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From: karlton@decwrl.dec.com (Philip Karlton)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Keeping the mouse within a window
Message-ID: <157@bacchus.DEC.COM>
Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 16:16:46 EST
Article-I.D.: bacchus.157
Posted: Tue Nov 24 16:16:46 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Nov-87 05:45:43 EST
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Reply-To: karlton@decwrl.UUCP (Philip Karlton)
Organization: DEC Western Software Lab, Palo Alto, CA
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In article <6908@ut-ngp.UUCP> rick@ut-ngp.UUCP (Rick Watson) writes:
>...  Is there a better way to constrain mouse movements, that doesn't 
>rely on interaction with the user program?  

Yes. When the pointer is grabbed (either using GrabPointer or as the result of
a GrabButton being triggered), a "confine-to" window may be specified which
will cause the server to restrict the pointer to stay in that window.

PK