mouse lock

About this tag
Mouse lock refers to software or system features that constrain cursor movement to a specific area or direction, commonly used in drawing, gaming, or virtual machine environments. Discussions on WindowsForum cover alternative tools to DragLock for precise horizontal or vertical mouse movement in applications like MS Paint, troubleshooting dual-monitor setups where fullscreen mouse lock is lost after Windows updates, and configuring VirtualPC to lock the cursor inside a virtual machine window. These threads highlight user challenges with mouse lock behavior and seek solutions without third-party software or with minimal system changes.
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    Alternative software to Drag Lock to constrain mouse movement in one direction (eg. horizontal, vertical, diagonal)

    Hi Everyone, I am looking for a software (or workaround) alternative to DragLock. DragLock is quite intuitive and works well in most situations when you'd want the mouse to move in a straight horizontal or vertical line. The issue however is that the intermediate movement of the mouse under...
    • jkadofo
    • Thread
    • constrain mouse draglock mouse lock mouse movement
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Windows Software
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    Windows 7 Dual monitor is no longer locking mouse in fullscreen mode

    This is a newer issue for me. I am not sure if there is some setting that may have changed. I can't say for certain how long ago the problem started but I've only noticed it in the past couple of days. I haven't changed any system settings (some updates were installed). I always wondered how to...
    • EyeH8EEwe
    • Thread
    • display full screen geforce graphics card mouse lock multi-monitor system settings tech support update windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 HOW- STOP VirtualPC allowing the cursor from moving in/out of visualization window?

    Hi there.... How can I stop the functionality of being able to drag the mouse at will form the visualization window into win7? I wish to have the courser "locked" inside the VirtualPC window... and have like say a button to press to release it and then pull it into win7. (like Sun's...
    • jyujinkai
    • Thread
    • cursor mouse lock sun virtualbox user interface virtual machine virtualization visualization windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Virtualization