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{Mouse Utils] Shake gesture to activate mouse finder tools and border assist #15937

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kernkraft235 opened this issue Feb 1, 2022 · 2 comments
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Resolution-Duplicate There's another issue on the tracker that's pretty much the same thing.

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Description of the new feature / enhancement

So I have 5 monitors, 3 of them HiDPI. If you combine this with monitors handling powersave (blank screen vs disconnect display) and windows behavior when screen layout changes I lose mouse pointer a lot.

I am using the new crosshair feature - it is great (I do 1px magenta, no border, 200px radius)
I think replacing the mouse shake gesture that already exists in windows with activation on mouse finders would be an intuitive way to add accessibility. Not all of my older relatives are saavy enough for keyboard shortcuts, and wiggling the mouse is their intuitive behavior. The default behavior of hiding all windows is not what they expect to happen

Another idea (no clue how complex to code this) - if my mouse is pushing against a border for a few seconds activate mouse finder

And one more idea: When windows display layouts change it almost always puts them in weird places. When crosshair is enabled it would be cool if touching display borders were color coded. Think of it like "portal" if I cross the edge with a blue highlight, the mouse will be on the display edge with the other blue highlight. This highlight feature would also be useful when different display sizes are touching. To take this a step further, being able to map where the mouse goes on display edges would solve a lot of issues with different DPI and Size displays sharing a border

Scenario when this would be used?

Multi-monitor, intuitive accessibility features that require no training.

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@kernkraft235 kernkraft235 added the Needs-Triage For issues raised to be triaged and prioritized by internal Microsoft teams label Feb 1, 2022
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crutkas commented Feb 1, 2022

/dup #14638

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ghost commented Feb 1, 2022

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

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@ghost ghost added Resolution-Duplicate There's another issue on the tracker that's pretty much the same thing. and removed Needs-Triage For issues raised to be triaged and prioritized by internal Microsoft teams labels Feb 1, 2022
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