Spehro Pefhany wrote:
>
> Hi, -
>
> I couldn't find a listing on this, hopefully it's not a FAQ...
>
> MPLAB (5.31.00) sometimes gets itself into a mode where it insists on marking
> everything whenever the cursor is moved. If you double-click at a new
> location, it moves to there, but then paging up or down in the editor
> marks all the text up or down from there. Exiting the project or even
> exiting MPLAB and restarting does not terminate this, but rebooting the
> computer does. 8-(  The cursor is the 'hand' even when the mouse button
> is released.
>
> ISTR I got out of this somehow once (without rebooting), but I can't
> remember how.


I've seen this with some Win95 software, try pressing
the ALT or CONT keys repeatedly. Maybe while also pressing
the mouse buttons. Something messes up between
the keyboard handler and the mouse driver. It gets stuck
in a "sort of" ALT mode, like text block selection.
Also try getting the Microsoft Mouse 8.2 drivers, (or the
latest drivers for specialty mouse if you have one)

Also check your bios settings for keyboard state on bootup,
make sure it boots up with numlock, caplock, etc all off.
Hope that helps! :o)
-Roman

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