Mouse cursor not hitten when typing

Hi,

In Control Panel "Mouse" there is a setting claiming to "hide mouse cursor when typing on keyboard".

I've never seen this option working on any Windows PC I had. The mouse cursor is always in my way when I'm typing into a text field I've just set focus to by clicking on it.

How can I get this option to work as expected?

TIA,
Axel Dahmen

....oops... title should read "hidden"

It only works in Windows or Office documents, not on the Web. Try it in a
Word or Notepad document.

"Axel Dahmen" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In Control Panel "Mouse" there is a setting claiming to "hide mouse cursor
> when typing on keyboard".
>
> I've never seen this option working on any Windows PC I had. The mouse
> cursor is always in my way when I'm typing into a text field I've just set
> focus to by clicking on it.
>
> How can I get this option to work as expected?
>
> TIA,
> Axel Dahmen
>

Hi Mary,

I'm baffled... You are absolutely right.

I tried your statement on several windows and it seems only Windows' API "EDIT" windows support this feature. And Office does this manually apparently....

I've added a bug report to MS Connect to have this feature working in Visual Studio and, thus, in other Windows' windows as well. I guess they're using Rich Text Edit and the HTML Edit controls to display VS content which in turn don't support this feature yet.

Thanks for this valuable information, Mary.

Regards,
Axel Dahmen

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"Mary" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:C25C7732-7F0E-47EC-946D-...
> It only works in Windows or Office documents, not on the Web. Try it in a
> Word or Notepad document.
>
> "Axel Dahmen" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In Control Panel "Mouse" there is a setting claiming to "hide mouse cursor
>> when typing on keyboard".
>>
>> I've never seen this option working on any Windows PC I had. The mouse
>> cursor is always in my way when I'm typing into a text field I've just set
>> focus to by clicking on it.
>>
>> How can I get this option to work as expected?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Axel Dahmen
>>