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Article #12558Re: Help! Anyone know how to force the mouse to a location?
From: Larry Rosenstein
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 1990 23:07
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 1990 23:07
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In article <1990Jun7.133446.15665@ipsa.reuter.com> gchow@ipsa.reuter.com
(george chow) writes:
> very used to the way that it relocates your pointer on top of the most
safe
> response in any dialog box. After you respond, you are put right back
where
You can achieve the same result by displaying the dialog box so that the
safest option is under the pointer. This has the added advantage that the
user is probably looking at the pointer already, so the dialog appears in
the current area of interest.
Larry Rosenstein, Apple Computer, Inc.
Object Specialist
Internet: lsr@Apple.com UUCP: {nsc, sun}!apple!lsr
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!dino!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!Apple.COM!lsr From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Help! Anyone know how to force the mouse to a location? Message-ID: <8633@goofy.Apple.COM> Date: 8 Jun 90 23:07:22 GMT Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Organization: Future Stuff, Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 17 References: <1990Jun5.091419.14219@portia.Stanford.EDU> <16995@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <1990Jun7.133446.15665@ipsa.reuter.com>