How to turn off annoying "feature"?

[dberch1956]

Greetings. My first post here. I tried to search and could not find anything on this...

Often, when I go to hit the Back button, or the Red close icon at top left of window, I overshoot with the mouse and all my open windows run quickly away to the right. I find myself looking at the desktop.

To get them back, I can sometimes repeat the gesture or click on a tiny piece of a window that is peeping in from 'stage right'.

This start happening a while back, but just now is annoying me enough attempt to resolve.

Anyone know how to turn off this "Hide all my open windows unnecessarily" Feature?

Thanks!
David

 

[Apple2]

Are you using a magic mouse or trackpad?

If you are, you are accidentally doing a multi-touch gesture. To resolve it, go into system preferences, mouse/trackpad, depending on which you are using, and turn off the features you don't want.

Hope this helps,

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[dberch1956]

I'm using a PC standard mouse. two buttons and scroll wheel.

 

[ID_Field_Blank]

I think you have the top left corner of the screen set as a hot corner to show the desktop. You can turn this off/ select a different option in the system preferences under expose and spaces and then the expose tab if this is the case ( a "-" is "off" in this menu)

Hope this helps.

 

[PlaceofDis]

it sounds like you're activating a hot corner in the upper left hand size of the screen.


Lion instructions:

if you go into System Prefs > Mission Control > Hot Corners (on the bottom) to change the settings for that corner.

 

[ID_Field_Blank]

it sounds like you're activating a hot corner in the upper left hand size of the screen.


Lion instructions:

if you go into System Prefs > Mission Control > Hot Corners (on the bottom) to change the settings for that corner.

This is if your system is running lion - I din't realise it was different to snow leopard, sorry if there was any confusion.

 

[dberch1956]

Are you using a magic mouse or trackpad?
If you are, you are accidentally doing a multi-touch gesture. To resolve it, go into system preferences, mouse/trackpad, depending on which you are using, and turn off the features you don't want.
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I tried this and there is no feature that looks like what my problem is. Please tell me the name of the feature to shut off.

I'm using os x 10.6.8

Thanks,
David

 

[dberch1956]

I think you have the top left corner of the screen set as a hot corner to show the desktop. You can turn this off/ select a different option in the system preferences under expose and spaces and then the expose tab if this is the case ( a "-" is "off" in this menu)
Hope this helps.

Hey, that did it!

They must have turned Hot Corner on in one of the updates. That's been driving me nuts for months.

THANKS, CMelton!
David