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From: Anders Munch <ajm@flonidan.dk>
To: Petteri Hintsanen <petterih@iki.fi>,
	"help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Mouse click vs drag
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 08:09:40 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AM0PR05MB6531E86D79E93A103489D0CBB4380@AM0PR05MB6531.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com> (raw)

Petteri Hintsanen WROTE:
> Clicks are difficult to achieve with hires display, because the mouse cursor
> tends to move a couple of pixels or so when pressing and releasing mouse
> buttons.

May I suggest you try a trackball instead of a mouse?

A trackball lets you to do movement and clicking as separate actions: First you
move the cursor into position with the ball, then you let go of the ball
completely and click. This way, you are completely free from click-induced
jitter.

regards, Anders

             reply	other threads:[~2020-09-23  8:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-23  8:09 Anders Munch [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-09-22 15:57 Mouse click vs drag Petteri Hintsanen
2020-09-22 16:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-22 17:07   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-22 16:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-22 17:08   ` Petteri Hintsanen
2020-09-22 17:12     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-22 17:50       ` Petteri Hintsanen

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