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- ID:KM Changing the "Keyboard Mouse" Key
- Quarterdeck Technical Note
- by Stan Young
-
- One of the problems that affects some DESQview users that do not have a
- mouse, is that they may on occasion inadvertently activate the DESQview
- Keyboard Mouse. The Keyboard Mouse is activated when you tap the Control
- key all by itself. When this happens, you get a beep and a diamond
- shaped cursor appears on the screen. At this point, if you move the
- cursor keys the diamond cursor moves, and the normal cursor action for
- the program you were running is disabled. If you tap the control key
- again, you get a double beep and the diamond cursor will go away and
- cursor control will return to your application.
-
- This is all quite normal. The Keyboard Mouse is provided in DESQview to
- maintain IBM's "TopView" compatibility, since TopView/DESQview specific
- applications could require a mouse. Since TopView defines the Control
- key as the key to activate the keyboard mouse, this is the DESQview
- default.
-
- However, some users who may have a tendency to activate the Keyboard
- Mouse by accident may wish to make it more difficult to turn on by
- accident. With DV 2.26, simply run the DESQview Setup program, chosing
- advanced Setup and selecting "K" for Keykboard. Select Y for "Change
- system keys? (Y/N). Change the Line for Keyboard Mouse so that the
- Keyboard Mouse Key is changed from "C" to "0" for disabled. Then hit
- Enter four times, which returns you to the DOS prompt. The following
- method is favored by tech. support for versions of Desqview prior to DV
- 2.26.
-
- First, run the DESQview Setup Program. Take the advanced Setup and
- select "K" for keyboard. Move down to the option that says "Change
- system keys? (Y/N)" and type "Y". This takes you to another menu for
- defining the system keys. Change the line for Keyboard Mouse as shown
- below.
-
- Key to Press Key(s) to Hold Down
- Key Which Alt Shift Ctrl
-
- "Keyboard Mouse" Key C E N R D
-
- This necessitates changing only the "Key to hold down/Shift" to "R".
- After doing this, hit the Enter key and keep hitting it until you have
- backed out of Setup to the DOS prompt. Restart DESQview and in order to
- activate the Keyboard Mouse, you will have to hold down the Right Shift
- key and then tap the Control key. This is difficult to do by accident.
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