Strange mouse behaviour

[Ray Parrish]

Keith Clark wrote:
> My son must have set something incorrectly but for the life of me I don't
> know what or even how to describe what is happening clearly.
>
> Within a window, say Firefox, if the left mouse button is depressed, the
> cursor turns into the four arrow keys and the movement of the mouse just
> moves the window.  Just like it would do it the title bar were selected and
> dragged around.  It happens no matter where the cursor is within the
> window.
>
> Clicking the left mouse button on a menu, like System drop down menu still
> works as normal.
>
> I hope I've described the problem clearly enough for someone to offer a
> fix.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Keith
>   
Hello,

Is Compiz installed? There are settings within it that can produce the 
behavior you are describing. I'm not sure of the exact plugin within 
Compiz that would be responsible, but check each of them for the "key 
bindings" section, and see if there is a setting to bind "move" to the 
left mouse button.

That's the only thing I can think of that might be doing it. I was going 
to suggest the Keyboard Shortcuts menu item under preferences, but I 
don't think it sets anything for the mouse buttons, so would be a waste 
of time.

Later, Ray Parrish

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