Questions tagged [mouse]
Questions about using, installing, configuring, repairing, or otherwise troubleshooting mice.
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Odd automatic mouse Movement after Computer Resumes from Hibernation
Recently, i started noticing something odd happening with my computer. It is currently running Windows 7 64 Professional.
Whats happening is this. When the computer comes out of hibernation, over ...
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OSX Apple Magic Mouse disconnects
I'm having constant disconnects/reconnect on my Apple Magic Mouse (bluetooth).
... following output from Console.app:
4/1/13 8:29:06.000 PM kernel[0]: [AppleMultitouchDevice::willTerminate] entered
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Mouse does not work with Remote Desktop
I have a Win 7 64-bit Pro desktop that I am trying to run Remote Desktop on to connect to my Windows Home Server 2011 server. When I connect, my server's desktop is visible and I can see and move my ...
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Strange Photoshop Problem: Can not select, zoom, paint, option button 'locked'
I have a very strange problem with Photoshop. I can not use any of the tools, since the cursor appears 'locked'. If I select v on my keyboard, it goes to the zoom tool, but the cursor does not change. ...
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Middle-button click-and-drag trackpad vs. mouse weirdness
I am running RHEL 8.9 on a Dell Precision 7560 laptop with a built-in 3-button trackpad (left, middle and right buttons all situated between the trackpad and front edge of the laptop). I have a gtk3 ...
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How can you make the Lenovo "utility button" behave like a normal back button?
I recently purchased a Lenovo Go wireless mouse, because I specifically wanted to avoid having to use a USB-C-to-USB-A dongle with my laptop. This mouse is one of the few mice I am aware which is ...
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USB port detect only SSD and not mouse or microphone
I have encountered a strange issue with my laptop recently. The side door of my laptop has started to behave strangely: the only thing it manages to connect is my external SSD; my mouse and microphone ...
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My mouse keeps turning off, I've no idea what could be a reason
I bought this Legion M300s mouse 6 month ago, and it worked perfectly all this time with my Acer Aspire 7 laptop. Some time ago it started to randomly turn off (the device manager still sees it ...
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How do I get a Linux system with legacy mouse support to accept my KVM switch with absolute mouse mode?
One of my customers has a Linux system with the following details:
Suse Linux 15
I plugged in a KVM-over-IP device from Raritan (DKX4-101) which introduces a USB-device with Keyboard + mouse in ...
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Removing Windows PowerToys' Mouse Highlighter artifacts from screen
This is a question and answer pair for a problem I've endured for a couple of weeks and couldn't find an answer on the web.
PowerToys v0.78.0
Microsoft's PowerToys has a useful Mouse Highlighter ...
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VNC server does not respond to mouse or keyboard on MAC
I have set up many VNC servers, but never come across this issue before.
The VNC server is a MacBook Pro. It allows connection, but it does not respond to any cursor movement or keyboard input.
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No reaction to click left mouse button - Windows 11
I have a problem in Windows 11. Randomly, the Laptop stops responding to left mouse button clicks. It doesn't matter if it's a laptop touchpad or another external mouse. After refreshing the system (i ...
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How to change mouse to left handed but keep touchpad right handed in Windows 11?
Windows 10 had a 'Mouse Properties' window; if you had multiple mouse drivers installed, each device would show up in a separate tab allowing you to set left and right mouse buttons independently.
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Fix Bluetooth for Dell Precision M6700
For some reason Bluetooth is virtually dead on my mother's Dell M6700.
The laptop is old but adequate desktop replacement for checking email, news, social media, watching YouTube and videoconferencing....
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Mouse integration logitech wireless on virtualbox for select, cut and paste
I've installed virtualbox and an appliance from bitnami "common-postgresql-16-16.2.0-r1-debia-11-amd64" image installed. I'm using a logitech wireless keyboard and mouse on my Intel I7 ASUS ...
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Solaar + Ubuntu how to set volume up/down to forward/backward buttons on logitech mx master 2s
I have a logitech mx master 2s that I connected to my Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, using solaar. I try to change the key mapping so that the forward/backward buttons are volume up/down. However, the only options ...
