Windows xp cursor jumps

I feel like this particular feature is maybe too undiscoverable? Still, these little subtle UI tweaks are nice to have and fun to learn about! So the behavior of the mouse on the taskbar changed sometime between then and now. Maybe it needed desktop composition turned off? I know of a different but related effect that can be confusing.

Clicking on the bottom pixel row in the taskbar region seems to send the click to the notification icon that is immediately above the mouse X position. I am noticing now that the cursor moves to the side by a few pixels, but it also needs to move down a few pixels to reach the top item of the menu.

IMO, this is a hack done at the wrong place. Try it yourself. You can slam your mouse all the way to the edge, and still be able to click on the button. Why right-click and left-click when you can double-right-click? With a few notable exceptions, you can right-click to activate items in context menus. Of course I never use my desktop so the whole shortcut is wasted on me.

I wrote a book Ground rules Disclaimers and such My necktie's Twitter. Why does the mouse cursor jump a few pixels if you right-click on the Start button? A valid difference of opinion. Raymond Chen June 29, Raymond Chen June 30, Having never noticed this I had to try it.

Quick links. Logout Register W E-Maculation wiki. Well, mostly. In the version of Sheepshaver I use 2. When I am switching between Windows apps especially if clicking on the taskbar , the cursor will get dragged up to the upper left corner of the screen, without having processed the click in the right spot.

This is as if I had clicked and held which is probably true during the time it took to get up there , so it can end up selecting everything on screen. If I keep trying, eventually the click will work. This means that, for example, I can't click on Sheepshaver in the taskbar, I have to alt-tab into it.

So if I try to drag it away, it jumps right back. Keeping all of the new build files, but restoring the. I will try to get help with this at some point, but I am starting with the mouse thing since it's a bit more confined.

Thanks for any help!