When I have an output file open, I am unable to open or close items (title, notes, table) by clicking or double-clicking.  Have I set some option wrong somewhere?  I've looked in the Options... Viewer area but that just seems to have their open/close default status.  Any thoughts? Thanks!

I'm not sure what's happening there. When I click on a pivot table, as the tooltip says, I can double-click it and it opens. I can also press <Enter> and it opens. You can also right-click and, in that context menu, select "Edit".

Are you on Mac or Windows? And which version of SPSS are you running?

When I have an output file open, I am unable to open or close items (title, notes, table) by clicking or double-clicking.  Have I set some option wrong somewhere?  I've looked in the Options... Viewer area but that just seems to have their open/close default status.  Any thoughts? Thanks!

I'm more talking about the outline on the left in the output window... Where I should be able to click those to hide or unhide them.  I'm on Windows 10, SPSS 29.  Just been using it for a couple weeks.  I do have to right-click on the actual table and click 'edit' to open that too.  But double-clicking works in other applications and such... just weirdly not in most of SPSS. 

I'm not sure what's happening there. When I click on a pivot table, as the tooltip says, I can double-click it and it opens. I can also press <Enter> and it opens. You can also right-click and, in that context menu, select "Edit".

Are you on Mac or Windows? And which version of SPSS are you running?

When I have an output file open, I am unable to open or close items (title, notes, table) by clicking or double-clicking.  Have I set some option wrong somewhere?  I've looked in the Options... Viewer area but that just seems to have their open/close default status.  Any thoughts? Thanks!

I have installed v29 on a Win11 machine.

In the tree view (the left-hand side panel), double-clicking hides or unhides the object; on the right-hand side, the same action activates and opens the object for editing.

The only way I've seen to open an object from the tree is to select the object, then press <Alt+e>,<e>,<e>,<Enter>. Inconvenient, but "e" is apparently overloaded with actions on that menu.

I'm more talking about the outline on the left in the output window... Where I should be able to click those to hide or unhide them.  I'm on Windows 10, SPSS 29.  Just been using it for a couple weeks.  I do have to right-click on the actual table and click 'edit' to open that too.  But double-clicking works in other applications and such... just weirdly not in most of SPSS. 

I'm not sure what's happening there. When I click on a pivot table, as the tooltip says, I can double-click it and it opens. I can also press <Enter> and it opens. You can also right-click and, in that context menu, select "Edit".

Are you on Mac or Windows? And which version of SPSS are you running?

When I have an output file open, I am unable to open or close items (title, notes, table) by clicking or double-clicking.  Have I set some option wrong somewhere?  I've looked in the Options... Viewer area but that just seems to have their open/close default status.  Any thoughts? Thanks!

I have installed v29 on a Win11 machine.

In the tree view (the left-hand side panel), double-clicking hides or unhides the object; on the right-hand side, the same action activates and opens the object for editing.

The only way I've seen to open an object from the tree is to select the object, then press <Alt+e>,<e>,<e>,<Enter>. Inconvenient, but "e" is apparently overloaded with actions on that menu.

I'm more talking about the outline on the left in the output window... Where I should be able to click those to hide or unhide them.  I'm on Windows 10, SPSS 29.  Just been using it for a couple weeks.  I do have to right-click on the actual table and click 'edit' to open that too.  But double-clicking works in other applications and such... just weirdly not in most of SPSS. 

I'm not sure what's happening there. When I click on a pivot table, as the tooltip says, I can double-click it and it opens. I can also press <Enter> and it opens. You can also right-click and, in that context menu, select "Edit".

Are you on Mac or Windows? And which version of SPSS are you running?

When I have an output file open, I am unable to open or close items (title, notes, table) by clicking or double-clicking.  Have I set some option wrong somewhere?  I've looked in the Options... Viewer area but that just seems to have their open/close default status.  Any thoughts? Thanks!

I have installed v29 on a Win11 machine.

In the tree view (the left-hand side panel), double-clicking hides or unhides the object; on the right-hand side, the same action activates and opens the object for editing.

The only way I've seen to open an object from the tree is to select the object, then press <Alt+e>,<e>,<e>,<Enter>. Inconvenient, but "e" is apparently overloaded with actions on that menu.

