Thursday 21 March 2013

TRACKBALL

A Trackball is a pointing  device that works like a mouse. Trackball contains a ball exposed on its surface. To move the pointer on the screen, you roll the ball with your thumb, fingers, or the palm of your  hand. There are usually one to three buttons next to the ball, which you use just like mouse buttons.The advantage of  trackball over mouse is that the trackball is stationary so it dose note require much space for use. In  additions, you can place a trackball on any type of surface. For both these reasons, trackball are popular pointing devices for portable computer.


Sunday 17 March 2013

MOUSE

  MOUSE:-

A Mouse is an input device that rolls around on a flat surface and controls the pointer on a display screen.The pointer is an on_screen object _ usually an arrow _ that is use to select text; access menus: and interact with programs, files or data appear on screen. As you move the mouse, the pointer on the display screen moves in the same direction. A typical mouse has to buttons, which perform different functions depending on what application is running.Some mouse also include a scroll wheel for scrolling through long documents.
Optical mouse is getting popular nowadays: instead of having a roller ball it uses light reflection to control the movement of pointer on the screen.
 MOUSE EVENTS:
                               Mouse event refers to the activity that can be performed by using the mouse.
A typical mouse can perform the following events:
  • Left Click
  • Right Click
  • Drag 
Left click:
                 Left click is used to select a graphical object such as a file icon and apiece of text in a document etc., or to press a button such as  the start  button and closing, opening or minimizing a window etc.

Right Click:
                    Right click is used to view the properties  of  an object such as  file, folder,desktop etc.

Drag:
          Drag event triggers when you keep on pressing the left mouse button while moving the mouse.This event is used to select more than one items at a time, a to drop an object into another application.