On Mon, 14 May 2018 06:47:15 -0700 William Morder <doctor_contendo@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Just started getting this bug in my mouse. The left-click function won't > work on the top menu bar in pretty much any application, on any desktop. > I am able to access functions sometimes only by using the tab and > shift-tab to move back and forth through menus, etc.; but this doesn't > work in all programs. > > Notably, I can't click on the home icon in any browser, nor can I use any > menu functions. > > When I try to right-click, part of my screen (more or less the upper left > hand corner, about one quarter of my screen) acts like I am on the > desktop rather than in a program, and I see the menu functions to > configure desktop. > > I've seen this bug before, and it seems to go away after weeks of > annoying me, or I reinstall everything and then (if I recall) it seems to > go away, but I don't want to reinstall everything over what I think is > just a bug. > > Is there perhaps a config file buried somewhere that will fix this bug? > Or has anybody else ever had a similar problem? > > By the way, it all seemed to start after I used smplayer, on > recommendation from another user here. (Not blaming anybody, as I have > totally messed up then rebuilt my machine many times, often just after > trying out some new program.) I prefer vlc, but that, too, has been buggy > and always crashes, and smplayer works pretty well. I remember making > changes in the smplayer config (but nothing that I thought would affect > the mouse); although it seems that thereafter is when I started having > these problems. > > I've gone through the smplayer settings again and again, and don't find > anything that ought to affect the mouse. > > Please help, if you have any clue what is the cause of this bug. Thanks. > >From your description i can see two possibilities: 1. Some kind of focus stealing is going on. It can be tricky to find what program causes this, but check tde focus stealing prevention options (windows behavior->focus) and try setting to none and to extreme and see if any of this help. 2. Check that you dont have any stuck mod keys (Alt,ctrl,win),also there is a possibility that some program can rise a virtual "mod key". Use xkbwatch to check. Nick Koretsky (nick.koretsky@xxxxxxxxx) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
