Questions tagged [input]
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Thinkpad touchpad keeps randomly switching scroll methods
The touchpad of my Thinkpad t440s keeps randomly switching between edge scrolling and two-finger scrolling under Arch Linux with KDE and X11. When I boot it up I never know which one it is going to be....
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How does port mapped I/O and I/O mapped I/O work
Port mapped I/O uses separate addresses for ports in a separate address space. Now the first thing I want to make sure I have correct understanding of address space ,it's a range of addresses for a ...
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Copy multiple files/filetypes - from different folders (list of paths) - to a other folder
Like the title says.
I found this here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1294140
set dSource=C:\tmp\Aufgaben\Tom VPKs
set dTarget=C:\tmp
set fType=*.eps
for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir /a-d /b /s &...
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Mouse/Keyboard unresponsive on windows remote - With opened Task manager in foreground
I'm using a sunshine/moonlight (basically streaming my pc to another device) setup at home. Whenever i open the task manager or device manager, my inputs (mouse and keyboard) become unresponsive. This ...
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Strange input issue with my MacBookPro (people can’t hear me)
I have a very weird and annoying issue with my Mac (Mac Book Pro 2017 + OS Ventura).
Whenever I have a call, people cannot hear me. They say they can hear the small noises like when I plug in ...
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EXCEL: Get a subtable based on columns filtered by inputs
I have the following excel table with each month sales by users (is just an example):
User
Month 1
Month 2
Month 3
Month 4
John
42
13
02
21
Mark
15
11
07
84
I want to get how many sales did John ...
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Input freeze/lag for a few seconds on Mac Mini M1
I have a M1 Mac mini base model (8 GB RAM, 256 GB drive with 90% filled) that I have been using daily for past week or two. I's pretty much my first real work experience with Mac, since I was a ...
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How do I restrict inputs from input devices based on an app?
I need to restrict an input device, a controller (let's call it C1 for now) to be exact, based on an app.
I need said app to only respond to inputs from C1 and not from another controller, keyboard, ...
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How do I remap axes on my gamepad?
My gamepad has an issue. It's an old Gembird controller and I don't want to buy a new controller. Its right stick interprets X axis as Y. And vice versa. How can I remap it to solve this issue?
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How to pipe a user input after a command
I'm trying to automatize the call of the library ADB to connect to android.
The command pair ask to user for a code, so I was thinking if there is a way to do all in the same call.
C:\Android\sdk\...
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How to prevent Safari selecting trailing whitespaces inside input fields on right click?
I'm using Safari on a MacBook together with a mouse.
Sometimes I need to paste something at the end of existing text in the input field. For some reason Safari selects trailing whitespaces on right ...
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Have Excel move user input into another sheet and clear the original sheet
I did quite some looking around trying to find a solution for this but came up empty.
What we are trying to do is build an excel file that basically has 3 sections. We want to use it to monitor the ...
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Manual input column with restricted allowed values in power query imported table
I'm using the Power Query Editor in Excel in order to obtain a table composed of the content of all the CSV files that I put in a specific folder. This table contains a list of bank transaction. When ...
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Monitor/listen for game controller input events in Windows
Under Linux you can use something like jstest /dev/input0 to listen for controller input events and show them in the terminal. Is there some way to do this in Windows?
I have a button on my controller ...
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How can I efficiently select a text prediction given by Windows' text suggestions feature?
I currently select a text prediction given by Windows' text suggestions feature via the mouse, or with the arrow key followed by ENTER. This is very inefficient. How can I efficiently (= by pressing ...
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odd top left corner textbox appears on my windows sometimes
Sometimes the below odd textbox appear on my screen when I'm trying to input something into some textboxs. What is it and how do I get rid of it ?
Thanks alot!
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Disabling everything except letters in browser- and on OS-level
We would like to make an interactive exhibition piece foolproof, requiring as little staff presence as possible when recovering it from anything anyone made it do.
It has a text input and then it ...
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Why does the Windows Mobility Center sometimes open the Power Options when I press the Enter key even though another window has the focus?
I've been using the Windows Mobility Center in Windows 10 because it is a convenient place to control my volume, the brightness, and the power profile in the same place. Unfortunately, sometimes, no ...
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How to know which input method I am using on NixOS?
I am using NixOS. This is my config file. As you see, I am using GNOME as the Desktop Environment.
I would like to find out which input method I am using. I can't find it.
In Ubuntu, people can find ...
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How can keep the interface unchanged when input focus moving with mouse?
Info on my os and window manager and desktop environment.
debian@debian:~$ uname -a
Linux debian 5.10.0-11-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.92-2 (2022-02-28) x86_64 GNU/Linux
debian@debian:~$ dpkg -l ...
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Windows 10 keeps navigating upwards on the Start Menu and on the settings menu, but not in other apps
I have an unusual problem on my Windows 10 device. When I try to use the Start Menu or the Settings menu, the system behaves as if I'm constantly holding the up arrow key.
Here's a video of this ...
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Use Excel cell value in body of mailto hyperlink
In excel I have some cells that contain input for a e-mail form.
A
B
E-mail
me@myemail.com
Subject
Input form
Name
John
Country
Poland
Body
Hello,%0D%0A My name is : B3 %0D%0A I'm from : B4
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How to get the Windows 11 emoji panel to automatically close after typing one emoji?
The Windows 11 emoji panel/picker/keyboard (opened by Win + . or Win + ;) stays open after I type one emoji, allowing me to keep entering emojis. I'd prefer that the panel closes after I type one ...
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selecting multiple numbers from the menu list to download and installing the software
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{
# from https://chocolatey.org/install
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force;
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After deleting desktop file, where is the input focus?
Bit of a random question...
