Re: mouse-autoselect-window and menu bar

[Kim F. Storm]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>>> Do you have a suggestion for how to avoid the problem?
>
>> One possibility would be to select a new window after a short
>> (customizable) delay.  During that delay, the user could move the
>> mouse quickly to the menu bar and click there.
>
> I don't like that very much.  It'll always be too quick for some uses and
> too slow for others.  And if the user has to concentrate to "move the mouse
> quickly", she may as well move the mouse around the upper window so as not
> to trigger mouse-autoselect-window (which is what I do when I'm faced with
> this problem).

What if mouse-autoselect-window was only considered when the mouse is not
moving (i.e. you could move across windows without selecting them -- only
when the mouse reaches the desired target and stops there, that window
is selected.

(Stops there == not moved for 0.5 seconds or so)

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk