Annoying indicators of when Shift, Ctrl, & Alt are pushed.
Posted by admin on Mar 31st, 2007
Please help me. This just randomly started happening last night. I can't find where to turn off this feature. It's placing these idicators on the screen any time that I push Shift, Ctrl, &/or Alt. In case you don't understand what I'm talking about, I attached a cropped print screen.I have a MS Multimedia keyboard with only default drivers, and a Wacom tablet. I don't know exactly what would cause this, but I thought maybe it was the Pen Input panel, so I closed it. I checked the keyboard settings from Control Panel, and there's nothing about this there.I still have the problem, and it's really annoying. Anyone have an idea?
Apr 3rd, 2007 at 03:33 am
Simon,I think it is because of the Tablet PC support in Vista, which is enabled when a Wacom tablet is attached and Pen mode is enabled. If you move mouse cursor using Wacom pen and press Ctrl, Alt, Shift keys, you sees the tooltip. (If you move mouse cursor via a mouse, and press the keys, you should not see the tooltip.)One way to disable it is to go to the "Wacom Tablet Properties" control panel applet, select the "Mapping" tab, and select the "Mouse" mode. However, this will also disable the tablet PC supports (e.g. pen flick, tablet input panel tip appears next to textbox etc).Ian This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Simon Berube" wrote:
Apr 5th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Oh, I see! I guess that I hadn't noticed it before. I think that it was still not working as it was meant to, because it was doing it whether or not the pen was in use. It worked itself out, and now I see what you're saying, that it's a function, and that it was just happening at all times. I'm glad it's working right, now. Thanks for the reply!"Ian Cheung [MSFT]" wrote in message