Hi, Hoping for some feedback. I posted this on Monday and have received no responses. Thanks in advance, Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: wine-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wine-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On > Behalf Of Mark Knecht > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 10:42 AM > To: Wine-Users > Subject: Mouse focus in Wine on non-focused Wine windows > > > Hi, > Is there a way to have mouse movements & positions not be sent > to a Wine > app when the Wine desktop is not the active window? > > I have looked through the online docs and the FAQ but I see > nothing about > this problem I'm having. I hope it's just a configuration issue, but I > cannot find much info in the docs about mouse configuration at > all. Also, I > have seen this issue under Crossover Office and WineX, but have not had a > chance to check Wine CVS yet, so if it's fixed or a non-issue just let me > know. Thanks in advance. > > Under Windows I have played a game called Caesar 3 for years. Finally > with some help from another wine user, I got it working perfectly > (as far as > I can tell) on Saturday using an ebuild of WineX on a Gentoo > 2.4.20 kernel. > The game plays well. I do have one problem when the game > resolution and the > Wine desktop are not the same size, but we can save that for another email > if it's of interest to anyone. > > Anyway, the way the game works is that it has a play area for building > your city. To move around this play area you drag your mouse to > the edge of > the board and the area scrolls inside the window. When playing the game > under Wine, using the first config files I had with WineX and > cxoffice that > had "DXGrab" = "Y", the mouse stayed inside the Wine desktop and the game > always worked fine, but I couldn't use the system for anything > else unless I > tricked Wine into letting my mouse escape from the desktop trap by using > another window in the background. I then found the "DXGrab" option and > changed it to "N" and I was able to get my mouse out of my Wine > desktop and > get email, etc. > > However, even when the Wine desktop and game are not in focus the mouse > position is being fed to the game, so the game scrolls around underneath > while I use items and applications on my desktop. > > How can I configure Wine to not send any mouse position information to > the game when the game is not in focus? Right now I cannot take a > meaningful > screenshot since the game area is drifting around all the time. > > Thanks in advance, > Mark > > > _______________________________________________ > wine-users mailing list > wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users > > _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
