Bug? Feature? Setting?

Scrivener Scrivener for Windows
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I have the latest beta on my desktop computer (Windows 7). I tried a new project from the Fiction, Novel template and found that if I set it up to have Chapters (folders) then Scenes (text), I can’t type in the Chapters. I can type in and edit the Synopsis for a Chapter, but can’t type in the Editor for the Chapter.

I tried a different Fiction template to see, and it behaved the same way.

Changing the Label from Folder to Text does nothing. Still can’t type.

Neither 3.0.1 on my Mac nor 1.9.7.0 on my Windows laptop behave this way. I can insert a new chapter folder and type in the Editor for it just fine.

With further experimentation, I find that if I make a new Text file in the beta Windows Scriv on my desktop, I can type in that, move it to Folder level, change the label to Folder (which makes for the Folder with Text icon) and everything works from there.

So, do I have some locking setting on I can’t find? Is the beta meant to be this way, or is this a bug?

Usually I wouldn’t even have discovered this, as I don’t put text in Chapter folders. However, I was trying to create my own version of a beat sheet template that has instructions in the Chapter folders and so did run right into this problem.

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Hello TR,
Just a quick post. I read your post and tried the same thing but successfully managed to type in some chapter text. Possibly a setting somewhere then?

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I wondered if it was some setting, but couldn’t find it. I uninstalled and reinstalled the program, and it’s still behaving that way. Guess I’ll ignore it for now and see what happens with the next beta. I’m only playing with the Windows betas and don’t have the courage to use them for any real work.

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Might be best to report this on the Beta forum.

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Okay, I guess someone else can decide if it’s a bug or not.