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IDEA: mouse wall - would you like to code this?

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mouser:
i was just about to post that this doesn't seem possible.
good thing i waited  ;D

having tried this, i have to say - this has to be one of the coolest effects i have ever seen - it's actually fun to watch the mouse bounce around inside a combobox.

amazing.  :Thmbsup:

and i love the new about box.  :up: :up: :up:

ps. don't forget to give skrommel some DonationCredits!!!

AndyM:
I won't be able to spend any real time playing with this for a day or two, but so far I haven't been able to figure out how to identify the names of the Controls I want to fence in.

One set of menus I am interested in is the All Programs fly-out menus.  I'm constantly mousing too far to the right and losing my selection, instead ending up in the second column of All Programs when I wanted to stay in a sub-group of the first column.

skrommel:
 :tellme: It's called ToolbarWindow32, but so does every other windows on the system, so I think I need to extent ControlFence to check for parent or something before it gets useful.

Instead, I think you should try to increase the time it takes before a menu automatically slides out. Download TweakUI from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx, install and run it, and click on the line called Mouse. Now move the slider in the Menu Speed all to the right to Slow, and I think you're troubles are over.

Skrommel

DesertEagle:
You might want also to try JetStart http://www.codesector.com/jetstart.asp to find a faster way of launching Start Menu programs.

AndyM:
The little I use the Start Menu, it's not worth me looking for an alternative.

My problem is with any kind of "fly out" menu, that when I'm moving quickly, the mouse can excape the menu and then I have to start all over.  I have several toolbar menus and the Quickstart menu that I do use often.

So if skrommel figures out a way to fence the mouse in, it would be slick.

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