anomaly?? or just normal

[Mathematicus]

i have one quick question and i am not sure if it is just my laptop or if KDE is designed this way. whenever my cursor hovers over a particular area for a second or two it automatically selects whatever it is hovering over. it is a little annoying when trying to type in passwords and you realize you are suddenly typing in your konsole. anyway, hope this wasn't too confusing. does this happen to anyone else?

[Snowhog]

Re: anomaly?? or just normal

Which version of Kubuntu are you running? New installation, or an upgrade? Has this behavior been present from the start, or did it recently show up?

[Mathematicus]

Re: anomaly?? or just normal

i did a clean install of HH64 KDE 3.5.9, the situation has presented itself since the beginning and is not present in Vista

[Snowhog]

Re: anomaly?? or just normal

You might take a look at the Gesture Settings to see if Disable mouse gestures globally is unchecked.

K Menu > System Settings > Accessibility > Input Actions > Gestures Settings

In unchecked, try checking it and restarting your session (Ctrl+Alt+BkSp) and see if the behavior goes away.

[MoonRise]

Re: anomaly?? or just normal

I couldn't find it on KDE4 but it sounds as though it has something to do with Window Behavior?

System Settings --> Window Behavior


Also under Keyboard and Mouse there is a setting for auto selecting Icons (again this is in KDE4, but shouldn't be to far of from settings in 3.5.9)

[LonePiper]

Re: anomaly?? or just normal

You've probably got "auto-click" activated. (I think that's what it's called. I removed the program from my K Menu) It should be in Utilities, or maybe System. Just open it up and disable it. It's a program that's really intended for people with disabilities or inuries that makes it hard or impossible for them to click the mouse button.

[Chazzer]

Re: anomaly?? or just normal

Hey, does anyone know how to start a new post on this forum. I've figured out how to send a personal message or even use somebody's e-mail, I just can't figure out where a member asks a new question. I have had to reply to a random post just to get to communicate at all.

Maybe I'm just totally dim witted and the write new post button is staring me in the face or something.

[MoonRise]

Re: anomaly?? or just normal

There should be a button that reads "New Topic" when you enter a section (Category) of the forum.

[Snowhog]

Re: anomaly?? or just normal

Click on the Help hyperlink in the main menu bar for all the information on using and navigating the Forum you will ever need.