# Script WorkSpace Behaving Odd? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** scripting, filemaker\ **Created:** [September 17, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/script-workspace-behaving-odd/4287 "2024-09-17T13:53:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Drew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@Drew](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Drew)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/script-workspace-behaving-odd/4287/1 "2024-09-17T13:53:36Z")
For a few weeks now my script workspace has been acting funny. Sometimes I can not edit the script or enable/disable any of the lines. A coworker mentioned the same thing happened to him today. Closing FM application did not work. After restarting the computer, it went away. MBS is installed. Has anybody seen anything similar to this? ---
**Author:** ![mipiano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/mipiano/32/1074_2.png) [@mipiano](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/mipiano)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/script-workspace-behaving-odd/4287/2 "2024-09-17T14:06:08Z")
You’re on Mac? I think that came with a macOS update. In my opinion it's not a FileMaker issue. ---
**Author:** ![Drew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@Drew](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Drew)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/script-workspace-behaving-odd/4287/3 "2024-09-17T14:20:19Z")
I am on Mac yes. So others are experiencing this as well? At first I thought I was doing something wrong…. ---
**Author:** ![mipiano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/mipiano/32/1074_2.png) [@mipiano](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/mipiano)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/script-workspace-behaving-odd/4287/4 "2024-09-17T14:34:53Z")
I realize similar behaviour in the web browser and other apps. In my case clicking into the Finder and coming back into the application solves the problem. ---
**Author:** ![weetbicks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/weetbicks/32/206_2.png) [@weetbicks](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/weetbicks)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/script-workspace-behaving-odd/4287/5 "2024-09-17T18:06:16Z")
Experience this issue on a daily basis, though may not be exactly the same issue. Layout becomes unresponsive, or a script, can't click or do anything. Solution for me is go into layout mode, object inspector, and select some objects via inspector, this tends to kickstart it again... super frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![karimhanafi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@karimhanafi](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/karimhanafi)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/script-workspace-behaving-odd/4287/6 "2024-09-17T18:12:47Z")
I've encountered some unusual behavior in Script Workspace, similar to what you described. After leaving SW open for a while, I sometimes can't make other applications active when I return—FileMaker seems to hijack clicks and keeps me in SW. However, I can close FMP to resolve it. Another issue arises with longer scripts (around 300 lines) where lines get scrambled or indented incorrectly before saving, but everything returns to normal after saving. I'm on macOS 14.5, using FMP 21.0.02. I haven’t noticed this in FMP 19 or 20. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeybreadSoftware](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/monkeybreadsoftware/32/361_2.png) [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/script-workspace-behaving-odd/4287/7 "2024-09-17T18:30:45Z")
Do you mean this issue? [https://community.claris.com/en/s/question/0D5Vy00000FLJEjKAP/script-steps-rendering-mixes-lines-up-in-long-scripts-mac-case-number-00771420](https://community.claris.com/en/s/question/0D5Vy00000FLJEjKAP/script-steps-rendering-mixes-lines-up-in-long-scripts-mac-case-number-00771420) Confirmed to happen without plug-in. ---
**Author:** ![karimhanafi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@karimhanafi](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/karimhanafi)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/script-workspace-behaving-odd/4287/8 "2024-09-17T18:34:13Z")
Thanks Christian. This is precisely the second issue I was talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Drew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@Drew](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Drew)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/script-workspace-behaving-odd/4287/9 "2024-09-17T18:45:26Z")
> [@MonkeybreadSoftware](#): > > [Claris Community (English)](https://community.claris.com/en/s/question/0D5Vy00000FLJEjKAP/script-steps-rendering-mixes-lines-up-in-long-scripts-mac-case-number-00771420) That happens to me as well. Super crazy... ---
**Author:** ![Malcolm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/malcolm/32/196_2.png) [@Malcolm](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Malcolm)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/script-workspace-behaving-odd/4287/10 "2024-09-17T19:16:14Z")
I’m having the same problem. Selecting objects did not reliably work for me. My most recent fix is layout switching. Move forward and then back a few layouts. Another option is opening dialogs, such as conditional formatting, doing a few things, canceling then return to the layout. No one thing fixes it. Sometimes I have to do all of those things.