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Cursor (user interface) A blinking text cursor while typing the word " Wikipedia". In human–computer interaction, a cursor is an indicator used to show the current position on a computer monitor or other display device that will respond to input.
A computer mouse (plural mice, also mouses) [nb 1] is a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface. This motion is typically translated into the motion of the pointer (called a cursor) on a display, which allows a smooth control of the graphical user interface of a computer .
Cursor may refer to: Cursor (user interface), an indicator used to show the current position for user interaction on a computer monitor or other display device. Cursor (databases), a control structure that enables traversal over the records in a database.
While the most common pointing device by far is the mouse, many more devices have been developed. However, the term mouse is commonly used as a metaphor for devices that move a computer cursor. Fitts's law can be used to predict the speed with which users can use a pointing device.
A pointing stick (or trackpoint, also referred to generically as a nub or nipple) is a small analog stick used as a pointing device typically mounted centrally in a computer keyboard. Like other pointing devices such as mice, touchpads or trackballs, operating system software translates manipulation of the device into movements of the pointer ...
Mouse tracking (also known as cursor tracking) is the use of software to collect users' mouse cursor positions on the computer. [1] This goal is to automatically gather richer information about what people are doing, typically to improve the design of an interface.
A cursor is an indicator used to show the position on a computer monitor or other display device that will respond to input from a text input or pointing device.
Arrow keys or cursor movement keys are keys on a computer keyboard that are either programmed or designated to move the cursor in a specified direction. [1]
The touchpad is close to the keyboard, and relatively short finger movements are required to move the cursor across the display screen; while advantageous, this also makes it possible for a user's palm or wrist to move the mouse cursor accidentally while typing.
In computing, an addressable cursor is a cursor which can, through use of either software or firmware, be moved (at least theoretically) to any given point on the computer screen.