mouse jumps across screen

coach_z · Jul 24, 2005

with the new powermac my cursor randomly jumps from one side of the screen to the other, usually triggering some expose action which can be a pain....

maybe it is my dell mousepad

but most likely not....i have played a bit with settings and everything is up to date....

this is an apple one button mouse connected to the keyboard...

TIA
-chris

Books · Jul 24, 2005

coach_z said:
with the new powermac my cursor randomly jumps from one side of the screen to the other, usually triggering some expose action which can be a pain....

maybe it is my dell mousepad but most likely not....i have played a bit with settings and everything is up to date....

this is an apple one button mouse connected to the keyboard...

TIA
-chris

No, it's not your mousepad. It happens to me too, and since you asked...i want to find out as well.

Sawday · Dec 29, 2007

Happens with my wired mighty mouse with my iMac. Not found a solution yet hence my resurrection of this post. Every so often, perhaps once every 15 minutes, the cursor suddenly shoots to one of the top corners of the screen.

coach_z · Dec 29, 2007

sawday this is sure one heck of a resurected post!!! lol

this most likely has to do with the surface that your mouse is on....if it is catching something that has any sort of a reflection on it your mouse will probably freak out and send your cursor elsewhere without you wantint to move it at alll

-chirs

cwa107 · Dec 29, 2007

coach_z said:
sawday this is sure one heck of a resurected post!!! lol

this most likely has to do with the surface that your mouse is on....if it is catching something that has any sort of a reflection on it your mouse will probably freak out and send your cursor elsewhere without you wantint to move it at alll

-chirs

Agreed - optical mice have a tendency to be jumpy on any surface with a sheen to it. Try using it on a matte (fabric) mouse mat and I'll bet you'll never have the problem again.

Sawday · Dec 29, 2007

Result! Turned my shiny mouse mat upside down and it hasn't jumped once (yet). Thanks guys.

coach_z · Dec 29, 2007

no problem!!!

bphoenix · Dec 30, 2007

it used to happen to me all the time, now since i got a mouse pad it hasn't happened since. This is weird cause I've always been able to use a laser mouse without a mouse pad.

cwa107 · Dec 30, 2007

bphoenix said:
it used to happen to me all the time, now since i got a mouse pad it hasn't happened since. This is weird cause I've always been able to use a laser mouse without a mouse pad.

That's because laser mice don't suffer from this problem, only normal optical mice (which use LEDs).