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#314580 - 01/10/2008 16:53 Annoying WinXP Mouse cursor jumping
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Sometimes when I activate a window with keyboard commands, like Alt-Tab or Win, the mouse cursor will jump to the middle of the newly activated window. I have searched my mouse control panel and TweakUI for options that might activate this without any success.

Does anyone know how I can make this stop? It's driving me nuts.

I have an IBM/Lenovo 800dpi ScrollPoint Optical with the Lenovo MouseSuite v5.03.8 drivers. I have X-Mouse activation (but not raise) enabled via TweakUI. It's an IBM laptop that also has a trackpoint and a touchpad, with the UltraNav drivers loaded.
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#314582 - 01/10/2008 18:11 Re: Annoying WinXP Mouse cursor jumping [Re: wfaulk]
tman
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Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
The Snap To option is off?

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#314584 - 01/10/2008 20:46 Re: Annoying WinXP Mouse cursor jumping [Re: tman]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
I don't see any option labeled "Snap To" in my Mouse Control Panel. There are a variety of other ones that seem to have a similar purpose. None of them are enabled.


Edited by wfaulk (01/10/2008 20:51)
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#314585 - 01/10/2008 21:04 Re: Annoying WinXP Mouse cursor jumping [Re: wfaulk]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
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He means, control panel, mouse, pointer options, "Automatically move the pointer to the default button in a dialog box".

That, of course, is for the main Windows mouse driver. If it's not enabled there, then somehow there's a third-party program running (perhaps from the manufacturer of the trackpad or clitmouse) that's got the same option enabled.
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#314586 - 01/10/2008 21:31 Re: Annoying WinXP Mouse cursor jumping [Re: tfabris]
tman
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Registered: 24/12/2001
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Hmm. They must have renamed it in Vista. I don't have an XP machine handy at the moment to check.

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#314588 - 01/10/2008 23:32 Re: Annoying WinXP Mouse cursor jumping [Re: tfabris]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Yeah, that's not checked. Also, it's not dialog boxes, and it jumps to the apparent center of the window, not to any button.
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#314592 - 02/10/2008 00:16 Re: Annoying WinXP Mouse cursor jumping [Re: wfaulk]
gbeer
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Registered: 17/12/2000
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Loc: Manteca, California
There is a more common windows way to set this. I've forgotten where it is.

Here is the PowerToys TweakUI screen.

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#314593 - 02/10/2008 00:18 Re: Annoying WinXP Mouse cursor jumping [Re: gbeer]
tman
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Registered: 24/12/2001
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You got something like VNC installed? I had odd problems with my cursor in XP once because the drivers it uses to hook into the system were buggy.

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#314594 - 02/10/2008 00:46 Re: Annoying WinXP Mouse cursor jumping [Re: gbeer]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
That's not it, either. That prevents background applications from activating themselves. I'm specifically activating an application and it warps the cursor to the window.
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#314595 - 02/10/2008 00:47 Re: Annoying WinXP Mouse cursor jumping [Re: tman]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
I do have UltraVNC installed. I'll try uninstalling it and see what happens.
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#314617 - 02/10/2008 15:38 Re: Annoying WinXP Mouse cursor jumping [Re: wfaulk]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
It's looking like it's a "feature" of X-Mouse. Not sure why I've never noticed it on any other computer.

Now I guess I have to decide if I want a stable mouse cursor or effortless window activation.
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#314618 - 02/10/2008 15:48 Re: Annoying WinXP Mouse cursor jumping [Re: wfaulk]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
Surely if it's a feature, it's one that could be disabled?

Edit: I mean if it's a sub-feature of the X-mouse feature, maybe there is a way to disable it, even if it means hand-editing a registry entry?
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#314620 - 02/10/2008 16:04 Re: Annoying WinXP Mouse cursor jumping [Re: tfabris]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
There are two bits in the Registry that control this feature. One turns activation on and off; the other turns autoraise on and off. I have the former on, the latter off.
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#314630 - 02/10/2008 19:29 Re: Annoying WinXP Mouse cursor jumping [Re: tfabris]
andym
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Registered: 17/01/2002
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Loc: Manchester UK
Originally Posted By: tfabris
He means, control panel, mouse, pointer options, "Automatically move the pointer to the default button in a dialog box".


I fscking hate that option, you can tell at work whether a certain member of my team has been on a computer as that option is always enabled. It annoys me so much as I instinctively move the mouse down to the button to find the pointer on the screen has now dropped off the bottom of the window.
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