'TY' wrote:
| Your suggestion hovering the mouse over the window title button in the
| 'Taskbar' to bring that window to the front is another good idea. It is
| similar to mine hovering the mouse over the window title bar to bring
| that window to the front. Hope someone can show me a 3rd add-in, if
| any, that improves the windows accessibility. Thanks for your time.
_____
Well, you can already get 'hovering over a title bar' (or at least hovering
over any visible portion of a window) if you use the X-mouse settings, a
delay, and cascade the windows. Try it out. You will never get 'hovering
over a title bar' to work if that window is not visible.
Also I wonder if there is a hardware pedal device for mouse buttons? Or and
'eye blink' hardware device? A foot pedal or two would be a very simple
piece of hardware, the 'eye blink' device would be much more complex.
Phil Weldon
| Phil,
|
| Your suggestion hovering the mouse over the window title button in the
| 'Taskbar' to bring that window to the front is another good idea. It is
| similar to mine hovering the mouse over the window title bar to bring
| that window to the front. Hope someone can show me a 3rd add-in, if
| any, that improves the windows accessibility. Thanks for your time.
|
| Tony
|
| Phil Weldon wrote:
| > 'TY' wrote, in part:
| > | To summarize, moving the mouse cursor over a windows activates the
window,
| > | and moving the cursor over a windows' title bar to raise it to the
front.
| > _____
| >
| > Try adding the 'Cascade' setting for displaying windows on the desktop.
You
| > can do this by right clicking in the 'Taskbar' and then selecting
'Cascade
| > Windows'. Use this in addition to the X-mouse settings in 'Tweak UI'.
| >
| > It seems to me that part of EVERY window you want to access without a
mouse
| > click MUST be visible on the desktop. I don't quite understand exactly
how
| > your suggestion could work, except perhaps by having the 'Taskbar' set
to
| > 'Always on top' and hovering the mouse over the window title button in
the
| > 'Taskbar' to bring that window to the front. But as far as I know that
is
| > not possible with the tools Microsoft provides, though an add-in might
be
| > done.
| >
| > Phil Weldon
| >
| > | > | Phil,
| > |
| > | Thanks for the suggestion. But the delay setting does not exactly fit
| > | the need here. Say you have two windows, one big and one small. The
| > | small one is to stay on the front. You can activate each of them by
| > | moving the mouse over the one you want to work on. No mouse clicks
| > | involved. And you also don't want the big one jump to the front to
| > | cover the small one (this is where option auto-raise fails). I
usually
| > | use this way to work on one of them and use the other one as a
reference.
| > |
| > | But sometime we do need to have the windows being activated to be
| > | automatically raised to the front. Surely, You can click on the
windows
| > | to make it happen. But why not to improve Tweak UI even further by
| > | designating a special area, say the title bar, to notify the the
system
| > | to raise the windows if the mouse cursor moves into the area? I think
| > | this option, if available, can give users much more flexibility. To
| > | summarize, moving the mouse cursor over a windows activates the
window,
| > | and moving the cursor over a windows' title bar to raise it to the
front.
| > |
| > | TY
| > |
| > |
| > | Phil Weldon wrote:
| > |
| > | > I am not sure this will get you closer to what you need, but, in
'Tweak
| > UI',
| > | > try setting the application delay to a 1000 or so milliseconds in
| > addition
| > | > to checking the 'Activation follows mouse (X-mouse)' and 'Autoraise
when
| > | > activating' boxes. I just tried those settings, and it seems it may
| > | > accomplish some of what you ask for. As long as part of each window
| > show on
| > | > the desktop, you can move to any spot on a window and it will come
to
| > the
| > | > front and be active after the delay you set. This delay allows you
to
| > move
| > | > across other windows without activating them and moving them to the
| > front.
| > | >
| > | > Please post how the delay setting works for you. If it is useful,
it
| > might
| > | > help others.
| > | >
| > | > Phil Weldon
| > | >
| > | > | > | > | Hi,
| > | > |
| > | > | After downloading Tweak UI from Microsoft, I turn on "activation
| > follows
| > | > | mouse (X-Mouse)". Now whenever I move my mouse over a windows,
the
| > | > | windows is automatically activated. I turn off "autoraise when
| > | > | activating", that automatically brings the activated windows to
the
| > | > | front. The feature causes too many inconveniences. But I wonder
if
| > | > | such a feature exists that a windows will be auto-raised
| > (automatically
| > | > | brought to the front) when the mouse move over the windows' title
bar
| > or
| > | > | somewhere? Or a feature that allows to specify a windows always
on
| > the
| > | > | top over other windows?
| > | > |
| > | > | Since I have a physical problem using my mouse, I always try hard
to
| > | > | reduce the frequency clicking the mouse. Any help is much
| > appreciated.
| > | > |
| > | > | TY
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
