In the input field, type something syntactically invalid, for example: 1+
Shift-Enter to attempt evaluation
An error shows
Click the "x" beside the error
After this, Shift+Enter no longer functions to evaluate, the Shift modifier seems to be not sent to the input field
From a follow up by Gilad on the google group, this is a system crash:
What happens is that, when we have a syntax error, clearing the result list gets to deal with a parse error instead of a thread, which is what it expects. And, because we have a longstanding problem that crashes within the IDE don't go to the debugger, the result is a complete crash :-(. The system is dead; the editor is a CodeMirror editor, and it's javascript code keeps responding to events, so you can still type into it - so it may not be obvious that the system actually crashed.
Steps to duplicate:
From a follow up by Gilad on the google group, this is a system crash:
What happens is that, when we have a syntax error, clearing the result list gets to deal with a parse error instead of a thread, which is what it expects. And, because we have a longstanding problem that crashes within the IDE don't go to the debugger, the result is a complete crash :-(. The system is dead; the editor is a CodeMirror editor, and it's javascript code keeps responding to events, so you can still type into it - so it may not be obvious that the system actually crashed.