Questions tagged [mouse]
Questions about using, installing, configuring, repairing, or otherwise troubleshooting mice.
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Is there a way to set timeout (100ms etc) before registering the next mouse click in windows?
So I have this mouse which has developed a problem where a single click sends 2 click notification to the OS. Since these are sent simultaneously, I was thinking if there is a way to set minimum ...
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Switching computers not working as expected
Summary: So I bought a switch Wenter HDMI Switch 4k 60hz HDCP 2.2 and was attempting to connect three computers on clamshell mode (two macbooks and one dell xps PC, all sharing the same monitor and if ...
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win11 cursor becomes invisible over (some) clickable objects
I must have hit some unfortunate keyboard combination: My mouse cursor in Win11 disappears whenever I hover over something click-able. When I move the mouse I can see it alright. Clicking works fine. ...
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How to open current link/folder under cursor in a new tab using command
Currently, I am using the mouse's middle button to open links in the browser, folder in file manager to open in a new tab. But my mouse's middle button is very sensitive and gets scrolled while ...
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My mouse cursor is self-clicking and flickering
My mouse cursor is behaving like mad, it's continuously self-clicking. Option of left-click appear without me clicking it and it selects on of the option from the list. Especially while browsing it ...
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How to paste with quotemarks added using only the mouse?
In Microsoft Windows 10 and Notepad, or LibreOffice, or more generally, is there a way to add to the menu that pops up when right clicking an option to paste with quote marks added, so that I don't ...
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Using old laptop as monitor and keyboard
This may be similar to other questions, but I can't seem to find anything about my exact question. Please let me know if you find a duplicate!
My laptop is now over 5 years old, and I'm looking to get ...
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Can I bind a mac keyboard shortcut to enlarge the mouse cursor?
I want to trigger the temporary cursor enlargement that happens when you shake the mouse, but as a button press on my keyboard. I'm trying to make better use of my mousekeys in my keyboard config but ...
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I accidentally uninstalled my touchpad
so I was on windows 10 and my mouse suddenly stopped working, it had already happened once and it started working again after maaaany reboots.
I didn't had the patience this time so I tried something ...
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Is it possible for a wireless mouse to be malicious?
Is it possible for a wireless mouse to be malicious? (Or, said better, how likely is it that a wireless mouse is malicious?)
I bought online a cheap wireless mouse (which works well btw), however, ...
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Mouse randomly stops working,
the mouse still lights up, but it seems to constantly play the windows device disconnect sound. I keep having to delete my mouse driver and restarting my pc, which fixes it, but issue comes back later,...
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How to cancel the middle mouse button back button?
I have a mouse so I don't have to press the back button on Google Chrome. Sometimes, I'm a bit fidgety or I just accidentally hold down the middle mouse button. When I want to cancel it, I usually ...
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BEBK G-13 mouse automatically start pasting data from clipboard
Mouse:
BEBK G-13 mouse, This is a mouse with 6 buttons + joystick as well under the thumb...
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Mouse Suddenly start pasting the data from clipboard into any open windows in an infinite loop.
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Windows 10 v20H2 Synaptics Touchpad/TrackPoint Click Delay
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad P15 with both a Synaptics Touchpad and a Synaptics TrackPoint, running Windows 10 v20H2. https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-p/ThinkPad-P15-Mobile-...
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HP wireless mouse stopped working on Mint 20.1
I'm on Mint 20.1 Xfce and recently my HP wireless mouse stopped working despite being shown as detected in hwinfo --mouse.
Works fine on a different Windows laptop.
Replacing battery with a brand new ...
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Remapping mouse buttons to single-button hotkeys not usable on the keyboard
I have a Roccat Kone AIMO and I want to remap the buttons to buttons that are not on my keyboard, like the F13-F24 keys. I could theoretically do this via the "assign a hotkey" function in ...
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Windows 10 intermittent mouse and keyboard freeze
I've tried asking this question on other forums, only to get "reinstall your drivers" followed by a dozen "doesn't work" responses. Stackoverflow is my last resort.
