Comments on: Windows 7 and Vista mouse focus on window without raising the window

By: Jason R. Coombs

Jason R. Coombs — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:33:03 +0000

Has anyone else experienced the condition where a clean-installed Windows 7 will lose the xmouse setting when the system is connected to via RDP (Remote Desktop)? See http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/bfdfe117-197b-406b-8ae1-34b496bfc7c8 for a detailed description of what I’ve experienced.

By: iyam leQ

iyam leQ — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:53:50 +0000

@Jim

ii eas able to get my xmouse , my full xmouse (which is indicated by actualy moving the window with the focus to the foreground as opposed to leaving it in the z order it was when you put th the mo on it. ii prefer it that way.

on another note, regarding the mojse;.l is there a way of keeping the mouse from moving all over the screen when tuyping? i’ve tried hiding the mouse while typing, but it doesn’t help matters with this issue.l the mouse still floats all over the screen. even onto other dinows, thereby moving the focus to those windows. it’s really annoying. anyone?

By: David

David — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:08:03 +0000

I had the same problem. I had set the registry with Vista on my old machine. After setting up Win 7, I used the MS WET to transfer all my files and settings. It moved this X-mouse function too and I found the same troubles you’ve had with the task bar. There are a few ‘work arounds’. After clicking an item in the system tray, try pressing ‘tab’ before moving your mouse to change the volume or whatever. I also found that for ‘more icons’, after clicking the sys tray button once, click and hold the mouse button again. I doesn’t work with other icons since doing so will move them out of the sys tray.

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:49:05 +0000

Thanks, Jim, for that link… ActiveWndTrkTimeout is in milliseconds, so I found the suggested 150 simply too sluggish. I currently have mine set to 25, and it’s solved most of my taskbar issues while still transferring focus between windows near-instantly.

Cheers!
-drew

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:07:19 +0000

hi All,

I found this: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/9000-how-mouse-hover-makes-window-active.html

which follows the same advice given here, but adds a change to ActiveWndTrkTimeout.

I’ve tested it and (so far) it works for me.

cheers
jim

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:44:49 +0000

10 seconds later…

in the control panel -> ease of access -> ease of access center -> make the mouse easier to use, there is an option (activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse). This some what gives the feel of focus follows mouse, but sadly also pops the window up (can’t M$ get it right?).

I’ll let you know if I find any other solution.

jim

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:40:19 +0000

Still want to say thanks (and have used this in windows xp successfully) but I have to followup that the focus following mouse does cause the task bar to work incorrectly (cannot right click and then get options)…. any solutions?

jim

By: lucifer

lucifer — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:38:35 +0000

What is “full X-Mouse” anyways?

By: lucifer

lucifer — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:37:30 +0000

Noticed the same thing as john.

Pretty annoying. Can’t change volume or pin/unpin things to taskbar. The moment I move the mouse to the floating menus, they dissapear.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:48:57 +0000

Just wanted to say Thanks! Haven’t tried it for long, but can’t stand click for focus.

By: John

John — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:30:02 +0000

Have you noticed that activating Windows 7 for focus follows mouse messes up alt tab as well as the task bar?

It seems now the windows don’t consistently come to the foreground when alt-tabbing or clicking the taskbar.