I'm more talking about the outline on the left in the output window... Where I should be able to click those to hide or unhide them.  I'm on Windows 10, SPSS 29.  Just been using it for a couple weeks.  I do have to right-click on the actual table and click 'edit' to open that too.  But double-clicking works in other applications and such... just weirdly not in most of SPSS. 

I'm not sure what's happening there. When I click on a pivot table, as the tooltip says, I can double-click it and it opens. I can also press <Enter> and it opens. You can also right-click and, in that context menu, select "Edit".

Are you on Mac or Windows? And which version of SPSS are you running?

When I have an output file open, I am unable to open or close items (title, notes, table) by clicking or double-clicking.  Have I set some option wrong somewhere?  I've looked in the Options... Viewer area but that just seems to have their open/close default status.  Any thoughts? Thanks!

Open a syntax window, run this command, and let me know what it returns:

SHOW VERSION.

I have installed v29 on a Win11 machine.

In the tree view (the left-hand side panel), double-clicking hides or unhides the object; on the right-hand side, the same action activates and opens the object for editing.

The only way I've seen to open an object from the tree is to select the object, then press <Alt+e>,<e>,<e>,<Enter>. Inconvenient, but "e" is apparently overloaded with actions on that menu.

I'm more talking about the outline on the left in the output window... Where I should be able to click those to hide or unhide them.  I'm on Windows 10, SPSS 29.  Just been using it for a couple weeks.  I do have to right-click on the actual table and click 'edit' to open that too.  But double-clicking works in other applications and such... just weirdly not in most of SPSS. 

I'm not sure what's happening there. When I click on a pivot table, as the tooltip says, I can double-click it and it opens. I can also press <Enter> and it opens. You can also right-click and, in that context menu, select "Edit".

Are you on Mac or Windows? And which version of SPSS are you running?

When I have an output file open, I am unable to open or close items (title, notes, table) by clicking or double-clicking.  Have I set some option wrong somewhere?  I've looked in the Options... Viewer area but that just seems to have their open/close default status.  Any thoughts? Thanks!

Open a syntax window, run this command, and let me know what it returns:

SHOW VERSION.

I have installed v29 on a Win11 machine.

In the tree view (the left-hand side panel), double-clicking hides or unhides the object; on the right-hand side, the same action activates and opens the object for editing.

The only way I've seen to open an object from the tree is to select the object, then press <Alt+e>,<e>,<e>,<Enter>. Inconvenient, but "e" is apparently overloaded with actions on that menu.

I'm more talking about the outline on the left in the output window... Where I should be able to click those to hide or unhide them.  I'm on Windows 10, SPSS 29.  Just been using it for a couple weeks.  I do have to right-click on the actual table and click 'edit' to open that too.  But double-clicking works in other applications and such... just weirdly not in most of SPSS. 

I'm not sure what's happening there. When I click on a pivot table, as the tooltip says, I can double-click it and it opens. I can also press <Enter> and it opens. You can also right-click and, in that context menu, select "Edit".

Are you on Mac or Windows? And which version of SPSS are you running?

When I have an output file open, I am unable to open or close items (title, notes, table) by clicking or double-clicking.  Have I set some option wrong somewhere?  I've looked in the Options... Viewer area but that just seems to have their open/close default status.  Any thoughts? Thanks!

So far, I cannot replicate this, but I will try on other machines. In the meantime, there have been some fixes made public since August; you can find them here. Perhaps one of them will indirectly fix this issue; strange things like that have happened before.

Let's try one more thing. In a command window, go the directory where SPSS is installed. By default, that is "C:\Program Files\IBM\SPSS Statistics".

Start SPSS from that command window by running stats.com.

Now, do what you've been doing; run some analyses and then double-click in the tree in the output viewer. I am hoping that when it fails, SPSS will print out an exception that will give us a clue what might be happening, or failing to happen. Try it in workbook mode, too. Perhaps something will fire or misfire there, as well that give us an idea.

Thanks and sorry for all the trouble.

Open a syntax window, run this command, and let me know what it returns:

SHOW VERSION.

I have installed v29 on a Win11 machine.

