Lose control of mouse clicker and keyboard

When I boot up and the desktop appears everything works fine for the first 5-10 seconds, then I find I cannot use mouse clicker or keyboard. Can still move curser, however. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks

Welcome to the Apple forums.
If you could post what Mac OS you are running, how much memory you have, what Hard drive you are using, that would help folks respond to your query.

Similar Messages

Using Firefox 3.6 after a few mouse click/ keyboard input the firefox window is no more active, mouse click and keyboard input is inactive ; then I click on the taskbar and the keyboard is active again during a few click then it stops again etc.

Using Firefox 3.6 after a few mouse click/ keyboard input the firefox window is no more active, mouse click and keyboard input is inactive ;
to solve it I click on the taskbar and the keyboard is active again during a few click then it does not work any more and I click again on the task bar etc.
after several repetitions, I have to call the task manager alt+del+ctrl, then come back to the firefox window to be able to use keyboard and mouse again

Attaching the picture for the tab shape I want...

Mouse pointer and keyboard out of control

The mouse pointer and keyboard can not control. Only powe button can use.
The system is still running. The clock and battery indicator is still working
how to solve?

Not a solution, I'm afraid, just concurring -- I am experiencing a very similar problem with the keyboard, but not the mouse pointer. I get an intermittent temporary freeze lasting maybe ten seconds, after which it recovers. Although I suspect waking the machine from sleep may set these off, I couldn't swear to it, and I have experienced several of these sequentially, maybe five minutes apart.

Scripting a mouse click and drag

does anyone know how to script a mouse click and drag. I tried XTools. No luck. What about Cliclick. I had tons of success with TextCommands but I dont know how to get OSAX plugin code to work. Thanks in advance.
I am trying to move a desktop clock (QuartzClock) from the center of the screen to the side.

I tried (unsuccessfully) to find a mouse move and click solution in Applescript.
My search brought me to this site: http://www.geekorgy.com/index.php/2010/06/python-mouse-click-and-move-mouse-in-a pple-mac-osx-snow-leopard-10-6-x/
The following python script will move an object from position 60.100 to 60.300
#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
import time
from Quartz.CoreGraphics import * # imports all of the top-level symbols in the module
def mouseEvent(type, posx, posy):
theEvent = CGEventCreateMouseEvent(None, type, (posx,posy), kCGMouseButtonLeft)
CGEventPost(kCGHIDEventTap, theEvent)
def mousemove(posx,posy):
mouseEvent(kCGEventMouseMoved, posx,posy);
def mouseclickdn(posx,posy):
mouseEvent(kCGEventLeftMouseDown, posx,posy);
def mouseclickup(posx,posy):
mouseEvent(kCGEventLeftMouseUp, posx,posy);
def mousedrag(posx,posy):
mouseEvent(kCGEventLeftMouseDragged, posx,posy);
ourEvent = CGEventCreate(None);
currentpos=CGEventGetLocation(ourEvent); # Save current mouse position
mouseclickdn(60, 100);
mousedrag(60, 300);
mouseclickup(60, 300);
time.sleep(1);
mousemove(int(currentpos.x),int(currentpos.y)); # Restore mouse position
See also:
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Carbon/Reference/QuartzEven tServicesRef/Reference/reference.html
http://developer.apple.com/graphicsimaging/pythonandquartz.html
Tony

How to disable right-click and keyboard shortcuts in adobe reader?

Hello All,
We are currently working on an issue. We want to display a pdf to users but not allow them to save it. Though we are able to hide the menubar and toolbars, the Shortcuts F8, F9 and Ctrl+Shift+S is the undoing of all. The user can still use these shortcuts to enable toolbar and menubar. Can anyone suggest how to disable the right-click and keyboard shortcuts in adobe reader?
Thanks in Advance

Impossible, and illogical. PDF files are not streamed or RAM-cached so if someone is viewing a file they must have already saved it.

