MATLAB: Am I not able to type into the editable text box once I change the pop-up menu selection in MATLAB 6.5 (R13) on MAC OSX

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Why am I not able to type into my editable text box once I change the pop-up menu selection in MATLAB 6.5 (R13) on MAC OSX?
If I have a figure window or GUI with a pop-up menu and an editable text box, I cannot type anything into my text box once I have changed something in the pop-up menu.
The following code will reproduce the problem:
hf=figure;
hl=uicontrol(hf,'style','popup','string',{'a','b'});
he=uicontrol(hf,'style','edit','pos',[100,100,100,40]);
Type something into the text box and then switch the pop-up menu. Now try to type something into the text box.

Best Answer

This bug has been fixed in Release 14 Service Pack 2 (R14SP2). For previous releases, please read below for any possible workarounds:
This is a bug in MATLAB 6.5 (R13) on MAC OSX. This has been forwarded to our development staff to be reviewed for a future release of MATLAB.
As a workaround, you can click on any other window but the figure window you are working on and then go back to the original figure or GUI with the editable text box. You will now be able to type text into the text box.
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