I keep the mouse locked by default to prevent accidental movements. Today I was trying to drag an icon on the desktop using the Drag and Drop add-on, and it didn’t work. I initially thought it was an issue with the add-on, until I remembered that the mouse was locked. After unlocking it, everything worked as expected.
The same problem occurs with other add-ons that need to move the mouse to a location and click, such as Mozilla (on Thunderbird message headers), Calibre (on the toolbar), and Drag and Drop for drag-and-drop operations. Golden Cursor also reports an incorrect mouse position until it updates to the real position when attempting to click.
This is confusing for users and difficult for developers to diagnose.
Would it be possible for Input Lock to announce when NVDA attempts to move the mouse programmatically while it is locked? Alternatively, could it announce something when a click is attempted? This could help indicate what the issue is.
I keep the mouse locked by default to prevent accidental movements. Today I was trying to drag an icon on the desktop using the Drag and Drop add-on, and it didn’t work. I initially thought it was an issue with the add-on, until I remembered that the mouse was locked. After unlocking it, everything worked as expected.
The same problem occurs with other add-ons that need to move the mouse to a location and click, such as Mozilla (on Thunderbird message headers), Calibre (on the toolbar), and Drag and Drop for drag-and-drop operations. Golden Cursor also reports an incorrect mouse position until it updates to the real position when attempting to click.
This is confusing for users and difficult for developers to diagnose.
Would it be possible for Input Lock to announce when NVDA attempts to move the mouse programmatically while it is locked? Alternatively, could it announce something when a click is attempted? This could help indicate what the issue is.