Mouse click and drag through turntable animation

Hi all,
First - thanks for taking the time to look through and possibly helping me with this question.
I'm just getting to grips with flash cc actionscript 3.0 - so I apologise in advance to my not so technical jargon.
In the past I have used actionscript 1.0 to create an interactive html file that contains a turntable animation of a 3D model. Users can mouse click and drag to the left or right to 'spin' the model around - however what they are really doing is scrubing through the timeline which contained 360 images of it from 360 degrees. Similar ideas can be found here: Interactive Thyroidectomy
Now annoying I can't use the old code any more as I'm working in the latest flash cc actionscript 3.0
So how do I do the same thing but in actionscript 3.0?
So I've worked this bit out so far
On my main stage I have two layers - actions layer and another layer with my movie clip (movieclip_mc)
In the actions layer so far:
movieclip_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onMouseDown);
movieclip_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onMouseUp);
function onMouseDown(event:MouseEvent):void
movieclip_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onMouseMove);
//I should put something in here about mouseX - but no idea what
function onMouseUp(event:MouseEvent):void
movieclip_mc.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, onMouseMove);
function onMouseMove(event:MouseEvent):void
//I have to put something in about total frames - width of movieclip_mc etc but I'm not sure how
// this is what someone else did on another forum - but I'm not sure what it means:
     var delta:int = backgroundClip.mouseX - clickedMouseX;
   var wantedFrame:uint = (clickedFrame + delta * clip.totalFrames / backgroundClip.width) % clip.totalFrames;
   while (wantedFrame < 1)
wantedFrame += clip.totalFrames;
clip.gotoAndStop(wantedFrame);
Also I think i need something in the beginning like.....:
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.Sprite;
var clickedMouseX:int;
var clickedFrame:uint;
var backgroundClip:Sprite = getChildByName("background") as Sprite;
var clip:MovieClip = getChildByName("animation") as MovieClip;
clip.stop();
clip.mouseEnabled = false;
.....but I'm a bit confused about what all of it means
So I understand the principle but no idea how to actually make it work - Could anyone help explain it to me or help with the code?
Thanks so much to anyone who can offer some help
Catherine

Hi Ned,
sorry to bother you again on this subject -
the script...
function onMouseMove(event:MouseEvent): void {
movieclip.gotoAndStop(Math.round(mouseX/movieclip.width*(movieclip.totalFrames-1))+1 )
worked fine - but when you click and drag on the movie clip it didn't always get to the end of the movie and never carried on through the frames back to the beginning like i wanted it to (such as this one does Interactive Thyroidectomy)
So I went back to the older 2.0 script and played with it a bit to be :
function onMouseMove(event:MouseEvent): void {
changeDistance = movieclip.mouseX - startX;
travelDistance = startFrame + changeDistance;
if (travelDistance > movieclip.totalFrames) {
movieclip.gotoAndStop (travelDistance % movieclip.totalFrames);
} else if (travelDistance < 0) {
movieclip.gotoAndStop (movieclip.totalFrames + (travelDistance % movieclip.totalFrames));
} else {
movieclip.gotoAndStop (travelDistance);
.... which almost works but it is very stuttery to mouse over and then it has this output error..
mouseDown
ArgumentError: Error #2109: Frame label 2.3500000000000227 not found in scene 2.3500000000000227.
at flash.display::MovieClip/gotoAndStop()
at flashdoc_fla::MainTimeline/onMouseMove()
ArgumentError: Error #2109: Frame label 3.6499999999999773 not found in scene 3.6499999999999773.
at flash.display::MovieClip/gotoAndStop()
at flashdoc_fla::MainTimeline/onMouseMove()
ArgumentError: Error #2109: Frame label 4.949999999999989 not found in scene 4.949999999999989.
at flash.display::MovieClip/gotoAndStop()
at flashdoc_fla::MainTimeline/onMouseMove()
ArgumentError: Error #2109: Frame label 6.25 not found in scene 6.25.
at flash.display::MovieClip/gotoAndStop()
at flashdoc_fla::MainTimeline/onMouseMove()
ArgumentError: Error #2109: Frame label 7.600000000000023 not found in scene 7.600000000000023.
at flash.display::MovieClip/gotoAndStop()
at flashdoc_fla::MainTimeline/onMouseMove()
ArgumentError: Error #2109: Frame label 8.899999999999977 not found in scene 8.899999999999977.
at flash.display::MovieClip/gotoAndStop()
at flashdoc_fla::MainTimeline/onMouseMove()
ArgumentError: Error #2109: Frame label 11.5 not found in scene 11.5.
at flash.display::MovieClip/gotoAndStop()
at flashdoc_fla::MainTimeline/onMouseMove()
ArgumentError: Error #2109: Frame label 12.850000000000023 not found in scene 12.850000000000023.
at flash.display::MovieClip/gotoAndStop()
at flashdoc_fla::MainTimeline/onMouseMove()
ArgumentError: Error #2109: Frame label 14.149999999999977 not found in scene 14.149999999999977.
at flash.display::MovieClip/gotoAndStop()
at flashdoc_fla::MainTimeline/onMouseMove()
ArgumentError: Error #2109: Frame label 15.449999999999989 not found in scene 15.449999999999989.
at flash.display::MovieClip/gotoAndStop()
at flashdoc_fla::MainTimeline/onMouseMove()
ArgumentError: Error #2109: Frame label 16.75 not found in scene 16.75.
at flash.display::MovieClip/gotoAndStop()
at flashdoc_fla::MainTimeline/onMouseMove()
mouseUp
I've obviously put some code in the wrong place - could you help me find out what it might be?
I haven't labelled any frames odd numbers such as 15.4499999999999989 or labeled scenes than number either.
I can send you my scene if that would help?
Thanks very much for your time Ned
(p.s Or maybe if it is easier you might offer some guidance as to how i can change the action script
function onMouseMove(event:MouseEvent): void {
movieclip.gotoAndStop(Math.round(mouseX/movieclip.width*(movieclip.totalFrames-1))+1 )
to allow it to be more like Interactive Thyroidectomy

