Comment 1 for bug 816739

On 07/26/2011 07:08 PM, David Lamparter wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> kicad warps the mouse (i.e. changes the mouse pointer location).
>
> This indiscutably violates most basic rules of user interface design and
> breaks for example working with a graphics tablet.
>
> Refer to e.g. http://developer.gnome.org/accessibility-devel-guide/3.0/gad-checklist.html.en
> "MI.4 The mouse pointer is never warped under application control, or its movement restricted to part of the screen by the application. "
>
> (not that this is NOT specific to Gnome. Any application, whatever and
> whereever, MUST NEVER WARP THE MOUSE POINTER, unless this behaviour is
> explicitly requested by the user.)

Or else what? We don't get paid?

:)

Perhaps you might get more mileage by asking

1) why we are warping the pointer,
2) who currently thinks it is a good idea,
3) and would anyone be willing to reconsider.

But coming in acting like we don't know the GNOME guidelines is presumptuous and
non-motivational.

Moreover, you did not say under what circumstance the pointer is warped, nor in
which specific program, for the guy who wrote the code 50,000 lines ago.

One of the poorer bug reports that I have seen.