Microsoft KB Archive/131235

PRJ4: Reversed Mouse Buttons May Give Unexpected Results

PSS ID Number: Q131235 Article last modified on 08-14-1995

3.00 3.00a 4.00

WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

When you select a drop-down list and hold down the mouse button while you scroll the list, the highlighted selection does not change from the first choice on the list.

= CAUSE =

This problem occurs when the mouse button configuration is swapped such that the right mouse button is the primary button and the left mouse button is the secondary button.

= RESOLUTION =

When you select the drop-down list, release the mouse button first and then scroll the list to make a selection. The highlighted item will change as the selection is made.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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= Additional reference words: 4.00 switched sticky drag point =

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