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ST3 gets "stuck" after executing menu option from Help menu

#1

Tested this w/ ST3 3176 release, macOS 10.13.6

No packages installed.

Repro:

  1. open ST3
  2. enter some text:
    Banana
    Apple
    Pear
  3. Click the “Help” menu and type “sort” in the search area, then choose “Sort Lines”…
  4. The text gets sorted, but the cursor becomes “trapped” / locked and cannot be moved with the arrow keys. Nothing can be typed etc. Mouse clicks to move the cursor still work, but it remains trapped as far as keyboard input and just plays a beep sound when you press keys.

One way to free the cursor is to hit Cmd+F and then ESC. Not sure why this is, but seems to be a bug. Triggering the Sort command via the regular Edit menu does not seem to trigger this odd bug.

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#2

I think this is an underlying macOS bug:

I’ve only encountered it in ST3 so far, but the post above has a workaround that maybe could be incorporated by the developer.

There’s also a rdar bug: (please clone it)
http://openradar.appspot.com/radar?id=5050577385947136

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