[Virtualacorn-list] Mystery carriage returns

[Mik Towse]

In article <c3a54c5750.Alan.Adams at laptop.adamshome.org.uk> Alan Adams  wrote:
> In message <ceb.586351f5.3733134c at aol.com>
>           ATimbrell at aol.com wrote:
> > A "stuck" key (i.e. one that autorepeats without being asked) happens 
> > when a key down event is received, but there is no corresponding key up 
> > event.
[snip]
> Are you using a wireless keyboard?
> 
> I ask because I use a wireless mouse, and that sometimes loses the 
> button-up event, so a drag won't stop. It happen most often when the 
> battery is about flat.
I get this occasionally when I've clicked on a link in an email & Uniserver
fires me off into a Windows app'. When I return to ROS I sometomes have the
'elastic band' or end up moving windows about because the mouse has picked it
up as a drag. I usually have to press Adjust to clear it.

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