Typing while holding left mouse button


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    Typing while holding left mouse button


    In some programs, if I'm holding down the left mouse button, the keyboard doesn't function (tested on laptop keyboard and external usb keyboard). In some programs, it does. Does anybody know why?
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    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Mac OS X 10.10, Linux Mint 17, Windows 10 Pro TP
       #2

    Works here, may be what programs allow or don't allow.
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  3. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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       #3

    Berton said:
    Works here, may be what programs allow or don't allow.
    Did you test it in Notepad? It doesn't work for me there. I figured it's a program-specific issue rather than anything to do with Windows 7, I just didn't know where else to post it. Either way, perhaps there's a way to fix it...
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    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Mac OS X 10.10, Linux Mint 17, Windows 10 Pro TP
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    No, it didn't work in Notepad. It does work in LibreOffice word processor.
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    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
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    I'm still trying to understand why one would hold down a mouse key and type with one hand.

    Someone clue me in.

    Holding mouse key down and trying to type does not work in my Notepad or Wordpad.
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    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #6

    Hi,
    Yea I agree that is a weird thing to do :/
    Any particular reason your holding down the mouse button while typing with one hand
    Try two hands typing is twice as fast
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  7. Posts : 318
    Windows 10 x64
       #7

    I tried brushing my teeth while making a baloney sandwich. That didn't work either.

    How about that guy on the trivago commercial? He tries to buckle his belt while brushing his teeth. That didn't work either.
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