Move mouse with keyboard (its possible?)

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kmuland
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Move mouse with keyboard (its possible?)

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Hi ;)

I try to use the computer with keyboard only

Its possible to move the Scvmm mouse in the menu/games fully with keys?

win98 version

Thanks for replies ;)
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Re: Move mouse with keyboard (its possible?)

Post by eriktorbjorn »

kmuland wrote: Its possible to move the Scvmm mouse in the menu/games fully with keys?
If I remember correctly, it used to be possible a long time ago, but it was disabled. Probably because there were so many cases where you wanted to be able to use the arrow keys without moving the mouse cursor.
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Sounds like a perfect time to get a toggle key (caps lock or user selected) to handle that.
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I also think it should be reactivated. It could be a nice feature if your mouse suddenly dies. :)

The only issue I found was that up and down key in the launcher were used for both mouse and selecting the list entry.

Obviously it was removed between 0.7.1 and 0.8.0 (between 2005-03-27 and 2005-10-29). I'll try to bisect to find out the exact commit disabling it...
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Post by envisaged0ne »

A nice feature if your mouse dies? Yeah, ummm, can't tell ya how many times that happens! And the cost to get a new mouse is just insane. Glad you're planning for all contingencies
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Post by topolinik »

Let me say what I think about re-enabling this feature.
As a guy who's moving a mice for several hours a day at work, I look at this as a way to relax my muscles and stop making the same movements even at home. (while my mouse and touchpad still work like a charm)
Now, let's play. :D
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Post by LordHoto »

SimSaw wrote:I also think it should be reactivated. It could be a nice feature if your mouse suddenly dies. :)

The only issue I found was that up and down key in the launcher were used for both mouse and selecting the list entry.

Obviously it was removed between 0.7.1 and 0.8.0 (between 2005-03-27 and 2005-10-29). I'll try to bisect to find out the exact commit disabling it...
I am not sure where you got the date information from... but it rather looks like it was disabled in 4b632e66ae3330b03799dc2b712a4c290896a03e which is dated 2004-12-18.
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Post by SimSaw »

Thanks, LordHoto! For the dates: I just took the dates of the official Windows builds - from the last one where this feature works and the first one where it didn't work.
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