In the tree view (the left-hand side panel), double-clicking hides or unhides the object; on the right-hand side, the same action activates and opens the object for editing.

The only way I've seen to open an object from the tree is to select the object, then press <Alt+e>,<e>,<e>,<Enter>. Inconvenient, but "e" is apparently overloaded with actions on that menu.

I'm more talking about the outline on the left in the output window... Where I should be able to click those to hide or unhide them.  I'm on Windows 10, SPSS 29.  Just been using it for a couple weeks.  I do have to right-click on the actual table and click 'edit' to open that too.  But double-clicking works in other applications and such... just weirdly not in most of SPSS. 

I'm not sure what's happening there. When I click on a pivot table, as the tooltip says, I can double-click it and it opens. I can also press <Enter> and it opens. You can also right-click and, in that context menu, select "Edit".

Are you on Mac or Windows? And which version of SPSS are you running?

When I have an output file open, I am unable to open or close items (title, notes, table) by clicking or double-clicking.  Have I set some option wrong somewhere?  I've looked in the Options... Viewer area but that just seems to have their open/close default status.  Any thoughts? Thanks!

So far, I cannot replicate this, but I will try on other machines. In the meantime, there have been some fixes made public since August; you can find them here. Perhaps one of them will indirectly fix this issue; strange things like that have happened before.

Let's try one more thing. In a command window, go the directory where SPSS is installed. By default, that is "C:\Program Files\IBM\SPSS Statistics".

Start SPSS from that command window by running stats.com.

Now, do what you've been doing; run some analyses and then double-click in the tree in the output viewer. I am hoping that when it fails, SPSS will print out an exception that will give us a clue what might be happening, or failing to happen. Try it in workbook mode, too. Perhaps something will fire or misfire there, as well that give us an idea.

Thanks and sorry for all the trouble.

Open a syntax window, run this command, and let me know what it returns:

SHOW VERSION.

I have installed v29 on a Win11 machine.

In the tree view (the left-hand side panel), double-clicking hides or unhides the object; on the right-hand side, the same action activates and opens the object for editing.

The only way I've seen to open an object from the tree is to select the object, then press <Alt+e>,<e>,<e>,<Enter>. Inconvenient, but "e" is apparently overloaded with actions on that menu.

I'm more talking about the outline on the left in the output window... Where I should be able to click those to hide or unhide them.  I'm on Windows 10, SPSS 29.  Just been using it for a couple weeks.  I do have to right-click on the actual table and click 'edit' to open that too.  But double-clicking works in other applications and such... just weirdly not in most of SPSS. 

I'm not sure what's happening there. When I click on a pivot table, as the tooltip says, I can double-click it and it opens. I can also press <Enter> and it opens. You can also right-click and, in that context menu, select "Edit".

Are you on Mac or Windows? And which version of SPSS are you running?

When I have an output file open, I am unable to open or close items (title, notes, table) by clicking or double-clicking.  Have I set some option wrong somewhere?  I've looked in the Options... Viewer area but that just seems to have their open/close default status.  Any thoughts? Thanks!

I'm sure you aren't alone.

I have a feeling that a reinstall may well be in order, but before that, I would like to try and delete a registry key.

Warning: This is like bringing SPSS back to "factory defaults." Recently used lists will be gone, other changes you made to fonts or options will be reset, etc. So, if you don't want to do this, I understand.

First, make sure SPSS is closed. Then, in a command window, run this:

reg delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs\com\ibm\/S/P/S/S\/Statistics /f

Re-start SPSS. It may ask you to apply your existing license, so do that.

That may fix it, if it was some kind of setting causing the issue.

So far, I cannot replicate this, but I will try on other machines. In the meantime, there have been some fixes made public since August; you can find them here. Perhaps one of them will indirectly fix this issue; strange things like that have happened before.

Let's try one more thing. In a command window, go the directory where SPSS is installed. By default, that is "C:\Program Files\IBM\SPSS Statistics".

Start SPSS from that command window by running stats.com.

Now, do what you've been doing; run some analyses and then double-click in the tree in the output viewer. I am hoping that when it fails, SPSS will print out an exception that will give us a clue what might be happening, or failing to happen. Try it in workbook mode, too. Perhaps something will fire or misfire there, as well that give us an idea.