Very stock Dell ...
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How to completely disable mouse grab in qemu
I want to test bootable iso files with qemu. I feel very discomfort that when I click inside qemu window, the mouse gets grabbed and you need to press Ctrl + Alt + G to release it.
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Cannot use keyboard or mouse after disabling CSM and enabling secure boot
I cannot use my keyboard or mouse ever since I enabled secure boot and disabled csm on my desktop. I can’t even use these when I get into the BIOS (by pressing Del at startup). After I go into BIOS, ...
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How do I decrease mouse cursor speed on computer?
I’ve noticed you can increase the DPI for a gaming mouse. I’ve proven that high DPI and low game settings prove for an extremely smooth gaming experience.
I’d like to know if I can use commands to set ...
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PC wakes from hibernate by keyboard and mouse
My new PC wakes from hibernate by pressing any key on keyboard (PS/2) or mouse (USB); just like sleep mode (with the difference that power LED doesn't blink).
If I uncheck "Allow this device to ...
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How to make Windows interpret a drag as a click?
My mother has motor function impairment in her hands, which makes it difficult to use the mouse correctly. The main problem is that when she clicks something, she moves at the same time, in effect ...
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Inconsistent Mouse Scrolls and Mouse Stops Clicking
I have a Logitech Performance MX wireless mouse. Logitech's Set Point software will do some weird scrolling behavior. Sometimes I will scroll 1 click of the wheel and it scrolls a few lines. Other ...
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Bluetooth mouse not working after reconnecting
My bluetooth mouse is not working after it lost connection to the windows 10 PC and connection is established again. To get the mouse working again, I need to unpair the bluetooth mouse and pair it ...
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Cursor moving to each corner
My cursor moves on its own either to the bottom left end below start or to the diagonal opposite end.
My Pc (e7440) is a Dell running with windows 10.mouse is dell touchpad and wired logitech lazer ...
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External mouse - Have to do double click to make a single click
I am using Ubuntu 18.04 and a Dell Optical Mouse. Here are the problems whenever I connect the external mouse, which started from yesterday:
Left button works as right button. Right button works as ...
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Use firefox "customize" menu without a mouse
Firefox is the best webrowser available right now, but I've recently had the misfortune of having to use it in a context without a mouse available.
So far i've been able to use and configure it fairly ...
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Mouse not working properly after using AnyDesk for long time
I have AnyDesk installed on my work computer (Desktop PC, Windows 10 Pro). During home quarantine, I've connected to the work computer from home (Windows 10 Home edition) using AnyDesk, every day, for ...
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Dell Precision 7530 touch screen laptop randomly fires MS-Windows events. System becomes unusable
I have a Dell Precision 7530 laptop with a touch-screen running Windows 10. I use an external Dell WD15 Docking Station with 2 external monitors, USB keyboard and mouse, so I can close the laptop lid....
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Adobe keeps scrolling on its own... or else
I am having serious issues with the adobe acrobat reader for Windows 10. I have uninstalled and installed it many times, tried different settings, but nothing works.
I start by downloading the latest ...
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Strange issue with mouse
Hardware in question:
Mouse: Skiller Sharkoon SGM3 (usable wireless or with cable)
Laptop: Lenovo Legion Y740-15
When I turn on my mouse or plug it in via cable I can't do a left click anywhere. That ...
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Zoom audio dropouts when using Bluetooth mouse and truly wireless in-ear Bluetooth headphones
I have two (or rather three) Bluetooth devices: the Creative Outlier Air in-ear wireless headphones and the Microsoft Bluetooth Mouse, all connected to my Toshiba Satellite laptop. My Bluetooth ...
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Disabling Click Delay, Dell XPS13 Windows 10 Home Edition, Microsoft Touchpad
tl;dr - How do I disable click delay on a Windows 10 Dell xps13 9360 laptop?
This quarantine has got me trying to play video games again. I loaded up CSGO for the first time on this machine and ...
