FIX: Right Mouse Button Causes Remote Control Menus (78773)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition for Windows 2.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 2.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition for Windows 1.0
  • Microsoft Windows 3.0
This article was previously published under Q78773

SYMPTOMS

In Windows version 3.0, the mouse behaves unexpectedly in both Visual Basic version 1.0 and 2.0 under the following conditions:

  • A Visual Basic program is run from the environment (VB.EXE) or from an executable using the run-time module.
  • The program has a form that contains menus.
  • While holding a menu open with the left button, if you click the right mouse button, the mouse selection appears to be inactivated.
  • Moving up or down the menu while holding the left button down, causes no selection until you get several inches below the pop-up (or pull-down) menu. At that point, the mouse causes selection again from the remote position.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article when used with Microsoft Windows version 3.0. This bug was corrected in Microsoft Windows version 3.1.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem occurs when running a Visual Basic program that has menus. It requires a mouse with two buttons and has been reported with both the Microsoft and the Logitech mouse.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

  1. Run the Cardfile program that comes with Visual Basic. You'll find it in the Samples subdirectory.
  2. Put the mouse cursor on one of the menu labels and press the left mouse button to activate it.
  3. While continuing to hold down the left button, move the cursor to a menu item within the pop-up menu to highlight the menu item.
  4. While holding the left button down, click the right button once. The menu item should no longer be highlighted.
  5. Move the mouse from the item you were selecting. Observe that the mouse no longer activates submenus, and the menu does not retract.
  6. Continue to move the mouse down from the menu. At some point, the highlighting of the submenu items will be activated again.
  7. Upon stopping on a submenu item and releasing the left button, that menu command will execute.
NOTE: This behavior also occurs if you open a menu and, while holding down the left button, you use the right button to click the screen.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/12/2003
Keywords:kbbug kbfix KB78773
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