Disable right mouse click and IE6 galleryimg on af:objectImage

hi,
Could anyone tell me how I can disable right mouse click and IE6 galleryimg on af:objectImage?

Hi Jagannath,
Try like this.. Double click on application -> go to parameters tab, in parameters give WDDISABLEUSERPERSONALIZATION and value 'X'. It will disable user settings, you get window when right click but no user settings available.
check this for more help...
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/7b/fb57412df8091de10000000a155106/content.htm
Thanks,
Kris.

Magic Mouse continually fails to left click, and keyboard problems

Since my Yosemite 10.10.1 update, my mouse, and keyboard keep failing periodically. After a nights sleep, when I try to open a program, by left clicking, it will occasionally only right click. Being able to left click, is very crucial, even more then right clicking, especially when trying to enter a website into a url, or when selecting a bookmark. Anyway I will restart my computer, and when I then try to enter my password, certain keys will then fail, and respond wt a low ping. It usually requires at least 5 to 10 minutes of a complete shutdown, until the keyboard and mouse work again. I keep fearing that my keyboard will fail, while entering this message. It occurs so very randomly, but has been occurring more often as time goes by. I worried that it might occur, before I'm done typing this post. Does anyone have any idea, what the problem could be, and have any remedy reccommendations?

Nubz,
actually I'm still using a standard wired apple keyboard, wt the magic mouse, because the wire goes under my desk, and I was actually considering getting a trackpad. Still since my Yosemite upgrade, I'm having problem after problem, so I'm not sure I will even stay wt Mac. Honestly I've examined any and all solutions, in that support article, but none of them were relevant to my problem.
I did check & repair my Yosemite Disk Permissions using Disk Utility, and although it found only a few things wrong, and none were related to my keyboard, or mouse (most were for my HP printer), repairs seemed to rectify the problem.

Lose of focus (mouse click/enter key)

Hello,
we have a problem customers are complaining about for quite a while now, but despite our efforts, we can not fix it or at least determine with certainty the problem cause.
We have an application launching forms apps, and from time-to-time we completely lose the focus on this form (generally after typing ENTER in a filter), I mean by focus, we cannot click anymore (cursor seems to stay on a object), we cannot press enter anymore (we get a 'Not defined key function') and so on...
I heard somewhere that it could be due to 'KEY-OTHERS' trigger not handling correctly the ENTER-KEY. But I need this trigger for my filters, or is there another way? KEY_ENTER does only navigate from field to another.
I found something which was able to remove focus lost (kind of a hack while trying to fix this on an on), but the problem is I had to remove this, because it blocks the opening of new windows or popups. It was a mouse-click trigger on forms triggers level:
Go_Record(:System.Mouse_record);
Go_Item(:System.Mouse_Item);
But this blocks any window opening, and it also blocks some other tools we have developed.
Thanks,
Best regards,
G.
EDIT: Forms 11g, and I am pretty sure we had not that much problems with 10g
EDIT2: I read the same kind of topics in the forum, but no patch seems to help
AND we use JRE 1.7....
Edited by: lakers on Jan 14, 2013 11:56 PM
Edited by: lakers on Jan 14, 2013 11:59 PM

