# Designer and OS X /Java 7

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-and-os-x-java-7/6147>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [April 3, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-and-os-x-java-7/6147 "2013-04-03T14:45:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![gnguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/41988e/32.png) [@gnguyen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gnguyen)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-and-os-x-java-7/6147/1 "2013-04-03T14:45:29Z")

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Hi,

I’ve the following setup :

- Ignition 7.5.6 installed on a Windows 7 workstation
- my laptop with OS X 10.8.3, Java 7 build 1.7.0\_17-b02

I can connect to gateway page and launch the Designer.

When I want to edit a tag, the tag editor windows always lost the focus (the main designer windows get it) so I cannot create/edit a tag.

Do you have a solution, except to go back to Java 6 ?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-and-os-x-java-7/6147/2 "2013-04-03T14:55:55Z")

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I can replicate this, I’ll pass it along and make sure it gets fixed.

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**Author:** ![gnguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/41988e/32.png) [@gnguyen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gnguyen)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-and-os-x-java-7/6147/3 "2013-04-03T15:04:29Z")

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Nice, Thank you.  
 ![:thumb_right:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/2026e28c0c425034352c1b75807edf956adc75f4.gif ":thumb\_right:")

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-and-os-x-java-7/6147/4 "2013-08-30T22:06:11Z")

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Can you confirm that the more recent Java 7 releases do not have this issue? Seems like Oracle fixed this, as we can no longer reproduce it

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**Author:** ![gnguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/41988e/32.png) [@gnguyen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gnguyen)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-and-os-x-java-7/6147/5 "2013-09-05T14:52:30Z")

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Carl,

With Java 1.7.0\_25, it is working like a charm 😉

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-and-os-x-java-7/6147/6 "2013-09-05T15:05:39Z")

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Excellent, that’s what we thought too. ![:thumb_right:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/2026e28c0c425034352c1b75807edf956adc75f4.gif ":thumb\_right:")

I love it when Oracle fixes things!

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**Author:** ![gnguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/41988e/32.png) [@gnguyen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gnguyen)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-and-os-x-java-7/6147/7 "2013-09-05T15:22:24Z")

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Yes, but what about the wrong jnlp launch… Oracle, Apache or IA ?

```auto
java-vm-args="-XX:MaxPermSize=128m"
```

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-and-os-x-java-7/6147/8 "2013-09-05T15:26:07Z")

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[quote=“gnguyen”]Yes, but what about the wrong jnlp launch… Oracle, Apache or IA ?

```auto
java-vm-args="-XX:MaxPermSize=128m"
```

This is an Oracle issue. We’ll be side-stepping it soon by introducing ‘native’ client launchers that don’t rely on WebStart.