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This may sound like a silly suggestion but it would be nice if the mouse pointer disappeared after a few seconds of inactivity. I can't count the number of times, just today, I've had to move the mouse pointer out of the way because it was blocking the code exactly where I was typing.
Any mouse movement would then again bring the mouse pointer back into view.
I know this sounds like a simple request but I've taken a peek from time to time at the QB64 source code. Those who maintain that code are saints in my view. If it's something fairly easy to add could a future revision include this? I understand if this would be placed low on the priority list or not even considered however.
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The mouse pointer doesn't disappear in Notepad++ either - just tried it for 3 minutes. And that's good so!
I want to see where the mouse pointer is right now. I work on the computer with a mixture of keys and mouse pointer; as probably very many. In an IDE like that of QB64, of course, the same. Where is the problem? I personally don't see any.
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10-06-2022, 01:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-06-2022, 01:08 AM by TempodiBasic.)
Hi
I find this feature useful, maybe because I use a notebook and it happens often that typing fast on keyboard I touch fastly the touchpad and it moves pointer of text at position of mouse...I find this experience very hard to digest... but the problem is not QB64IDE but all those editors that don't let hide mouse pointer after inactivity!
In Windows it is possible set the mouse behaviour...
1. open Control panel
2. open Devices and Printers
3. open Mouse property
4. click on tab pointer's Options
5. activate the option: Hide pointer during typing
and it is done!
it is a pity that QB64 IDE is indifferent to this setting of Windows OS!
But it is still indifferent to the language setting of OS.
We can affirm that QB64 is indipendent application, prideful of its indipendence for native istance.
That God blesses QB64!
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@Pete
so I think I have said here
"it is a pity that QB64 IDE is indifferent to this setting of Windows OS!"
how can QB64 check OS settings about mouse?
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(10-06-2022, 11:09 AM)TempodiBasic Wrote: @Pete
so I think I have said here
"it is a pity that QB64 IDE is indifferent to this setting of Windows OS!"
how can QB64 check OS settings about mouse?
@TempodiBasic
It's possible to check the registry but I don't think that would be very easy to do. I don't think it would make much difference, anyways.
Ask me about Windows API and maybe some Linux stuff
