On Friday 05 October 2001 12:21, Stephen Shirley wrote:
> Hmm - what window manager are you using (or is it even linux you're
> talking about)? I take it you mean that when you try to right-click to
> open a menu near the bottom of the screen, your mouse pointer is moved to
> the top entry of the menu on you. I can see how that would be annoying
> alright. It is definetely configurable in some window managers (*cough*
> window maker *cough* -).
No, that's not quite it - although that does sound annoying :-)
It's not linux-specific at all - though linux is probably the easiest platform
on which to change the behaviour.
_Current Situation:_
When you press RMB, a popup-menu appears. you move the mouse.
"""Moving the mouse causes the mouse pointer to move.
You use this to select an entry from the menu. Menu then disappears and your
action is carried out.
"""Mouse pointer is in a quite different position to where you left it before
pressing RMB.
_Suggested Situation:_
When you press RMB, a popup-menu appears. you move the mouse.
***Moving the mouse causes popup-menu to scroll underneath the (stationary
relative to physical screen) mouse pointer.
You use this to select an entry from the menu. Menu then disappears and your
action is carried out.
***Mouse pointer is exactly where you left it before pressing RMB.
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