I am using OE in XP on a notebook PC which has a touchpad. I have a
problem in that while typing in OE, the cursor remains where it last was
placed by the touchpad so that if the touchpad is accidentally touched
while I am typing, the typing abruptly jumps to that previous cursor
position and of course the new typing is now in the wrong place instead
of being at the end of the prior typed text.

Is there a way to force the cursor to follow wherever I am typing so
this jumping back behavior does not happen?

Jeff

It is not the cursor that is staying put, it is the I-bar representing the mouse.
Of course if you tap the touch-pad, that is the same thing as clicking the mouse at the location and
that is the command to move the cursor there.
Touch pads are sensitive, but carefully move the mouse I-bar up to the tool bar before you start
typing. Then a click of the mouse does not change the cursor location.

"Jeff" wrote in message ...
I am using OE in XP on a notebook PC which has a touchpad. I have a problem in that while typing
in OE, the cursor remains where it last was placed by the touchpad so that if the touchpad is
accidentally touched while I am typing, the typing abruptly jumps to that previous cursor position
and of course the new typing is now in the wrong place instead of being at the end of the prior
typed text.

Is there a way to force the cursor to follow wherever I am typing so this jumping back behavior
does not happen?

Jeff

Aha! Now that is a useful trick to know about.

Thank you.

Jeff

Richard in AZ wrote:
It is not the cursor that is staying put, it is the I-bar
representing the mouse. Of course if you tap the touch-pad, that is
the same thing as
clicking the mouse at the location and that is the command to move
the cursor there. Touch pads are sensitive, but carefully move the
mouse I-bar up to
the tool bar before you start typing. Then a click of the mouse
does not change the cursor location.
"Jeff" wrote in message
...
I am using OE in XP on a notebook PC which has a touchpad. I have a
problem in that while typing in OE, the cursor remains where it last
was placed by the touchpad so that if the touchpad is accidentally
touched while I am typing, the typing abruptly jumps to that
previous cursor position and of course the new typing is now in the
wrong place instead of being at the end of the prior typed text. Is
there a way to force the cursor to follow wherever I am typing so
this jumping back behavior does not happen?

Jeff

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
Aha! Now that is a useful trick to know about.

Thank you.

Jeff

Richard in AZ wrote:
It is not the cursor that is staying put, it is the I-bar
representing the mouse. Of course if you tap the touch-pad, that is the
same thing as
clicking the mouse at the location and that is the command to move
the cursor there. Touch pads are sensitive, but carefully move the mouse
I-bar up to
the tool bar before you start typing. Then a click of the mouse
does not change the cursor location.
"Jeff" wrote in message
...
I am using OE in XP on a notebook PC which has a touchpad. I have a
problem in that while typing in OE, the cursor remains where it last
was placed by the touchpad so that if the touchpad is accidentally
touched while I am typing, the typing abruptly jumps to that
previous cursor position and of course the new typing is now in the
wrong place instead of being at the end of the prior typed text. Is
there a way to force the cursor to follow wherever I am typing so
this jumping back behavior does not happen?

Jeff

"Richard in AZ" wrote in message
...
It is not the cursor that is staying put, it is the I-bar representing the
mouse.
Of course if you tap the touch-pad, that is the same thing as clicking the
mouse at the location and that is the command to move the cursor there.
Touch pads are sensitive, but carefully move the mouse I-bar up to the
tool bar before you start typing. Then a click of the mouse does not
change the cursor location.

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
I am using OE in XP on a notebook PC which has a touchpad. I have a
problem in that while typing in OE, the cursor remains where it last was
placed by the touchpad so that if the touchpad is accidentally touched
while I am typing, the typing abruptly jumps to that previous cursor
position and of course the new typing is now in the wrong place instead of
being at the end of the prior typed text.

Is there a way to force the cursor to follow wherever I am typing so this
jumping back behavior does not happen?

Jeff

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
I am using OE in XP on a notebook PC which has a touchpad. I have a
problem in that while typing in OE, the cursor remains where it last was
placed by the touchpad so that if the touchpad is accidentally touched
while I am typing, the typing abruptly jumps to that previous cursor
position and of course the new typing is now in the wrong place instead of
being at the end of the prior typed text.

Is there a way to force the cursor to follow wherever I am typing so this
jumping back behavior does not happen?

Jeff

"$B@P0f!!9(97(B" wrote in message
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"Jeff" wrote in message
...
I am using OE in XP on a notebook PC which has a touchpad. I have a
problem in that while typing in OE, the cursor remains where it last was
placed by the touchpad so that if the touchpad is accidentally touched
while I am typing, the typing abruptly jumps to that previous cursor
position and of course the new typing is now in the wrong place instead of
being at the end of the prior typed text.

Is there a way to force the cursor to follow wherever I am typing so this
jumping back behavior does not happen?

Jeff