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- ID:KM Keyboard Mouse Key
- Quarterdeck Technical Note #117
- by Stan Young
-
- One of the problems that affects some DESQview users that do not
- have a mouse is that they may on occasion inadvertently activate
- the DESQview Keyboard Mouse. The Keyboard Mouse is activated when
- you tap the Control key all by itself. When this happens, you get
- a beep and a diamond shaped cursor appears on the screen. At this
- point, if you move the cursor keys the diamond cursor moves, and
- the normal cursor action for the program you were running is
- disabled. If you tap the control key again, you get a double beep
- and the diamond cursor will go away and cursor control will return
- to your application.
-
- This is all quite normal. The Keyboard Mouse is provided in
- DESQview to maintain IBM's "TopView" compatibility, since
- TopView/DESQview specific applications could require a mouse.
- Since TopView defines the Control key as the key to activate the
- keyboard mouse, this is the DESQview default.
-
- However, some users who may have a tendency to activate the
- Keyboard Mouse by accident may wish to make it more difficult to
- turn on. With DV 2.26, simply run the DESQview Setup program,
- choose Advanced Setup, and select "K" for Keyboard. Select Y for
- "Change system keys? (Y/N)".
-
- Change the Line for Keyboard Mouse so that the Keyboard Mouse Key
- is changed from "C" to "0" for disabled. Then hit Enter four
- times, which returns you to the DOS prompt.
-
- The following method is favored by tech support for versions of
- Desqview prior to DV 2.26.
-
- First, run the DESQview Setup Program. Take the Advanced Setup and
- select "K" for Keyboard. Move down to the option that says "Change
- system keys? (Y/N)" and type "Y." This takes you to another menu
- for defining the system keys. Change the line for Keyboard Mouse
- as shown below.
-
- Key to Press Key(s) to Hold Down
- Key Which Alt Shift Ctrl
-
- "Keyboard Mouse" Key C E N R D
-
- This necessitates changing only the "Key to hold down/Shift" to
- "R." After doing this, hit the Enter key and keep hitting it until
- you have backed out of Setup to the DOS prompt. Restart DESQview;
- now, in order to activate the Keyboard Mouse, you will have to hold
- down the Right Shift key and then tap the Control key. This is
- difficult to do by accident.
-
- Copyright (C) 1991 by Quarterdeck Office Systems
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