On my Windows 10 computer, I deleted a file from the desktop. I realised I'd deleted the wrong file, so I immediately hit Ctrl+Z which I know Windows supports for undoing ...
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Linux add keyboard input delay before displaying characters
I'm looking for a way to add a delay before typed characters are displayed. Similar to how older computers and keyboards used to behave.
That means, I want there to be a time-lag between the input ...
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Error with USB WebCamera Mic
I have a USB web-cam which has an in-built microphone. It has no separate jack-like plug for microphone. And it's showing in the device-manager and it is the default microphone. When I get into its ...
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CentOS - /sys/class/leds/ description
How do i get informations about the files/entrys of /sys/class/leds/?
I have a "kana" input/led there, and wonder what it is/does.
[root@server ~]# ll /sys/class/leds/
insgesamt 0
lrwxrwxrwx ...
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What process is sending input?
I wrote a program that outputs the amount of time my Windows 10 laptop's input is idle (e.g. GetLastInputInfo()). It does so every 1 second. If I do not touch the keyboard or mouse, the idle time ...
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Can you connect and use two inputs on a monitor at same time?
I heard from my local computer shop, that if you connect two inputs into a monitor and use them at same time, it would damage the monitor. Is this true?
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How do computers *really* work? (at the most basic level) [closed]
While learning about computers I will here about RAM and Storage and the CPU, and while these explain the architecture of a computer and how parts of a computer work together, I still don't understand ...
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Why do TVs have different input lags with computers than they do with other devices?
So I have two different modern TVs, different gaming laptops (relatively new, Win10, 16GB RAM), and a few gaming consoles. Everything is rigged with HDMI. It's a pretty standard setup.
On both of my ...
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How can I run a php file in bash by calling its filename only and not prefixing the php binary?
chmod +x ./file.php
./file.php
Is there any way to have it execute as if I typed
php ./file.php
Perhaps by adjusting bash's default input function?
Or is there a file types application that detects ...
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Making key repeat behavior consistent across Windows and UNIX operating systems
I split my time between Linux, macOS, and Windows about evenly. This is because there is software that is unique on all 3 systems that I need to use regularly between work and leisure.
Lately I have ...
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Is there a `read -n` equivalent command for Bourne shell?
Is there a way to make my script wait for the user to press any key and then continue without them having to press Enter? I want to make it work in Bourne shell (sh), not Bash.
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In Sublime Text 3, how to disable the wrapping box around pinyin when typing Chinese?
I would like to disable the white box wrapping the pinyin "kuang'kuang," but I don't know how to do it.
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FFmpeg - how apply filters to input frames
I need to convert thousands of bitmap frames (jpeg individual files) into a video, but I also need to adjust the contrast, gamma and brightness of input frames. Those frames have some quality, but the ...
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Monitor buttons acting totally incorrectly - trying to switch input source instead of showing the OSD
I am a bit new here, English is not my native, so I am sorry for any possible misspelling.
I have a very odd problem - my Xiaomi Mi Surface Display 34" monitor buttons act really strange - ...
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How to make cmd read input with spaces as different terms/variables?
When I want my batch to get input, I use:
set /p myvar=Type here:
By running the code and inputting something like this with spaces:
This is the input.
Can I get the four words seperately assigned ...
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How can I measure the input lag/latency of my monitor?
I want to determine the input lag of my monitor (actually, it's a projector) because I noticed that there is a considerable latency between my mouse/keyboard actions and the screen. I have found a few ...
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how can I instruct my macbook pro to use the camera on the external monitor?
My a 13-inch macbook pro with retina display (macOS Catalina 10.15.6) was purchased March 2020, and with it I use an LG Ultrafine external monitor, alias "display". Both the macbook pro and ...
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How to write Japanese double-consonant pattern in Windows Occidental keyboard
I'm learning Hiragana, and recently I've learned about double consonants. As an example I saw きつさてん - kissaten-, that means Cafe.
My question basically is how to write it in a computer: I can put my ...
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Change word-document to the input from a GUI?
Every now and then I have to update some rent-contracts which I do by hand. Is there a way I could create a program / app / gui that asks me for input and then changes those values in the (word) ...
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PC won't detect microphone after being plugged in
I am tasked with configuring multiple microphones on Dell 5060 Optiplexes via the 3,5mm headphone jack in Windows 10.
The weird thing is that some Optiplexes do detect the microphone input via ...
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Is there no way to avoid accidentally interacting with windows that jump into focus?
Ever since PC's had graphical interfaces, the same issue reoccurs:
A user is typing on their keyboard or clicking on things. Then, suddenly, the OS decides it's a great time to bring a window from ...
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How to use steam controller as a game controller outside of steam
I am playing a game that is only available in the EpicGames store and i would very much like to play it using a gamepad. But the only gamepad i own is a steam controller and it always emulates ...
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Turn off Windows 10 smart quotes
Some Windows 10 modern UI apps (at least Mail and Calendar) have adopted the bad habit of MS office to replace simple quotes with "pretty" quotes during input.
In office you can disable it in the ...
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Insert special characters in Scite
Scite 4.2.2 on GTK (both 2 and 3)
In the spirit of the old Alt+123 in Windows, I want to find a solution to inserting characters in Scite.
This is not exactly the same as keyboard - Ways to enter ...
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How to type the Euro Symbol € on US English keyboard in Windows 10 without a numpad or "AltGr" key?
There are already many questions about typing the € symbol on keyboards where it is not one of the keycaps.
Unless I have missed one of them, the answers fall into several categories:
Alt+E, which ...
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Does USB version speed matter for input devices?
We know that USB v1 - v2 -v3 has different features and signal/transfer speed, I understand that storage devices will most likely benefit from the speed feature, but does the speed affect input ...
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