[Coco] WindInt Mouse Issue

[John Collyer]

I agree the keyboard mouse should be global.
Why else would someone use it unless they
had no mouse in the first place.

John Collyer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Boisy Pitre" <boisy at boisypitre.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 1:53 PM
Subject: [Coco] WindInt Mouse Issue


> OS-9 users:
> 
> We have come across an behavioral issue with regard to WindInt and I 
> wanted to solicit comments and opinions.
> 
> It has to do with mouse features under WindInt, and which of those 
> features should be localized to the context of a window, and which of 
> those features should be global (i.e. the same for all windows).
> 
> Specifically, I'm talking about keyboard mouse.  If one selects the 
> keyboard mouse (using [CTRL]-[CLEAR]) in one window, should the 
> keyboard mouse be active for all windows?
> 
> I believe mouse port (left or right) and mouse resolution (lo- or 
> hi-res) are correct in being global, and feel the same way about the 
> keyboard mouse.  I believe the same should be said for the position of 
> the mouse cursor.  The cursor bitmap itself, however, should be local 
> to the window, and modified upon a window select or CLEAR.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Boisy
> 
> 
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