taskbar annoyance

[Paul Pedersen]

I use applications that have buttons near the bottom of the screen. If I
move the mouse to those buttons and click, the taskbar unexpectedly jumps up
and intercepts the click.

I assume that Windows thinks it is being helpful, but this is really a pia.
How can I turn off this "feature"?

"Enhance pointer precision" is off.

 

[Clay]

Re: taskbar annoyance

Uncheck "auto hide taskbar"?
Clay
"Paul Pedersen" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message
news:%239tmJYyLJHA.4452@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I use applications that have buttons near the bottom of the screen. If I
>move the mouse to those buttons and click, the taskbar unexpectedly jumps
>up and intercepts the click.
>
> I assume that Windows thinks it is being helpful, but this is really a
> pia. How can I turn off this "feature"?
>
> "Enhance pointer precision" is off.
>
>
>
>
>

 

[witan]

Re: taskbar annoyance

On Oct 16, 5:28 am, "Paul Pedersen" <nos...@no.spam> wrote:
> I use applications that have buttons near the bottom of the screen. If I
> move the mouse to those buttons and click, the taskbar unexpectedly jumps up
> and intercepts the click.
>
> I assume that Windows thinks it is being helpful, but this is really a pia.
> How can I turn off this "feature"?
>
> "Enhance pointer precision" is off.

You can probably skirt the problem by relocating your taskbar on the
TOP of the screen.

 

[Paul Pedersen]

Re: taskbar annoyance

But I WANT it to auto-hide. I just don't want it to pop up unless the cursor
actually gets over that little bar. "Approaching it" isn't what I want.

But thanks anyway.



"Clay" <Clay@KomKast.net> wrote in message
news:uex5mQ1LJHA.5640@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Uncheck "auto hide taskbar"?
> Clay
> "Paul Pedersen" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message
> news:%239tmJYyLJHA.4452@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I use applications that have buttons near the bottom of the screen. If I
>>move the mouse to those buttons and click, the taskbar unexpectedly jumps
>>up and intercepts the click.
>>
>> I assume that Windows thinks it is being helpful, but this is really a
>> pia. How can I turn off this "feature"?
>>
>> "Enhance pointer precision" is off.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

[Paul Pedersen]

Re: taskbar annoyance


> "witan" <tsr1936@gmail.com> wrote in message news:c228e37f-26f4-47e2-85b0
> 83f92a0b1d89@u27g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
> On Oct 16, 5:28 am, "Paul Pedersen" <nos...@no.spam> wrote:
>> I use applications that have buttons near the bottom of the screen. If I
>> move the mouse to those buttons and click, the taskbar unexpectedly jumps
>> up
>> and intercepts the click.
>>
>> I assume that Windows thinks it is being helpful, but this is really a
>> pia.
>> How can I turn off this "feature"?
>>
>> "Enhance pointer precision" is off.

> You can probably skirt the problem by relocating your taskbar on the
> TOP of the screen.


Thanks, but then I'd have to move the Task Bar around from edge to edge,
depending on which application is in the foreground. That's a worse problem
than I have now.

 

[Jim]

Re: taskbar annoyance

Is it anything to do with "snap to"?


On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:26:16 -0700, "Paul Pedersen" <nospam@no.spam>
wrote:

>But I WANT it to auto-hide. I just don't want it to pop up unless the cursor
>actually gets over that little bar. "Approaching it" isn't what I want.
>
>But thanks anyway.
>
>
>
>"Clay" <Clay@KomKast.net> wrote in message
>news:uex5mQ1LJHA.5640@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Uncheck "auto hide taskbar"?
>> Clay
>> "Paul Pedersen" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message
>> news:%239tmJYyLJHA.4452@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>I use applications that have buttons near the bottom of the screen. If I
>>>move the mouse to those buttons and click, the taskbar unexpectedly jumps
>>>up and intercepts the click.
>>>
>>> I assume that Windows thinks it is being helpful, but this is really a
>>> pia. How can I turn off this "feature"?
>>>
>>> "Enhance pointer precision" is off.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

 

[Paul Pedersen]

Re: taskbar annoyance

I don't think so. That's turned off.


"Jim" <bojimbo261@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Is it anything to do with "snap to"?
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:26:16 -0700, "Paul Pedersen" <nospam@no.spam>
> wrote:
>
>>But I WANT it to auto-hide. I just don't want it to pop up unless the
>>cursor
>>actually gets over that little bar. "Approaching it" isn't what I want.
>>
>>But thanks anyway.
>>
>>
>>
>>"Clay" <Clay@KomKast.net> wrote in message
>>news:uex5mQ1LJHA.5640@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Uncheck "auto hide taskbar"?
>>> Clay
>>> "Paul Pedersen" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message
>>> news:%239tmJYyLJHA.4452@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>I use applications that have buttons near the bottom of the screen. If I
>>>>move the mouse to those buttons and click, the taskbar unexpectedly
>>>>jumps
>>>>up and intercepts the click.
>>>>
>>>> I assume that Windows thinks it is being helpful, but this is really a
>>>> pia. How can I turn off this "feature"?
>>>>
>>>> "Enhance pointer precision" is off.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>