I was playing galactic warfare, and all was going well, winning winning winning so i decided to post "This is to easy....FIGHT HARDER!" and then chat got stuck, and i couldnt get out of chat or do anything with UI as the planet started floating away from my screen. Luckily i had sub-commanders that won me the match and i could use the button "Return to Galactic Warfare" luckily. All though the picture better explains (or not) on what the heck is going on
...lol I had that issue in the previous build where I would open chat and I would need to type and enter something in order for it to go away. Now I just press escape and it goes away so the problem is gone for me. However I have not had your issue yet and I wonder if it makes a difference with AI or something.
This may or may not have something to do with the Event handler mod, so if you have that mod enabled then you need to disable it.
I have gotten this bug many times now online and single-player, it is crippling. refreshing does not work since the game thinks im trying to chat anyways. It does not have to do with the event handler. i have that mod turned off. could it be that i have a ATI Radeon HD 4600 series? because i know uber has trouble with the 4xxx series like the metal icon bug