gt3963b@prism.gatech.EDU (Robert C. Naum) (02/18/91)
Being a novice c.s.m.h reader, I'm not sure if this question has been asked before but... I'm interested in moving the mouse pointer using a script. I'm not talking about CLICKING a point or DRAGGING from one place to another, but simply moving the mouse. I have a button that I click which brings up a dialog box asking me if I'm sure I want to do this. I would like the mouse to sit atop the "cancel" button, similar to what's done in Sunview when you click on a button. My questions: What command do you use, must it be done with XCMD's,and do you need 2.0? Please e-mail me. -- --robert naum--------gt3963b@prism.gatech.edu------------ALink:ST0615---- --"...Hey, grow up! Stop throwing rice at me... "
ollef@sics.se (Olle Furberg) (02/18/91)
In <22208@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt3963b@prism.gatech.EDU (Robert C. Naum) writes: >I'm interested in moving the mouse pointer using a script. I'm not [---] >I would like the mouse to sit atop the "cancel" button, similar to what's I think I've seen a XCMD for this somewhere, BUT: 1. Do you understand that this is strongly against the Macintosh user interface guidelines? The mouse (and the cursor) belongs to the user. 2. Let's assume you had a MoveMouse XCMD: how do you get the coordinates of the "Cancel"-button? Are you sure it will always be at the same place? 3. The Mac dialogbox often has a "default button": it's usually in the lower right bottom. The user could activate this button by pressing return or enterkey. On Sunview they have choosen another approach: they move the cursor. As you work on a Mac and not a Sun: please conform to the Mac interface rules.