this problem occurs with some of versions of JRE. Try with JRE JInitiator 1.3.1.22. Also unstalled all others JRE if exists.
A file called fmrpcweb.res has also been provided which gives the Microsoft Windows client/server keyboard mappings. To use this file, rename fmrpcweb.res to fmrweb_orig.res, and copy fmrpcweb.res to fmrweb.res. Alternatively, use the term parameter as described above.
By default, whether deploying client/server or over the Web pressing the ENTER key takes the cursor to the next navigable item in the block. To override this default behavior it is necessary to modify the forms resource file to revise the key mapping details.
Modify fmrweb.res and change the Forms Function Number (FFN) from 27 to 75 for the Return Key. The line should be changed to the following:
10 : 0 : "Return" : 75 : "Return"
By default, the line is displayed with an FFN of 27 and looks as follows:
10 : 0 : "Return" : 27 : "Return"
This line should NOT fire the Key-Enter trigger since the Return or Enter key is actually returning the Return function represented by the FFN of 27. The FFN of 75 represents the Enter function and fires the Key-Enter trigger.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24269_01/doc.11120/e24477/configure.htm#i1077054
please mark correct/helpful if problem is solved..
Edited by: Askdineshsinghminhas on Jan 15, 2013 5:28 AM

Share Magic Mouse, Screen and Keyboard between two Macs

Hi folks,
I'm considering buying a Magic Mouse for my work/studio-setup, mostly because of the way the touch and gesture features are implemented in Logic Pro X. Until now, I have used a Mac Pro directly connected to one DVI-display as well as a MBP. Both computers are also connected to a KVM-Switch sharing a second DVI-display and a wired Logitech Mouse and wired Apple Keyboard. I always liked this setup because I can switch between mouse and keyboard for the computers and the screen they share with the single click of a button on the KVM's remote control.
Is there any way that is as simple to control as this that I could set this up using a Magic Mouse while making sure that I can still use all Apple-specific gesture and touch functionality? From what I have read some people are using Bluetooth-Dongles on their KVMs USB-Ports, other use Software like Synergy or ShareMouse. But all of these solutions seem to make the setup more complex or seem to make some of the functionality I would buy the Magic Mouse for unusable. Instead of having to install some additional software on my machines that runs in the background all the time and is prone to compatibility issues etc., I would prefer a solution that is based on hardware and uses just Mac OS system features. Also, a solution that takes more then a couple of seconds to switch everything (KVM) between systems is not of practical use for my workflow. I would very much appreciate any hints or experience on this topic that you can share.
Regards,
Michael

Automatic does not work for me on this particular task. . My primary computer is an iMac. On travel I use a MacbookPro. I want the MacbookPro to have the same Contacts list as the iMac. I am logged into iCloud on both computers. The MacbookPro needs to be syced. On it I logged out of icloud, and in doing so I chose to delete files from the computer. Then I logged in again to icloud. That put a lot of additional lists of groups into the Contacts, lists that are not on the iMac. But some individual pages are not updated to match the iMac.
I tried to manually copy (and overwrite) the various files on the MacbookPro that seemed to deal with the Contacts, including
my Library/Applicatiion Support/AddressBook
my Library/Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.plist
They are still not the same.
On my Macbook I unchecked the Contacts, which deleted them and checked them again. This now deleted all of my groups and the individual ones are not synced with the iMac.
So now I have had three different versions of Contacts on the Macbook, as I manipulated turning on and off iCloud, and not one of them has been the same as on iMac.
How do I get the Macbook contacts to be the same as on iMac?

Mouse buttons and keyboard randomly stop responding on secondary display

Hey,
I'm facing this weird problem after a recent upgrade to Snow Leopard:
In about half of the cases I'm switching to application windows on a secondary/external display the mouse buttons and Macbook keyboard are unresponsive. I have to keep clicking/pressing for some time or have to switch between applications to get them working, until they'll fail again after some time.
I tested it with two different external displays with VGA and DVI adapter, different screen resolutions, I tested the mouse and mouse software, both keyboard and mouse work fine with the same applications moved to the primary laptop screen, trackpad works fine too.
This occurred after the upgrade to Snow Leopard on a 2008 unibody Macbook. Updates to 10.6.2 didn't solve the problem.
I'd be happy if anyone could help me with this issue.
Thanks

You do not provide the full model number but if it is an AMD processor you are seeing the start of video issues that plague that series. The freeze is caused by bad video memory which is a part of the video card in turn part of the motherboard. I have been getting a high percentage of people who do not respond back to posts so I am not going to write everything about your issue; it could be a book. I am happy to help further if you have any questions. There are some repair options but at the end of the day, you might want to consider a new laptop.

