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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>mouse ahead</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="MOTSS.html" title="MOTSS"/><link rel="next" href="mouse-belt.html" title="mouse belt"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">mouse ahead</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="MOTSS.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mouse-belt.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="mouse-ahead"/><dt xmlns="" id="mouse-ahead"><b>mouse ahead</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vi.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Point-and-click analog of <span class="firstterm">type
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ahead</span>. To manipulate a computer's pointing device (almost
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always a mouse in this usage, but not necessarily) and its selection or
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command buttons before a computer program is ready to accept such input, in
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anticipation of the program accepting the input. Handling this properly is
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rare, but it can help make a <a href="../W/WIMP-environment.html"><i class="glossterm">WIMP environment</i></a> much
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more usable, assuming the users are familiar with the behavior of the user
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interface.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="MOTSS.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mouse-belt.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">MOTSS </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> mouse belt</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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