OK, I regained control of the mouse, by creating a new fresh user account , running Enlightenment for the first time as that user, and then copying over the new ~/.e and ~/.elementary directories thus created to my real home directory, having deleted them first. I am beginning to suspect my 'rm -rf ~/.e ~/.elementary' somehow did not remove everything ; OR , Enlightenment has some other cache of configuration settings - is this the case ? What format are those *.cfg files in ? Anyway, at least I can use Enlightenment OK again now . I think maybe the Settings Panel should have one button one can click once that does "Reset To Defaults" . Regards, Jason
On 01/05/2016, Jason Vas Dias <jason.vas.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks for the response, Mick! I just tried your instructions: >> The easier way is to shutdown enlightenment, remove ~/.e and restart >> enlightenment, which will recreate a default setup. >> >> After it all starts up with a fresh configuration, right click on the >> desktop and select Settings/Settings Panel/Windows/Windows Focus/Focus >> and experiment until you get a setting that suits your needs. > > This time, I stuck with the defaults for everything, including the > focus "whenever the mouse enters a window" option . > > But this does not work. > First, right clicking on the desktop produces a blue glow around the mouse > cursor, no menu . > When I left click on desktop, the menu appears, but if I select the > Settings -> Settings Panel , > ONLY THE FIRST LEFT BUTTON CLICK TAKES EFFECT , > so if I click on the "Windows" tab, its icon stays selected, > and no further left button mouse clicks seem to have any > effect within that window, so it is impossible to make > any configuration changes within it. > Right button clicks produce only the blue glow. > In any Enlightenment window, only the first left button click takes effect > ; > that item remains selected, and no further clicks have any effect. > > It wasn't like this the first time I installed Enlightenment - things > worked well for a few days until I played around with the focus settings. > > This situation is persisting after removing : > ~/.e and ~/.elementary > and restarting, choosing either of the > focus "when a window is clicked" (my preference) or > "when the mouse enters a window" (the default). > > Are you sure there are NO other config files written by Enlightenment ? > What encoding / encryption / format is used for Enlightenment's *.cfg files > ? > > Thanks & Regards, > Jason > > > > > On 01/05/2016, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sunday 01 May 2016 16:54:27 Jason Vas Dias wrote: >>> Please, could anyone advise how to regain use of my left mouse button >>> in Enlightenment ? >>> >>> After removing my ~/.e ~/.elementary and ~/.esd_auth files, >>> and getting the initial setup menu at startup , and choosing >>> the option that said something like 'click on windows to focus' >>> ( because I found the default of focusing on mouse hover really >>> annoying ), >>> now I cannot click on any buttons or internal window contents >>> at all - I can only click on window Border buttons or menus ; >>> clicking on them does work with the left mouse button; but >>> If I click the left mouse button on any content INSIDE a window >>> (not menu or border) the event seems to be ignored. >>> Obviously, the windowing system is rather unusable in this state. >> >> Hmm ... something must have gone sideways. >> >>> Please, can anyone advise how to regain control of the mouse in >>> Enlightenment? >> >> The easier way is to shutdown enlightenment, remove ~/.e and restart >> enlightenment, which will recreate a default setup. >> >> After it all starts up with a fresh configuration, right click on the >> desktop >> and select Settings/Settings Panel/Windows/Windows Focus/Focus and >> experiment >> until you get a setting that suits your needs. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Mick > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications Manager Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple tiers of your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
