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Questions tagged [mouse-click]

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How do you add a visual effect to a mouse click from within windows?

I just want a little utility that monitors mouse clicks so that when one occurs a visual bubble effect (or something similar) occurs, similar to something you might see in a screencast.
Jon Erickson
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Middle mouse click doesn't always open links in a new tab in Chrome

I use the middle mouse button to open links in new tabs and to close tabs. But sometimes, clicking the middle mouse button opens links in the current tab instead of in a new tab. It's not random - I noticed it usually happens when I click on popup…
amiregelz
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How to disable click on touch pad?

I have a laptop with a touch pad running Windows 7 for HP EliteBook 8730w. I find it really annoying that it takes clicks from the touch pad surface. How can I disable clicks originating from the touch pad surface? I only want the surface to…
WilliamKF
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Mouse double-click min interval

This is the second mouse dying on me because of a poor switch ! Under most operating systems there is a option to set the max time interval in which two mouse clicks are processed as on double click. Logically there has to be a way to set a minimum…
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How to select pane in tmux via mouse over

As the title suggests, I want to select a pane in tmux by just doing mouse over on the pane, like it can be done with Gnome Terminal. I don't want to click the pane to select it. Is that possible?
ronakg
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How to make a non-focused window react to the first click?

I've been using a Mac at work for a couple of months now, but after getting used to it there still are some annoyances that I'm trying to eliminate. One is: If I have multiple windows open, clicking on a non-active window will activate it - but the…
Pieter Witvoet
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The mouse pointer in my Ubuntu VM has turned into a little hand with a document, and clicks are ignored. How do I get out of this mode?

The mouse pointer in my Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS VM (running in VMware Fusion) has changed into a little hand holding a document. It doesn't show up in screen-shots. All mouse clicks (left or right) are ignored. But I can still type in the one Terminal…
Daryl Spitzer
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Left click not working on touchpad or mouse

I have a very strange problem. I own a Lenovo ThinkPad E530c. At one point in its life, the left click on the touchpad simply decided to stop working. That keyboard-bound left-click button also did not work. Right click worked fine. As I don't use…
Bo Milanovich
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Change effect of Back and Forward button on mouse

I have a mouse and it has two buttons : Back and Forward . Is there any method to change the function of this two buttons ? For example, i want to change them into : PageUp and PageDown.
Farzad
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How do I disable the right click on my Samsung Series 9 trackpad?

Every time I click in the bottom right region on my trackpad, it's interpreted as a right click. This is annoying me to no end. I looked through the mouse settings in Control Panel, but there seems to be no option to disable this feature there.…
efficiencyIsBliss
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Click and drag in windows 7 sticks after holding left click for a couple of seconds.

If I click and drag my mouse anywhere (such as to highlight text, or drag a file), if I continue to hold left click for about 2 seconds, the mouse will act like I'm still dragging after I release the button. So, if I highlight some text and take too…
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Trigger macro with ONE click on specific cell

Would you mind pointing a way to start a macro in Excel 2010 by clicking only once on a specified cell? I had seen a solution somewhere, but now I can't trace it back.
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Displaying a custom animation at the click location on Windows 10 in response to an event

There are plenty of programs regarding the alternation of the cursor appearance, especially for the Mac OS in which one can change the look of the cursor, on for example mouse events, with beautiful animations and figures. I was looking for an…
Qaher
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How do I explain when to double-click verses single-click?

When teaching computer novices I notice that some always double-click when it isn't necessary or they ask 'How do I know when to single-click verses double-click?'. I've been using a computer for so long that I don't even think about whether to…
Steve Moser
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Mousepad tap does not work on debian stable lxde

I have an Acer Aspire One KAV60 running debian 7.0 stable with lxde as the window manager. I can't get the mousepad to register a click when I tap it. I've tried installing gpointing-device-settings, which works for some settings like using 2…
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