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From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Help! Anyone know how to force the mouse to a location?
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Date: 8 Jun 90 23:07:22 GMT
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In article <1990Jun7.133446.15665@ipsa.reuter.com> gchow@ipsa.reuter.com 
(george chow) writes:
> very used to the way that it relocates your pointer on top of the most 
safe
> response in any dialog box. After you respond, you are put right back 
where 

You can achieve the same result by displaying the dialog box so that the 
safest option is under the pointer.  This has the added advantage that the 
user is probably looking at the pointer already, so the dialog appears in 
the current area of interest.

Larry Rosenstein, Apple Computer, Inc.
Object Specialist

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