# Question for clarification about mouse buttons

**URL:** <https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/question-for-clarification-about-mouse-buttons/17889>\
**Category:** SDL Development\
**Created:** [January 20, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/question-for-clarification-about-mouse-buttons/17889 "2011-01-20T16:35:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Magnotti](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@John\_Magnotti](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/John_Magnotti)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/question-for-clarification-about-mouse-buttons/17889/1 "2011-01-20T16:35:30Z")

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so now that the mouse buttons are “fixed” can someone tell me if the  
problem was with 1.2 or just 1.3? I have an application that relies on  
left mouse and right mouse and it seemed to be working fine in 1.2.

I just want to make sure that there isn’t something lurking in 1.2  
that I’m not aware of.

thanks,

John

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**Author:** ![Nathaniel\_J\_Fries](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@Nathaniel\_J\_Fries](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Nathaniel_J_Fries)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/question-for-clarification-about-mouse-buttons/17889/2 "2011-01-20T16:53:08Z")

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SDL 1.3’s mouse input on Windows was changed to use Raw Input (to support multiple mice), but that was only supported in more recent versions of Windows (XP and later) so it had to be changed back. And it was never completed.  
That is all. The bug did not exist in SDL 1.2 because input was complete in 1.2------------------------  
EM3 Nathaniel Fries, U.S. Navy

[http://natefries.net/](http://natefries.net/)

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Jandl](https://discourse.libsdl.org/user_avatar/discourse.libsdl.org/greg_jandl/32/2341_2.png) [@Greg\_Jandl](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Greg_Jandl)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/question-for-clarification-about-mouse-buttons/17889/3 "2011-01-20T17:05:36Z")

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OT, but Windows XP is a “more recent version of Windows”?!

Windows XP RTMed in 2001. Heck, Vista went RTM over four years ago!

Sorry - just found that amusing! :)On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:53, Nathaniel J Fries wrote:

> SDL 1.3’s mouse input on Windows was changed to use Raw Input (to support  
> multiple mice), but that was only supported in more recent versions of  
> Windows (XP and later) so it had to be changed back. And it was never  
> completed.  
> That is all. The bug did not exist in SDL 1.2 because input was complete in  
> 1.2

–  
Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. - T. Roosevelt

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**Author:** ![John\_Magnotti](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@John\_Magnotti](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/John_Magnotti)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/question-for-clarification-about-mouse-buttons/17889/4 "2011-01-20T19:58:05Z")

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thanks!

JohnOn Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Nathaniel J Fries wrote:

> SDL 1.3’s mouse input on Windows was changed to use Raw Input (to support  
> multiple mice), but that was only supported in more recent versions of  
> Windows (XP and later) so it had to be changed back. And it was never  
> completed.  
> That is all. The bug did not exist in SDL 1.2 because input was complete in  
> 1.2
> 
> * * *
> 
> EM3 Nathaniel Fries, U.S. Navy
> 
> [http://natefries.net/](http://natefries.net/)
> 
> * * *
> 
> SDL mailing list  
> SDL at [lists.libsdl.org](http://lists.libsdl.org)  
> [http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org](http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org)

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**Author:** ![Nathaniel\_J\_Fries](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@Nathaniel\_J\_Fries](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Nathaniel_J_Fries)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/question-for-clarification-about-mouse-buttons/17889/5 "2011-01-20T21:23:34Z")

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Sindisil wrote:\> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:53, Nathaniel J Fries \<@Nathaniel\_J\_Fries\> wrote:

> > SDL 1.3’s mouse input on Windows was changed to use Raw Input (to support  
> > multiple mice), but that was only supported in more recent versions of  
> > Windows (XP and later) so it had to be changed back. And it was never  
> > completed.  
> > That is all. The bug did not exist in SDL 1.2 because input was complete in  
> > 1.2
> 
> OT, but Windows XP is a “more recent version of Windows”?!
> 
> Windows XP RTMed in 2001. Heck, Vista went RTM over four years ago!
> 
> Sorry - just found that amusing! 🙂
> 
> –  
> Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. - T. Roosevelt
> 
> * * *
> 
> SDL mailing list  
> SDL at [lists.libsdl.org](http://lists.libsdl.org)  
> [http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org](http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org)

Windows XP is recent compared to Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000…

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EM3 Nathaniel Fries, U.S. Navy

[http://natefries.net/](http://natefries.net/)

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Jandl](https://discourse.libsdl.org/user_avatar/discourse.libsdl.org/greg_jandl/32/2341_2.png) [@Greg\_Jandl](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Greg_Jandl)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/question-for-clarification-about-mouse-buttons/17889/6 "2011-01-20T21:28:23Z")

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> Windows XP is recent compared to Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000…

You left out Window For Workgroups 3.11, Windows 3.1 and Windows/386 2.1! ;)On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 15:23, Nathaniel J Fries wrote:

–  
Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. - T. Roosevelt