Sorry about the original post. So much for trying not to look like an idiot...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Remfrey, Eric > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 10:09 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: different mouse behavior between rootless and multiwindow > > Hi, > > I am working on getting a native Solaris app to run on Windows using Cygwin. > Currently, > we use Exceed to do this, so if I can get this working properly, I'm sure I could > convince > our department head to send a donation your way. I have had success with running it > rootless, but am having some trouble getting the mouse to behave properly using the > multiwindow switch. > > In this CAD application, the screen is divided in to two parts; the main part is > where the > drawing is displayed, and the second part is a toolbar off to the right. > > How it should work: > When you click and hold the right mouse button in, a new mouse cursor appears on the > toolbar. The original cursor stays where it was before you right-click. You cannot > move > the new cursor outside of the toolbar region. The purpose of this is so that an > engineer > can change tools without moving the original mouse pointer. Once you let go of the > right > mouse button, you regain control of the original cursor exactly where you left it. > > What is happening: > I right click I get the new cursor, but it appears directly over the original cursor > rather than > over the toolbar, and I can move it freely anywhere inside the window. When I let > go of the > right mouse button, the old pointer moves to where my mouse is before I regain > control of > it. > > Again, using the rootless switch everything works perfectly, but we would really > prefer to > run it with the Windows window manager. Turning the numlock key on or off does not > appear to have an impact on this behavior. > > I know this is a long shot, but any help or suggestions would be very much > appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Eric