Thanks and sorry for all the trouble.

Open a syntax window, run this command, and let me know what it returns:

SHOW VERSION.

I have installed v29 on a Win11 machine.

In the tree view (the left-hand side panel), double-clicking hides or unhides the object; on the right-hand side, the same action activates and opens the object for editing.

The only way I've seen to open an object from the tree is to select the object, then press <Alt+e>,<e>,<e>,<Enter>. Inconvenient, but "e" is apparently overloaded with actions on that menu.

I'm more talking about the outline on the left in the output window... Where I should be able to click those to hide or unhide them.  I'm on Windows 10, SPSS 29.  Just been using it for a couple weeks.  I do have to right-click on the actual table and click 'edit' to open that too.  But double-clicking works in other applications and such... just weirdly not in most of SPSS. 

I'm not sure what's happening there. When I click on a pivot table, as the tooltip says, I can double-click it and it opens. I can also press <Enter> and it opens. You can also right-click and, in that context menu, select "Edit".

Are you on Mac or Windows? And which version of SPSS are you running?

When I have an output file open, I am unable to open or close items (title, notes, table) by clicking or double-clicking.  Have I set some option wrong somewhere?  I've looked in the Options... Viewer area but that just seems to have their open/close default status.  Any thoughts? Thanks!

I'm sure you aren't alone.

I have a feeling that a reinstall may well be in order, but before that, I would like to try and delete a registry key.

Warning: This is like bringing SPSS back to "factory defaults." Recently used lists will be gone, other changes you made to fonts or options will be reset, etc. So, if you don't want to do this, I understand.

First, make sure SPSS is closed. Then, in a command window, run this:

reg delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs\com\ibm\/S/P/S/S\/Statistics /f

Re-start SPSS. It may ask you to apply your existing license, so do that.

That may fix it, if it was some kind of setting causing the issue.

So far, I cannot replicate this, but I will try on other machines. In the meantime, there have been some fixes made public since August; you can find them here. Perhaps one of them will indirectly fix this issue; strange things like that have happened before.

Let's try one more thing. In a command window, go the directory where SPSS is installed. By default, that is "C:\Program Files\IBM\SPSS Statistics".

Start SPSS from that command window by running stats.com.

Now, do what you've been doing; run some analyses and then double-click in the tree in the output viewer. I am hoping that when it fails, SPSS will print out an exception that will give us a clue what might be happening, or failing to happen. Try it in workbook mode, too. Perhaps something will fire or misfire there, as well that give us an idea.

Thanks and sorry for all the trouble.

Open a syntax window, run this command, and let me know what it returns:

SHOW VERSION.

I have installed v29 on a Win11 machine.

In the tree view (the left-hand side panel), double-clicking hides or unhides the object; on the right-hand side, the same action activates and opens the object for editing.

The only way I've seen to open an object from the tree is to select the object, then press <Alt+e>,<e>,<e>,<Enter>. Inconvenient, but "e" is apparently overloaded with actions on that menu.

I'm more talking about the outline on the left in the output window... Where I should be able to click those to hide or unhide them.  I'm on Windows 10, SPSS 29.  Just been using it for a couple weeks.  I do have to right-click on the actual table and click 'edit' to open that too.  But double-clicking works in other applications and such... just weirdly not in most of SPSS. 

I'm not sure what's happening there. When I click on a pivot table, as the tooltip says, I can double-click it and it opens. I can also press <Enter> and it opens. You can also right-click and, in that context menu, select "Edit".

Are you on Mac or Windows? And which version of SPSS are you running?

When I have an output file open, I am unable to open or close items (title, notes, table) by clicking or double-clicking.  Have I set some option wrong somewhere?  I've looked in the Options... Viewer area but that just seems to have their open/close default status.  Any thoughts? Thanks!

Whaddya know... a shot in the dark hit the bullseye.

Thank you so much for getting back to me.

Take care.

I'm sure you aren't alone.

I have a feeling that a reinstall may well be in order, but before that, I would like to try and delete a registry key.

