Editing Xmouse (section)

==Description and comparison==
Xmouse is a system of [[Mouse (computing)|mouse]] control used instead of the standard system of selection on computers (most notably [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[X11]], where it is an option). The behavior is similar to mouse control in [[X Window System|X Windows]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last1=Norton|first1=Peter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jT-k-Y5TpoC&q=xmouse|title=Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Windows 95|last2=Mueller|first2=John|date=1998|publisher=Sams Pub.|isbn=978-0-672-31255-7|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WTgEAAAAMBAJ&q=xmouse&pg=PA31|title=InfoWorld|date=1995-11-20|publisher=InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m4OknWEkpB4C&q=xmouse&pg=PA24|title=PC Mag|date=1996-12-03|publisher=Ziff Davis, Inc.|language=en}}</ref>  Where normal Windows and X11 mouse control uses [[point-and-click|single-click]] for selection and [[double-click]] to open/edit/etc, the xmouse system automatically selects objects after hovering the mouse over the object for a certain period of time (often one second).{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}} Hovering over a window makes it the active window.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Honeycutt|first=Jerry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q6PsY-9xNicC&q=xmouse|title=Windows 95 Registry & Customization Handbook|date=1996|publisher=Que|isbn=978-0-7897-0725-3|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> The context function, previously activated by double-clicking, is activated by single-clicking; double-clicking is made redundant by this system and is ignored.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}} Operation of menus, text selection, and other features remain unchanged.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}