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Bluetooth mouse connection takes about 20+ seconds to resolve on wake up on KDE Neon (Ubuntu) - why?
Can anybody help to clarify why the bluetooth resolution for simple bluetooth mouse would take about 20-30 seconds to usable?
This is the bluetooth log:
$ bluetoothctl
Agent registered
[CHG] Device B4:...
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How can I correct the horizontal movement of the mouse cursor?
I use a dock at work once a week. When I use the mouse attached to it and move it to the right horizontally, it moves about 12° clockwise from horizontal. This affects selecting text with the mouse, ...
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Mouse and Audio Issues
I am new to computer building as I built my first one about a year ago. The computer ran fine for most of the time but recently the mouse skips around on the screen (kind of like the mouse is lagging) ...
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how to left and right click on MSI Cyborg 15
I've just recently bought the MSI Cyborg 15 gaming laptop. The first game I've tried to play is GTA V, and unless im doing something wrong, theres a problem. As far as I can tell, the mousepad on this ...
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Mac does not handle multiple Bluetooth peripherals properly
I have a mysterious problem with Bluetooth peripherals on my Mac machine (MacBook Pro 2021 running Sonoma 14.2.1 (23C71)).
I (usually) connect three devices via Bluetooth:
Apple Magic Keyboard
HP ...
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How to reduce startup lag in X Mouse Button Control
I have used X Mouse Button control to reroute my mouse button 4 to a right click auto clicker. I did this by setting the key to rmb and making it repeat (option 6). But whenever I press the button it ...
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Mouse and Keyboard not working on different HDD that I installed
Accidentally deleted windows on an hdd, so I replaced the hdd with another one that I had(already had windows). Took a while for it to boot into windows, but when it did I noticed my mouse and ...
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power on by mouse not working after installing windows 10
I had until this week Windows 7 and I was turning on my PC.
Via my mouse in the bios is set up to power on the pc by mouse
Now I have installed Windows 10 and it's not working.
I have updated all ...
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How do I enable a utility like screentogif or key'n'stroke to be able to record mouse position when inside vmware or "protected" applications?
I am making very complicated tutorials and I absolutely need these two features. I need to be able to display the distinction between right and left clicks, for example. It takes hours to make a ...
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X-Mouse Button Control, is it possible to map: hold right click + scroll down = ctrl + page down
I would like to set X-Mouse Button Control, so it will detect that I'm holding down my RMB, and then it will send single CTRL + Page Down for every scroll down with mouse scroll.
I would appreciate ...
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Remote control of third PC via video-conference?
I have a PC which controls a fabrication machine.
On this machine-PC, no additional software can be installed and it cannot be connected to the internet.
So, there is no way to install TeamViewer or ...
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Mouse tilt buttons only work when window is not "active"?
For some reason I have a window where when it is active and I am working within it the vertical scroll will work on my mouse but not horizontal. When I click out of the window and mouseover it both ...
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BT 4.0 Mouse not pairing with Mac OS Sonoma
I'm having trouble pairing my mouse to my new Mac M2 with Mac OS Sonoma.
It was working previously on a Mac M1 with Mac OS Monterey and works fine with all older Mac configurations.
When trying to ...
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Problems with keyboard and mouse: shortcuts work 20% of the time, mouse no longer drags correctly
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I am running Windows 11. I have a Logitech wireless mouse (with USB dongle) and a Klim wireless mechanical keyboard (also with USB dongle).
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About two weeks ago, both ...
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always find the wireless mouse not to be that fast
I use a laptop and I have used many types of mice. However, I always feel that the mouse is not that fast. Is there specific features for a wireless mouse that is fast or should I go with wired one?
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Can one bluetooth device (mouse) automatically connect to alternating devices (2 windows laptops) depending on whether they are up?
I want to use my bluetooth mouse (Rapoo) with any of two laptops (running windows 8 and 10, resp.), depending on which laptop is powered up (I have only one up at any time).
What I would like to have ...
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Pointer movement causes apps to slide out of VDU view
I use a laptop with Windows 10 and MS Office applications, and extend the display area to two additional VDUs (VDU 2, VDU 3). If I display an app (e.g. Excel, Adobe Reader) on VDU 2 in near-full-...
