Re: [gtkmm] Controlling the mouse with keyboard

From: Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>
To: Jean-Luc Bedwani <jlbedwani imascope ca>
Cc: gtkmm-list <gtkmm-list gnome org>
Subject: Re: [gtkmm] Controlling the mouse with keyboard
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 12:39:20 -0400

>I am interested in changing my mouse position with a keyboard key press event.
> Is there a way to do this?
>
>My objective is to be able to move the cursor over an image widget. But since 
>precision of the cursor is important, i would like to use the keyboard arrows 
>for precise positionning of the mouse pointer.

this is called "pointer warping", and its generally frowned upon by
GUI "experts". as far as i can tell, XWarpPointer is not "wrapped" by
GDK.

References:
- [gtkmm] Controlling the mouse with keyboard
  - From: Jean-Luc Bedwani

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