Warning: This is like bringing SPSS back to "factory defaults." Recently used lists will be gone, other changes you made to fonts or options will be reset, etc. So, if you don't want to do this, I understand.

First, make sure SPSS is closed. Then, in a command window, run this:

reg delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs\com\ibm\/S/P/S/S\/Statistics /f

Re-start SPSS. It may ask you to apply your existing license, so do that.

That may fix it, if it was some kind of setting causing the issue.

So far, I cannot replicate this, but I will try on other machines. In the meantime, there have been some fixes made public since August; you can find them here. Perhaps one of them will indirectly fix this issue; strange things like that have happened before.

Let's try one more thing. In a command window, go the directory where SPSS is installed. By default, that is "C:\Program Files\IBM\SPSS Statistics".

Start SPSS from that command window by running stats.com.

Now, do what you've been doing; run some analyses and then double-click in the tree in the output viewer. I am hoping that when it fails, SPSS will print out an exception that will give us a clue what might be happening, or failing to happen. Try it in workbook mode, too. Perhaps something will fire or misfire there, as well that give us an idea.

Thanks and sorry for all the trouble.

Open a syntax window, run this command, and let me know what it returns:

SHOW VERSION.

I have installed v29 on a Win11 machine.

In the tree view (the left-hand side panel), double-clicking hides or unhides the object; on the right-hand side, the same action activates and opens the object for editing.

The only way I've seen to open an object from the tree is to select the object, then press <Alt+e>,<e>,<e>,<Enter>. Inconvenient, but "e" is apparently overloaded with actions on that menu.

I'm more talking about the outline on the left in the output window... Where I should be able to click those to hide or unhide them.  I'm on Windows 10, SPSS 29.  Just been using it for a couple weeks.  I do have to right-click on the actual table and click 'edit' to open that too.  But double-clicking works in other applications and such... just weirdly not in most of SPSS. 

I'm not sure what's happening there. When I click on a pivot table, as the tooltip says, I can double-click it and it opens. I can also press <Enter> and it opens. You can also right-click and, in that context menu, select "Edit".

Are you on Mac or Windows? And which version of SPSS are you running?

When I have an output file open, I am unable to open or close items (title, notes, table) by clicking or double-clicking.  Have I set some option wrong somewhere?  I've looked in the Options... Viewer area but that just seems to have their open/close default status.  Any thoughts? Thanks!

When I have an output file open, I am unable to open or close items (title, notes, table) by clicking or double-clicking.  Have I set some option wrong somewhere?  I've looked in the Options... Viewer area but that just seems to have their open/close default status.  Any thoughts? Thanks!

OK Rick... that wasn't it, but I think I've got it.  Try this... open a data set.  Run a frequency to confirm you can double click on output item to edit and double click on tree view items to hide/show.  Now... Right click on the icons at top and select 'Customize'.  Uncheck the 'Search' toolbar.  Close SPSS.  Reopen SPSS and same data set.  Try to double click on output items again... This replicated the problem on my computer.  Then if I reactivate the 'Search' toolbar and reboot SPSS, the problem goes away.  See if this happens for you too. 

When I have an output file open, I am unable to open or close items (title, notes, table) by clicking or double-clicking.  Have I set some option wrong somewhere?  I've looked in the Options... Viewer area but that just seems to have their open/close default status.  Any thoughts? Thanks!

Looks to me like you don't have to close and re-open to see it, and I do see it.

We'll put it in the list of things to fix for the next release.

Thanks, Chris. Good work.

OK Rick... that wasn't it, but I think I've got it.  Try this... open a data set.  Run a frequency to confirm you can double click on output item to edit and double click on tree view items to hide/show.  Now... Right click on the icons at top and select 'Customize'.  Uncheck the 'Search' toolbar.  Close SPSS.  Reopen SPSS and same data set.  Try to double click on output items again... This replicated the problem on my computer.  Then if I reactivate the 'Search' toolbar and reboot SPSS, the problem goes away.  See if this happens for you too. 

When I have an output file open, I am unable to open or close items (title, notes, table) by clicking or double-clicking.  Have I set some option wrong somewhere?  I've looked in the Options... Viewer area but that just seems to have their open/close default status.  Any thoughts? Thanks!