Mouse Flickers In VS 2010 IDE editor.

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The editor (only) in my VS 2010 flickers when I highlight one or more characters. It looks like it is switching focus to never, never land, and then puts the cursor back into the IDE.

The OS is Windows 7, 64 bit. Other than that, VS 2010 seems to be functioning correctly. This happens in none of my other applications.

I tried a different mouse which did nothing. Running VS 2010 through the maintenance procedure also had the same result.

Has anyone out there had a similar experience? Fix?

Thanks,
Barry :confused:

Posted 1-Nov-10 10:11am

BarryPearlman

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Solution 2

Is there a list somewhere of what video cards work with VS 2010 without problems? Upgrading to the latest driver did not "cure" the problem.

Also, can you specify a test WPF app?

Barry

Posted 2-Nov-10 6:08am

BarryPearlman

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Nish Nishant 2-Nov-10 12:13pm

Create a new WPF application using the wizard, and add a TextBox to it from the toolbox. Run it, type some text, select it, and move the window around a bit. Also try with a multi line TextBox. If these give you the same problem, then chances are good that it's an incompatible video card/driver.

Solution 4

Nishant -

I am ashamed to admit it, but I am unfamiliar with WPF; I looked it up and did not quite understand exactly what it is. I don't program on a continous basis; mostly in MFC and some Basic.

Can you direct me to a link to a small WPF app that I can download?

The video card AND the drivewrs are the latest there are.

Thanks,

Barry

Posted 4-Dec-10 4:52am

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Nish Nishant · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-01T10:27:00

Solution 1

You can test if this is a WPF/video-card issue by running a test WPF app that renders some text (selectable). If it does, then you may need a newer video-card (VS 2010 uses WPF too). Alternatively it may suffice to just update your video card drivers to the latest available version.

Posted 1-Nov-10 10:27am

Nish Nishant

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Sandeep Mewara 28-Nov-10 16:23pm

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Nishant -

Sorry for the delay in responding; things have been hectic here. I just replaced my video card with a new nVidia
GTX 470 with drivers that were released in October.

Same problem, but faster graphics. Note, it only does this in the text editor. Files with the .hhc, .reg and the Resource Includes Dialog Box seem to work just fine.

Barry