Hey #Ubuntu people, I've got a UI question.
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Hey #Ubuntu people, I've got a UI question.
When I mouse over to a small UI element (e.g. the "Add content warning" button in the Mastodon post composing form) and then move my hand minutely to left-click it, the cursor often jiggles off of the target. This also happens if I remove my hand from the trackpad, mouse or trackball preparatory to clicking.
Is there a UI setting or add-on that addresses this? It's driven me crazy for years and I can't be the only one.
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Hey #Ubuntu people, I've got a UI question.
When I mouse over to a small UI element (e.g. the "Add content warning" button in the Mastodon post composing form) and then move my hand minutely to left-click it, the cursor often jiggles off of the target. This also happens if I remove my hand from the trackpad, mouse or trackball preparatory to clicking.
Is there a UI setting or add-on that addresses this? It's driven me crazy for years and I can't be the only one.
@pluralistic if the mouse settings dialog in the setting doesn't give you fine enough settings vor speed/sensitivity you can try using 'libinput' directly. The command line tool is called "lib input" it's either part of "libinput" or "libinput-tools" I think (sorry, at work, can't check exactly right now).
Libinput allows you to change very detailed settings for input devices, maybe you can play with sensitivity settings a bit -
Hey #Ubuntu people, I've got a UI question.
When I mouse over to a small UI element (e.g. the "Add content warning" button in the Mastodon post composing form) and then move my hand minutely to left-click it, the cursor often jiggles off of the target. This also happens if I remove my hand from the trackpad, mouse or trackball preparatory to clicking.
Is there a UI setting or add-on that addresses this? It's driven me crazy for years and I can't be the only one.
@pluralistic now you're making me overthink how I coordinate my hand while moving and clicking with my mouse! Never really considered this. But I think I often use two hands on track pads and if I have to click with the mouse after letting go I would do a quick wiggle myself to get control and then click without lifting my hand.
Pretty sure I did the same when on Windows (few years since I transitioned to Linux. Fedora/KDE) -
Hey #Ubuntu people, I've got a UI question.
When I mouse over to a small UI element (e.g. the "Add content warning" button in the Mastodon post composing form) and then move my hand minutely to left-click it, the cursor often jiggles off of the target. This also happens if I remove my hand from the trackpad, mouse or trackball preparatory to clicking.
Is there a UI setting or add-on that addresses this? It's driven me crazy for years and I can't be the only one.
@pluralistic have you tried using a different mouse, just temporarily, to see if it’s actually the mouse hardware that behaves poorly when stopping, then moving slightly?
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Hey #Ubuntu people, I've got a UI question.
When I mouse over to a small UI element (e.g. the "Add content warning" button in the Mastodon post composing form) and then move my hand minutely to left-click it, the cursor often jiggles off of the target. This also happens if I remove my hand from the trackpad, mouse or trackball preparatory to clicking.
Is there a UI setting or add-on that addresses this? It's driven me crazy for years and I can't be the only one.
@pluralistic oh and for what it’s worth (which is nearly nothing, TBH), I personally use a fairly heavy “gaming” mouse from logitech, because (I think) it keeps me from moving the mouse itself when I try to click the buttons.
I guess the theory is, when you’re using a sniper rifle and you click to shoot, you don’t want the mouse moving slightly and this miss the shot.
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@pluralistic oh and for what it’s worth (which is nearly nothing, TBH), I personally use a fairly heavy “gaming” mouse from logitech, because (I think) it keeps me from moving the mouse itself when I try to click the buttons.
I guess the theory is, when you’re using a sniper rifle and you click to shoot, you don’t want the mouse moving slightly and this miss the shot.
@dashrb Yes, I've tried with multiple Logitech trackballs, the Framework trackpad, and a generic mouse.
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Hey #Ubuntu people, I've got a UI question.
When I mouse over to a small UI element (e.g. the "Add content warning" button in the Mastodon post composing form) and then move my hand minutely to left-click it, the cursor often jiggles off of the target. This also happens if I remove my hand from the trackpad, mouse or trackball preparatory to clicking.
Is there a UI setting or add-on that addresses this? It's driven me crazy for years and I can't be the only one.
@pluralistic@mamot.fr I've had a pretty similar issue that drove me nuts but it seemed to be isolated to one specific Razor mouse. I don't have a solution but I feel your pain.
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Hey #Ubuntu people, I've got a UI question.
When I mouse over to a small UI element (e.g. the "Add content warning" button in the Mastodon post composing form) and then move my hand minutely to left-click it, the cursor often jiggles off of the target. This also happens if I remove my hand from the trackpad, mouse or trackball preparatory to clicking.
Is there a UI setting or add-on that addresses this? It's driven me crazy for years and I can't be the only one.
@pluralistic As a test for hardware vs. software issues I'd be tempted to connect two mice, with the sensor taped up on one so it can't detect movement. Then move the one with the working sensor, remove your hand, pause, click using the other mouse, and watch for exactly when it jiggles.
I've had a mouse do this with a fairly repeatable movement. It was missing a glide pad after a repair, and tilted when I clicked, detected as movement.
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