get cursor out of way of newly created bubble
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 2:19 pm
I double click to create a new bubble and then start typing that which was on my mind which provided the impetus of doing that double click. I've used CmapTools for years and you would think that I would have this issue solved BUT seems that the habit I need is elusive! It might be best to improve the interface to get rid of this problem in the first place.
So, after I make the bubble I start to type and guess what, I think maybe I mis-typed something so I examine what I'm typing and -- I can't read the letter/letters I just typed because it is exactly, invariably, under the cursor! Then I have to move the cursor to see if I mis-typed. Annoying!
How 'bout if you make it such that when someone makes a bubble by double-click, if they don't move the cursor, make the cursor invisible, only to become un-hidden when it is moved. Simple and eloquent.
Of course I could always try to remember to double-click, move cursor, then start to type...
So, after I make the bubble I start to type and guess what, I think maybe I mis-typed something so I examine what I'm typing and -- I can't read the letter/letters I just typed because it is exactly, invariably, under the cursor! Then I have to move the cursor to see if I mis-typed. Annoying!
How 'bout if you make it such that when someone makes a bubble by double-click, if they don't move the cursor, make the cursor invisible, only to become un-hidden when it is moved. Simple and eloquent.
Of course I could always try to remember to double-click, move cursor, then start to type...