different mouse behavior between rootless and multiwindow

[Remfrey, Eric]

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

FW: different mouse behavior between rootless and multiwindow

[Remfrey, Eric]

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