5 button intellimouse optical question

[Highlandish]

5 button intellimouse optical question

this might apply to all MS mouse products.... how come the wheel function
wont work in a window unless I click in the box I want to scroll in? I
turned on the tweakui X-mouse tool but this tool looses focus to the new
window when the mouse is moved off (a pain when writing this msg and I knock
the mouse away.

other mouse products from other vendors have a good wheel function that will
scroll any window regardless of its position.

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[HillBillyBuddhist]

You have to click in the box you want to scroll in so the mouse knows which
window you want to scroll. Let's say you have 5 open windows and the focus
is the desktop. You hit the scroll wheel. How does the system know which
window to scroll? It's not peculiar to MS mice. My Logitech cordless and
generic mice work the same way. The x-mouse function is working properly.
It's function is to change focus to whatever the mouse is hovering over so,
when your hover leaves the current window so does the focus.

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"Highlandish" > wrote in message
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| 5 button intellimouse optical question
|
| this might apply to all MS mouse products.... how come the wheel function
| wont work in a window unless I click in the box I want to scroll in? I
| turned on the tweakui X-mouse tool but this tool looses focus to the new
| window when the mouse is moved off (a pain when writing this msg and I
knock
| the mouse away.
|
| other mouse products from other vendors have a good wheel function that
will
| scroll any window regardless of its position.
|
| --
| I wouldn't take a bet against the existence of time travel; my opponent
| might have looked into the future and have seen the answer.
| Stephen Hawking
|
| Add the word "USENET" to the subject line to email me.
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|

[Highlandish]

In ,
HillBillyBuddhist > Retorted:
> You have to click in the box you want to scroll in so the mouse
> knows which window you want to scroll. Let's say you have 5 open
> windows and the focus is the desktop. You hit the scroll wheel. How
> does the system know which window to scroll? It's not peculiar to
> MS mice. My Logitech cordless and generic mice work the same way.
> The x-mouse function is working properly. It's function is to
> change focus to whatever the mouse is hovering over so, when your
> hover leaves the current window so does the focus.

I guess I was spoiled by the A4Tech mouse I used previously. it scrolled
where ever the pointer was with out stealing focus. it was 5 buttons and 2
wheels with more pre-defined user options for each button. problem was that
it wore out after 3 months.

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[Bob Byrne]

"Highlandish" > wrote:

> I guess I was spoiled by the A4Tech mouse I used previously. it scrolled
> where ever the pointer was with out stealing focus. ......

My Intellimouse Explorer scrolls other windows without changing the focus.
In OE typing this reply right now I can move my pointer to OE's main window
and scroll the folder panel or headers panel while I'm typing this.
It won't scroll in a window of a completely different program though unless
I click in it to change focus.
I don't use TweakUI, never have.

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[Highlandish]

In ,
Bob Byrne > Retorted:
> "Highlandish" > wrote:
>
>> I guess I was spoiled by the A4Tech mouse I used previously. it
>> scrolled where ever the pointer was with out stealing focus. ......
>
> My Intellimouse Explorer scrolls other windows without changing the
> focus. In OE typing this reply right now I can move my pointer to
> OE's main window and scroll the folder panel or headers panel while
> I'm typing this. It won't scroll in a window of a completely
> different program though unless I click in it to change focus.
> I don't use TweakUI, never have.


eh... I turned x-mouse off and it seems to be working when previously it
didn't... go figure.
thanks for the response...
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