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Mouse wheel scrolling is jumpy only on some boot ups
Sometimes I boot a windows 10, the mouse wheel is scrolling stably, not a single jump, but in some boots of windows it's all jumpy that I can't even scroll and have to use another method. It doesn't ...
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tmux 1.8 + mobaxterm mouse-mode clicking refuses to work
Trying to get mouse-mode clicking panes to work in a tmux session on mobaxterm, but mouse-mode wont work. Scrolling works fine.
I have confirmed mouse-mouse is on using show-options -gw
This system is ...
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I can type in Google Chrome only, any other application does not receive keyboard input (just beeps). Possibly Radeon update made this
I don't understand what is happening. I saw that my CPU was consumed by Radeon install (no idea, what is that, I have not used it consciously). After that Radeon desktop opened as soon as I type 'r' ...
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Windows Pointer Speed 1/11 Left/Right Difference
I found this very old post, where someone cited a long guide about setting mouse sensitivity for CS.
https://www.overclock.net/threads/cs-s-mouse-optimization-guide.173255/
Antigen states that if you ...
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How to prevent my mouse from automatically clicking, grabbing and selecting text in Parrot OS
I'm running Parrot OS. Whenever I'm using the keyboard or mouse, random clicks or selection of text happens. I accidentally end up deleting the text I was typing or ends up doing some other ...
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Mouse action within apps
Running Ubuntu 22.04.3 Since upgrade, mouse is acting weird. ie: Any time any app wants me to browse to a file, the mouse only works to click on Documents, then will not advance to the next folder I ...
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Cannot autoscroll using middle mouse button when using Adobe Reader for PDFs
On every web page I visit, and also when I am reading one of my outlook emails and also whenever I am reading a Word document, simply by clicking and releasing the middle button on my mouse I can then ...
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Does anyone know how to permanently lock security key in MouseWithoutBorders app on windows 10/11?
Does anyone know how to permanently set/lock security key in MouseWithoutBorders app on Windows 10/11?
It keeps on changing every time the pc reboots. I don't see anything in settings, or a command ...
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Mouse cursor randomly jumps to screen edges
I have the problem that my mouse randomly jumps to the edges of the screen every minute. I use a Lenovo Yoga 7 with Manjaro (KDE Plasma; v5.27.8). I've already posted this question in the Manjaro ...
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Bluetooth LE Mouse keeps freezing in after a while
My mouse keeps freezing after an hour or so of not using it. Tried a lot of tweaks like disabling Selective Suspend in registry keys but to no avail. Everything goes back to normal and connects when I ...
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Having difficult finding the right sized mouse
The mouse I'm currently using is a perfect fit for my hand.
I'm trying to find an alternate since it's starting to get old, but I'm having a really hard time finding the same size. I've looked online ...
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Laptop display lower resolution than monitors limit mouse motion
I have 2 new monitors with 2560 x 1440 resolution but my laptop has a maximum of 1920 x 1080 resolution. My display settings show the laptop screen as smaller than my displays. This causes my mouse to ...
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Is it possible to set a custom polling rate for USB input devices?
First time posting here.
I don't know very much about how polling rates work, but from what I've gathered I know they're hardware-based and cannot be directly modified.
So my question is this; Would ...
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Windows 10: While highlighting text it ends up getting drag and dropped before I can finish highlighting
I'm using Windows 10 and am finding myself in a very frustrating situation. I'm hoping it's just a setting I accidentally turned on, but I cannot find a solution or good description of exactly what's ...
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Logitech Anywhere 2 mouse No options using Mac High Sierra
I seem to have lost my ability to see my battery, change mouse options.
I have the Logitech Control Center Installed for Mac High Sierra, and I have the Options App in the applications folder. None ...
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Is it possible to disable click > highlight > "accidentals" character swap in Windows?
I have been wanting to ask this for so long and it just finally got to me.
Have you ever been coding or typing and needed to click on a portion of text to highlight it and as you begin to do so, for ...
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Understanding mouse DPI and Poll Rate
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Hi there, I have been curious about what the real definitions of mouse DPI and poll rate are as well as what type of information is sent across by the mouse to the computer. I am curious ...
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