Mountain Lion Stickies Dashboard Problem

Try repairing your permissions. Go to applications then to the "other" folder then go to disk utility, on the left hand side you will see a white box. Select the second option, usually called "mac HD" with that selected click on "repair permissions" in the center towards the bottom of the screen. Wait for it to complete, then see if this fixes the issue.

Have you tried the obvious yet? Removing stickies from dashboard and then re adding them?

I tried both, and nothing seems to work. That is, it works until i restart the computer. After a restart, I have the described problem with the cursors, and the colors also disappears, they are all yellow, even though the settings say otherwise. Any suggestions?

Open Finder, press Option key, select Go > Library, open Preferences and delete com.apple.dashboard.plist

That did not change anything.

I have the same problem. Does any one find a solution?

Thanks

Same problem here. I tried to fix it by removing all widget-com.* and the com.apple.dashboard.* files after disabling the dashboard according to this guide: http://face.centosprime.com/macosxw/disable-dashboard/

Even though the problem seems to be fixed at first glance when setting up the stickies anew, the issue with blinking cursors keeps coming after some time.

I have the same problem. Any solution?

The same here, no clue.

Can you delete the widget and download it again? Just to be safe, I'd locate it in the widget download page first.

I couldn't find it in widget download section. However, I don't think it'll solve the problem.
I've done a clean install of ML and I still have the problem.

I decided to dig into it. I couldn't fix the main issue, but at least the result is a noticeably less annoying experience.

What the following patch does is hide all cursors in stickies when the Dashboard is hidden, and regain cursor focus on a particular sticky when it is clicked upon. You will still get blinking cursors if you keep click/type on several stickies during the same "session" (i.e. before hiding the Dashboard again) – which is far better than all cursors blinking all the time.

Step 1: Copy the following and save it on a file called "patch.diff" on your Desktop

--- original.js 2013-01-11 00:23:44.000000000 +0100 +++ fixed.js 2013-01-11 00:22:35.000000000 +0100 @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ moveCaretToEnd(); window.addEventListener("click", function() {moveCaretToEnd();}, false); - mydiv.addEventListener("click", function(e) {e.stopPropagation();}, false); + mydiv.addEventListener("click", function(e) {mydiv.contentEditable = pdiv.contentEditable = true; e.stopPropagation();}, false); document.title = localizedStrings['WidgetDisplayName:'] + ' ' + mydiv.innerText; @@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ if (window.widget) { widget.onremove = onremove; widget.onsync = onsync; + widget.onhide = function () { + mydiv.contentEditable = pdiv.contentEditable = false; + }; } function $(id) { @@ -191,7 +194,13 @@ function handleTyping(event) { - if(event.keyCode == 9) //prevent tab key + if(event.metaKey && event.shiftKey && event.keyCode == 90) { + document.execCommand("Redo"); + } + else if(event.metaKey && event.keyCode == 90) { + document.execCommand("Undo"); + } + else if(event.keyCode == 9) //prevent tab key { consumeEvent(event); return;

Step 2: Execute the following command in the Console

sudo patch /Library/Widgets/Stickies.wdgt/Stickies.js < ~/Desktop/patch.diff

Step 3: Access the dashboard, and hit Cmd+R on each sticky. You will notice a "whirlpool" effect which means it is reloaded using the new code.

Step 4: Hide the dashboard, and display it again. You will notice no cursors. If you click on a sticky, you will get the cursor for that one.

As a bonus, you get undo (hitting Cmd+Z) and redo (hitting Cmd+Shift+Z), just like in any text editor.