[Bug 6971] Mouse "escapes" window or is confined to an area in the full screen program

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6971

--- Comment #218 from Vitaliy Margolen   2009-01-17 21:05:13 ---
(In reply to comment #217)
> From your comment I think I may have a misunderstanding about DirectInput -
> does it lock the mouse cursor position like DGA does?  Or does it still allow
> the mouse cursor to move around, yet still report relative motion even if the
> mouse cursor is confined (by ClipCursor)?

Both, depending on cooperative level exclusive (mouse cursor hidden and doesn't
move) or non-exclusive (mouse cursor behaves as usual). Some games mean to use
exclusive mode but due to bugs end up acquiring mouse in non-exclusive mode
(ex: quake, quake 2). On windows this is not a problem for full-screen games.

The DGA won't help - it covers exclusive mode only. And is currently disabled
on most distros.