Erratic behavior of cursor in VBA editor

[Glenn_Suggs]

Hello. I have what seems to be a strange problem with the IDE in Access. I can't find a setting that I may have accidentally turned on/off but here's what happens. I try to space across a line (on a Dim statement for example) and before I've moved 2 or 3 spaces, the cursor jumps back to the end of the keyword Dim. Also the word Dim turns red. (indicating an error?) Also, when I'm in a form module and try to manipulate one of the controls on the form, I type me. and I usually get a list of possible choices to pick what comes next. However, the list flashes briefly and then the me. (including the dot) turns red. How's that for a wacky editor? This has been happening for a couple of days so re-booting doesn't help. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.


Glenn

[pbaldy]

One possible culprit is a form open with a timer event running in it.

[RuralGuy]

It almost seems like your keyboard may be putting out cursor movement codes.
Oops: Paul got in there before me. Sorry.

[pbaldy]

Oops: Paul got in there before me. Sorry.

Fastest fingers in the west!

[Glenn_Suggs]

One possible culprit is a form open with a timer event running in it.

Thank you, pbaldy. The problem was indeed an open form with the timer event running. The timer was put in to shut down the application if a user left it open past a certain length of time without doing anything. Now I can take appropriate action when I'm making changes to the code.
Thanks again.

[RuralGuy]

Hmm...those fast fingers are accurate as well. Thanks for the update.

[pbaldy]

No problem. That drove me crazy the first time I ran into it. Explains a lot, eh Allan? Now you know why I'm crazy!