Mouse Scheme Issue

[Guest benjamin.d.rogers@gmail.com]

In an apparently random manner, my mouse pointer changes to an icon

that is not even present in the mouse scheme!

 

When I mouse over, for example, the toolbar portion of Excel, my mouse

cursor changes to the pointer with hourglass (i.e. "wait") icon. My

current "Working In Background" icon is set to the pointer cross-hair;

the pinter with hourglass is not present anywhere in my current mouse

scheme. And the behavior is random: sometimes mouse-over toolbar

causes the change, other times mouse-over .cs file in edit mode of

Visual Studio causes it. Not only is it annoying but it makes it

difficult to work. For example, when editing code in Visual Studio, I

expect to see the vertical "beam" whcih makes it easy to click where I

want to edit. It is also difficult to autoFit columns in Excel

because the poniter is bulky.

 

Any ideas appreciated!

[Guest Michael T.]

Re: Mouse Scheme Issue

 

<benjamin.d.rogers@gmail.com> wrote:

> In an apparently random manner, my mouse pointer changes to an icon

> that is not even present in the mouse scheme!

>

> When I mouse over, for example, the toolbar portion of Excel, my mouse

> cursor changes to the pointer with hourglass (i.e. "wait") icon. My

> current "Working In Background" icon is set to the pointer cross-hair;

> the pinter with hourglass is not present anywhere in my current mouse

> scheme. And the behavior is random: sometimes mouse-over toolbar

> causes the change, other times mouse-over .cs file in edit mode of

> Visual Studio causes it. Not only is it annoying but it makes it

> difficult to work. For example, when editing code in Visual Studio, I

> expect to see the vertical "beam" whcih makes it easy to click where I

> want to edit. It is also difficult to autoFit columns in Excel

> because the poniter is bulky.

>

> Any ideas appreciated!

>

 

I am curious what your Options settings are in the Customize dialog box.

 

Mine are

1) Large icons - unchecked

2) Show ScreenTips on toolbars - checked

3) Menu animations - (None)

 

Right-click the Toolbar

Select Customize

Click the Options tab

[Guest benjamin.d.rogers@gmail.com]

Re: Mouse Scheme Issue

 

Hi Michael,

 

I assume you mean the Options settings in specific apps? The problem

is not application-specific, but to satisfy your curiosity:

 

In Visual Studio 2005,

Use large icons - unchecked

Show ScreenTips on toolbars - checked

 

In Excel 2007, these options are not available in the same place and

can't find them right now.

 

As I mentioned, this problem is not app-specific, nor uniform. For

example, while I was typeing this message, the pointer -w- hourglass

appeared above IE. I alt+tabbed to a different app, alt+tabbed back

to IE and only the pointer appeared (no hourglass).