<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> If that feature is also called "dwell-click" you may be able to disable it like this: open a terminal and install dconf-editor sudo apt-get install dconf-editor launch dconf-editor browse to: org->gnome->desktop->a11y->mouse uncheck dwell-click-enabled select: dconf editor->quit May need to log out, then back in. Peter <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/08/2015 09:39 PM, lisa wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:30572774.20150909013954.55ef8deac3bff0.49832053@mail186-7.suw21.mandrillapp.com" type="cite">Thx to all those whp replied to my posts. I have actually been doing the obvious: Settings --> Mouse and Touchpad --> Reset to Defaults. I gave up, because it simply hasn't worked. I have also just recently looked into the suggestion (Talmoor A and V Forberger), i.e Change the focus setting of the Windows tab from "Focus follows mouse" to "Click to focus". Unfortunately the Focus setting right now of my system is already "Click to focus". lisa<img moz-do-not-send="true" src="http://mandrillapp.com/track/open.php?u=30572774&id=104917069aad4e4ba5474841e5fa21e0" height="1" width="1"> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> </blockquote> </body> </html>