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Mouse has developed an attitude when selecting areas or text blocks
Hi all,
Any ideas about this strange behaviour ? Mouse has begun to misbehave when selecting areas or blocks of text. This happens randomly accross different applications (but not all).
Screen capture : I would begin to click and drag to select an area, and then the area would be captured well before I had finished reaching the bottom of the target zone, sending an unusable screen grab to the editor. Or, the area actually selected in the editor would start at a lower point than where I had first clicked. Happens with Windows 7 Snipping Tool and Pic Pick.
Text highlighting : I would click and drag to select text, usually several lines, then hit a key combination to apply colour highlighting. At some point, instead of selecting text, the program would begin to drag and drop words, messing up the text. Happens inside Cinta Notes notes.
Now when I get very cross at the small animal misbehaving this way, I sometimes press very hard on itsheadleft key in order to punish it , while dragging ; and strangely enough, it then seems to understand and comply. Of course, cruelty to animals is bad, and I can't keep pressing all the time anyway. Might the mouse be worn down ? In need of cleaning ? But if it's a hardware problem, why doesn't it happen in other applications ?