

          Start looking for alternatives, lest you find yourself with a non-functioning workflow, I suggest. I did, and I loved Fireworks. Letting go is painful. But having your work potentially compromised by broken old software is worse, in my opinion.

          milly2v
          milly2v
          Participant
          October 10, 2014

          Can anyone recommend any alternatives (other than Photoshop?) .... love the Pages on Fireworks.

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          EmilStenstrom_
          Participant
          October 3, 2014

          Are you )("#€/&"#(:ing kidding me? Closing Spotify make it possible to select things in Fireworks again. How could something like this go out into production??!

          Herbert2001
          Herbert2001
          Inspiring
          October 4, 2014

          Fireworks is no longer supported and development was halted since May 2013 (and the last version came out in 2012), so it is to be expected that it will experience more and more compatibility issues with newer operating systems.

          FW is living on borrowed time: it is a dead application. When FW CS6 was released in 2012 there were no such issues - and now there are, of course. And Adobe is not going to fix things - that is the harsh reality.

          It might very well stop working altogether in an upcoming version of MacOsX and Windows at some point in the near future.

          billgregg55
          billgregg55
          Participant
          September 28, 2014

          Same problem here for the last three or four weeks: I could only drag-select, not click-select. I happen to have three versions of Fireworks installed on my MacBook (CS4, CS5 and CS6), and when the bug appeared in one, it also appeared in the other two. Closing Spotify solved the problem. Chrome has no effect one way or another on my machine.

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          Jesse___
          Participating Frequently
          September 19, 2014

          A lot of glitches in Fireworks can be solved by deleting the preferences file. First you will have to make sure your Library folder is viewable and you are accessing the root folder on your hard drive. In recent releases of Mac OS, it is hidden by default.

          First, show your Hard Drive by following these directions:

          1. In the Finder, choose Preferences from the Finder menu.
          2. Click the General icon on the toolbar.
          3. Select "Hard disks" in the "Show these items on the desktop:" section.
          4. Close the Finder Preferences window.

          Next, you'll have to unhide the library folder by following these instructions:

          In the Finder, choose View > Show View Options (or press Command-J).

          Near the bottom of the resulting View-Options palette is a setting called Show Library Folder. Enable this option. Your Library folder is immediately visible.

          In that folder, find the Preferences folder. Then in the preferences folder, find the file with this name (or similar): "com.adobe.Fireworks.12.0.0.plist" and delete it.


          Restart your machine and Fireworks and your problem may be solved.

          milly2v
          milly2v
          Participant
          September 20, 2014

          Thanks Jesse for your clear instructions!

          However I don't have the "Show Library Folder" in the View-Options palette.

          Any other suggestions?

          Thanks for your help!!

          Milly

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          Jesse___
          Participating Frequently
          September 20, 2014

          Hi Milly,

          It appears the instructions I gave you reveal the library while you're in your root user folder (home folder). You must be in this folder for it to appear in the view options. This is your user library. There is also a system level library, which may actually not be hidden in the root folder since the hard drive root folder where it resides is usually hidden. So once you follow the instructions to show your hard disk, go to that root folder and their should be a library folder where you can find system level preference file for Fireworks. I may look for this file and delete it in both the user and system level library, then restart and launch the app. I'm not sure if it is in both folders or not. Hope this works!

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          wcslingsby
          Participant
          September 15, 2014

          Turning OFF Spotify worked for me to solve this issue. So annoyed at Adobe for this whole Fireworks fiasco...

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            bartvandermeiden
            Participant
            September 9, 2014

            Wow!!... Indeed it's Spotify. Weird. I reinstalled Fireworks several times before finally stumbling upon this thread. However this is it. I'm switching to Sketch for real now!

            tKSU
            tKSU
            Participant
            September 9, 2014

            I have been fighting the same issue for a couple of weeks. I tried removing Spotify, clearing Fireworks preferences, etc. Then I opened my Activity Monitor and used that to narrow down the issue.

            As soon as I quit Google Chrome, everything started working correctly in Fireworks. As long as Chrome is not open, the issue is resolved.

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