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How to make my mouse be in sync with the color picker
I wrote a script to play a videogame. This script has worked perfectly on my previous Windows machine and on a Mac as well.
However, when I tried to use it today, it failed. When I looked into what ...
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Mouse showing LED but no pointer on screen
OS: Windows 10
Model of my mouse: A4Tech OP-620D
For the past few days I'm facing the following stated problem with my mouse.
When I turn on my desktop, the mouse pointer doesn't appear. But the ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Mouse button mapping
I'm difficulty programming button mappings for my anker A7851 mouse which has multiple non standard buttons, not all of which are recognized.
So far, I have tried using the standard gnome settings, ...
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Local/host taskbar not displaying when I mouse over bottom of screen in maximized Remote Desktop Connection Window
Most questions I see are asking how to view the remote machine's taskbar. I'm looking for the opposite. I wish to view my local/host taskbar while the RDP window is maximized. Local machine is Windows ...
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Mouse driver clash with replacement mouse
I hope this is the right place to ask, apologies in advance if it isn't, I'm completely new here.
I've been searching for a few hours and trying multiple things to sort it out, so far to no avail.
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Visual cue of when ClickLock has been activated?
I am using Windows's ClickLock feature for touchpads. It lets me
create the effect of holding down the left mouse button and dragging
the pointer for long distances, either for selecting a lot of ...
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Computer wakes via mouse but not keyboard
I have a Windows 10 computer (Asrock x370 Professional Gaming motherboard) and I have enabled in UEFI the ACPI setting which says it would allow wake from USB. I have also checked the Windows power ...
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Macbook Pro 16' keeps waking up from mouse movements
I want to prevent bluetooth mouse moves from waking up my macbook pro 16". I have Catalina 10.15.2, bluetooth mouse Logitech MX Master 2 (using latest Logitech drivers), and I have disabled "Allow ...
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WiFi Mouse or Keyboard?
Old Reference
While I was searching for WiFi mouse or keyboard, I found this link. That was 5 year old discussion. Is technology changed over the time ?
Yesterday a friend of mine told me that one ...
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Middle mouse button locking
I use 3d graphics software that has you press middle mouse button to pan around. Pressing and holding the middle mouse button for longer periods of time unfortunately puts a lot a strain on my wrist.
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Mouse shortcuts for Visual Studio (F5, F10, F11)
Is it possible to configure the mouse shortcut buttons to simulate F5, F10, F11 keys inside Visual Studio?
Basically to allow debugging an application in Visual Studio with just the mouse.
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How to use X such that certain input modifies the output of other input?
What I want to do is, for example, press and hold mouse button 4, and then press mouse button 5, and have this pass a different input [like a keyboard keypress or some other mouse button] to a program....
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Chrome infinite scroll with middle mouse wheel
I am wondering if there is a way to enable infinite scrolling by depressing the mouse wheel on chrome.
What I mean by infinite scroll (not sure the most accepted term) is when you press and hold a ...
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thinkpad touchpad keeps turning off and on at random
I bought my Lenovo thinkpad T440s (running the latest version of linux mint) secondhand a couple of months ago, and it has been working fine except the last two days. My touchpad stops responding, ...
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Mouse click doesn’t work after waking MacBook Pro 2018
I am using a MacBook Pro 2018 and I am connecting a USB mouse and USB keyboard with a USB hub.
If I enter sleep mode and and try to wake the system, the mouse click doesn’t seem to work. It just ...
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Slightly moving pressed button on high dpi mouse causes initiate drug too early when in fact I want to execute click on 4k laptop
Related question with answer on close but slightly different topic: Slightly moving high dpi mouse prevents executing single and double clicks normally on 4k laptop
Problem is only on new 4k 17'' ...
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One mouse will wake PC from sleep, another won't
I have 2 USB mice, and I've noticed that one of them is capable of waking my Windows 10 PC from S3 sleep, while the other isn't (same PC, same USB port). Pure curiosity has me wondering what makes the ...
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