Hourglass won't go away in SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Studio

... after I add a column to a table. I've just started using 2008 R2 Management Studio, but I have a few years experience with 2005 Management Studio. Also, I am connecting to a 2005 instance of a database on a remote server.

1. right-click on a column and select "Modify"
2. supply new column name and datatype
3. click "X"
4. click "Yes" to save
5. have to right-click -> "Refresh" on table, and then the new column shows up, but the hourglass never goes away! (see image below)

Why is this happening?

Running Win7 32-bit/Management Studio 2008 R2 32-bit. There could be other glitches too, I haven't used it enough yet.

From serverfault JohnB

• It's probably a bug in the software. Submit it to connect.microsoft.com to have the dev team look at it.

  JohnB : I did: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlkjmanageability/thread/4ab1fb20-35e2-43d8-bd48-32cdf409586b

  mrdenny : That's an MSDN forum post. Connect is different. Connect is the bug tracking tool where Microsoft's customers can create bugs for the various product teams.

  JohnB : +1 good point: https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/582590/hourglass-won-t-go-away-in-sql-server-2008-r2-ssms#details
  From mrdenny