Why do I have to click twice to select something in a MS program that's not in focus?

sunnyrio · Jul 17, 2022

Thanks Edwin, perfect example.

Edwin · Jul 17, 2022

Yet..., I can drag-n-drop to paste which gives the Word window focus automatically without clicking a damn thing!!! :zany:

Berton · Jul 17, 2022

Guess I've been doing drag and drop wrong for the last 30 years, always thought one had to press down on the left mouse button to do it. But then many folks probably don't know why the wheel also has a click feature, third button, depending upon the program.

TraderGary · Jul 17, 2022

And now we have heard the velvet, dulcet tones of Edwin's voice! Cool!

Edwin · Jul 17, 2022

TraderGary said:
And now we have heard the velvet, dulcet tones of Edwin's voice! Cool!

You ain't heard nuthin yet!!! Just wait'll I post a live rant!!! :wink:

sunnyrio · Jul 17, 2022

Berton said:
Guess I've been doing drag and drop wrong for the last 30 years, always thought one had to press down on the left mouse button to do it. But then many folks probably don't know why the wheel also has a click feature, third button, depending upon the program.

Please explain. My middle button is a wheel for scrolling and appears to have no built in click-usage. I programmed it with a third party program X-mouse to be "delete".

Berton · Jul 17, 2022

sunnyrio said:
Please explain. My middle button is a wheel for scrolling and appears to have no built in click-usage. I programmed it with a third party program X-mouse to be "delete".

The use of the 3-button mouse goes back to the early '90s and maybe earlier with engineers and architects using it to lock a line they had drawn in programs like AutoCad then start an attached line in a different direction. More modern Windows and other OSes use the click of the wheel to allow just moving the mouse to scroll up or down, it works in many programs.

Edwin · Jul 17, 2022

By default, my wheel-click in Word is auto-scroll...

sunnyrio · Jul 17, 2022

Berton said:
The use of the 3-button mouse goes back to the early '90s and maybe earlier with engineers and architects using it to lock a line they had drawn in programs like AutoCad then start an attached line in a different direction. More modern Windows and other OSes use the click of the wheel to allow just moving the mouse to scroll up or down.
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That's utterly pointless. Far easier just to turn the wheel.

But you said something about using the middle button for drag and drop.

TraderGary · Jul 17, 2022

sunnyrio said:
That's utterly pointless. Far easier just to turn the wheel.

But you said something about using the middle button for drag and drop.

Pointless? Not if you've been around as long as some of us. The scroll wheel was introduced with the Microsoft Intellimouse in 1996.

glasskuter · Jul 17, 2022

sunnyrio said:
What I want to know is why Microsoft never listens

We can beat that dead horse til the cows come home and never have an answer. For the sake of my sanity and blood pressure, I've strived to accept it and go on.

sunnyrio · Jul 17, 2022

TraderGary said:
Pointless? Not if you've been around as long as some of us. The scroll wheel was introduced with the Microsoft Intellimouse in 1996.

Pay attention at the back. I didn't say the wheel was pointless, I said pressing it to scroll is pointless, that's why it rotates.

sunnyrio · Jul 17, 2022

glasskuter said:
We can beat that dead horse til the cows come home and never have an answer. For the sake of my sanity and blood pressure, I've strived to accept it and go on.

Not possible. If your neighbour has a loud dog and the law won't stop him, you shoot it.