Mouse clicks and keystrokes

When I edit mouse click in mouse properties, it
doesn't always make the sound when it's checked (ticked), and
sometimes makes a mouse click sound when it's not ticked. If you
run it through again, it often responds differently. The same thing
happens with keystroke sounds, though less frequently. Is this a
common problem, is it my computer, or is there some way of fixing
this problem?

Keyboard shortcuts were often missed. For example, I tried this sequence many times.
0: (setup: text editor is scrolled to first line and cursor is at the beginning of the first line)
1: Click on text editor window to focus it.
2: press SHIFT-DownArrow to move cursor down one line and select the first line
3: press CMD-X to cut the line.
Automator never would capture those key strokes.
But today I has a break through. This sequence does work:
0: (setup: text editor is scrolled to bottom of the file and the cursor is placed below the last line.)
1: Click on text editor window to focus it.
2: press SHIFT-UpArror to move cursor up one line and select the last line.
3: press CMD-X to cut the line.
about 70% of the time this did get recorded correctly (I did maybe 3 recordings and one failed to select). Once it got recorded correctly it worked reliably.
So it seems to be able to capture some sequences but not others. Both sequences work very reliably when I type them but automator can only capture the last sequence.
Thanks for the suggestions. This tool is better than nothing but not anything I would recommend.

Detect mouse clicks or keyboard events on desktop or everywhere

Hi,
What I have to do is to start the application minimized in the system tray. Then the application must be listening for crtl+shift+left mouse click in any part of the desktop or an opened application, when that happens, I have to show a window asking if the user want to take a screenshot starting in the x,y point he clicked and then take the screenshot.
What I don't know how to do is to detect the mouse and keyboard events when the application is supposed to be running minimized in the system tray.
How can I do that? Can anybody give me a hint?
Thanks in advance.

It's not possible with plain Java. You will need native code for this. Take a look at JNA.

Mighty Mouse clicking and releasing randomly

Hello,
Its difficult to describe exactly what is happening but I'll try to be specific. I am running Mac OS X (fully updated) and Parallels 6. The only major change I've made was to install Adobe CS5 creative suite to the Mac side, and the mouse issues started perhaps a week or two after that. Basically, if I select something and try to drag it, whether it be objects in a design program, folders on the desktop, or even copy in a document, the mouse will deselect and reselect at random. This has gotten progressively more irritating to the point where I dread the click and drag wholeheartedly. Some days are definitely worse than others, and there is no rhyme or reason as to when this will happen. I could be organizing the desktop, working in Adobe Indesign, or simply editing copy in Microsoft Word. It also has no qualms as far as whether I am working on the Mac or PC side. It is obnoxious on both platforms.
So far I have tried all the basics such as restarting, using compressed air to clean out the mouse, attaching a new mouse (its a usb connection), using a different usb port altogether, and using compressed air to clean out the ports before I plug the mouse in. I have also tried switching between my desk and a mouse pad in complete desperation. None of these attempts have has any affect. Can anyone offer any suggestions?

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions ...
Fist, here are the instructions to clean a Might Mouse: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1537
and here: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060210115417864&lsrc=osxh
Second, go to System Preferences/Keyboard&Mouse/Mouse and make sure your Tracking/Scrolling and Double Clicking is set to your liking. (The System Preferences panel is located in your Applications folder)
Carolyn
Message was edited by: Carolyn Samit

Distinguishing b/t two single mouse-click and mouse-double-click

Hi,
I am curious to find out how Forms will distinguish between two single when-mouse-click events and a single when-mouse-doubleclick event. Is it simply a timing issue or is there more involved i.e. the 'co-ordinates' of the mouse. Thanks in advance for any opinions given,
regards,
Kevin.

The difference is same as the difference of Apple and Orange.
Its depends on O/S and event management within OS kernel.
You can change the timing in Control panel of mouse double click.

Lose control of mouse clicker and keyboard

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for