Questions tagged [mouse]
Questions about using, installing, configuring, repairing, or otherwise troubleshooting mice.
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Linux Mint 20.02 Cinnamon -- black screen on startup, no mouse showing
I moved my research computer (Linux Mint 20.02 Debbie Cinnamon OS) home, and booting it now, it allows me to select “LMDE 4 Debbie”, but after that the screen goes black, showing no mouse.
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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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Irfanview: Mouse control of colour correction sliders
I'm using
Irfanview 4.66 64 bit on
Windows 11 (10.022621.3296) with
A Microsoft corded optical mouse.
but this question probably applies to many other earlier versions of Irfanview and Windows and ...
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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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How can I make scroll bar mouse areas go all the way to edge of the screen on Windows 11?
Windows 11 shows scrollbars with a margin between them and the edge of the screen. This makes it hard to grab, especially for people with mobility issues.
A simple fix would be to allow grabbing the ...
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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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Random Mouse Lag Triggered by Video/Animation
I'm facing an intermittent issue that seems to occur during video or animation playback in browsers. Since I rarely use any software other than web browsers, I can't confirm if the problem extends ...
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Shortcut to move shape without connectors in Visio
In Visio, is there a shortcut key that will let me move shape without any connectors attached to it. As in, click and hold mouse button while pressing a key, drag the shape and leave the connectors in ...
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Some keyboard keys do not work correctly (Alt, ctrl, alt, was jammed)
I have a problem: my keyboard at a certain point starts to change the layout, for example:
ESC -> win and SHIFT together
SHIFT -> alt + tab, if i press it twice, it changes the language.
The ...
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How can I prevent any user (not the admin) from changing mouse settings?
In a school lab with PCs running Windows 11, I need to stop editing any of the mouse settings.
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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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How do I change all of the cursors on my PC, not just the ones in customize settings in Windows 10 (Home)?
OS: Windows 10 Home
I know how to do the basic customization of the cursor, I have changed all of that. what I want now is to customize all the rest of the cursors, like grab, zoom-in, and especially ...
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How to configure Windows/Linux to support absolute-mouse-mode for remote operation via KVM?
I am working on a project where we want to connect different dual-screen PC systems (mostly Windows+Linux) with a dualhead KVM switch. The KVM switch uses absolute mouse mode to position the mouse on ...
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