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Mouse Cursor Wont Appear

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By Mwood - 4/18/2016

The mouse cursor will not appear for me in Inquisit 3, which is the licenses we have on our research laptops.  It'll appear on the trial version for Inquisit 4.. Any ideas why? Here's the script

<defaults>
/ screencolor = (255,255,255)
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 20pt)
/inputdevice = mousekey
</defaults>

<text instructions>
/ items = instructions
/ hjustify = center
/ size = (90%, 60%)
/ position = (50%, 90%)
/ valign = bottom
/ select = sequence
</text>

<trial instructions>
/ stimulustimes = [1=instructions; 2= elephant]
/inputdevice = mousekey
/ validresponse = (elephant)
/responseinterrupt = trial
/ errormessage = false
/ recorddata = false
</trial>

<trial instructions2>
/ stimulustimes = [1=instructions; 2=elephant2]
/ inputdevice = mousekey
/ validresponse = (elephant2)
/responseinterrupt = trial
/ errormessage = false
/ recorddata = false
</trial>

<trial instructions3>
/ stimulustimes = [1=instructions; 2= elephant3]
/inputdevice = mousekey
/ validresponse = (elephant3)
/responseinterrupt = trial
/ errormessage = false
/ recorddata = false
</trial>

<trial instructions4>
/ stimulustimes = [1=instructions; 2= elephant4]
/inputdevice = mousekey
/ validresponse = (elephant4)
/responseinterrupt = trial
/ errormessage = false
/ recorddata = false
</trial>

<trial instructions5>
/ stimulustimes = [1=instructions; 2= elephant5]
/inputdevice = mousekey
/ validresponse = (elephant5)
/responseinterrupt = trial
/ errormessage = false
/ recorddata = false
</trial>

<trial instructions6>
/ stimulustimes = [1=instructions; 2= elephant6]
/inputdevice = mousekey
/ validresponse = (elephant6)
/responseinterrupt = trial
/ errormessage = false
/ recorddata = false
</trial>

<trial instructions7>
/ stimulustimes = [1=instructions; 2= elephant7]
/inputdevice = mousekey
/ validresponse = (elephant7)
/responseinterrupt = trial
/ errormessage = false
/ recorddata = false
</trial>

<trial instructions8>
/ stimulustimes = [1=instructions; 2= elephant8]
/inputdevice = mousekey
/ validresponse = (elephant8)
/responseinterrupt = trial
/ errormessage = false
/ recorddata = false
</trial>

<trial instructions9>
/ stimulustimes = [1=instructions; 2= elephant9]
/inputdevice = mousekey
/ validresponse = (elephant9)
/responseinterrupt = trial
/ errormessage = false
/ recorddata = false
</trial>

<trial instructions10>
/ stimulustimes = [1=instructions; 2= elephant10]
/inputdevice = mousekey
/ validresponse = (elephant10)
/responseinterrupt = trial
/ errormessage = false
/ recorddata = false
</trial>

<picture elephant>
/ items = ("elephant.jpg")
/ position = (0, 0)
/ valign = top
/ halign = left
/ size = (20%, 20%)
</picture>

<picture elephant2>
/ items = ("elephant.jpg")
/ position = (30%, 70%)
/valign = bottom
/halign = left
/size = (20%, 20%)
</picture>

<picture elephant3>
/ items = ("elephant.jpg")
/ position = (70%, 30%)
/valign = bottom
/halign = left
/size = (20%, 20%)
</picture>

<picture elephant4>
/ items = ("elephant.jpg")
/ position = (40%, 30%)
/valign = bottom
/halign = left
/size = (20%, 20%)
</picture>

<picture elephant5>
/ items = ("elephant.jpg")
/ position = (0, 20)
/valign = bottom
/halign = left
/size = (20%, 20%)
</picture>

<picture elephant6>
/ items = ("elephant.jpg")
/ position = (50%, 70%)
/valign = bottom
/halign = left
/size = (20%, 20%)
</picture>

<picture elephant7>
/ items = ("elephant.jpg")
/ position = (0, 0)
/ valign = top
/ halign = left
/ size = (20%, 20%)
</picture>

<picture elephant8>
/ items = ("elephant.jpg")
/ position = (20%, 70%)
/valign = bottom
/halign = left
/size = (20%, 20%)
</picture>

<picture elephant9>
/ items = ("elephant.jpg")
/ position = (80%, 20%)
/valign = bottom
/halign = left
/size = (20%, 20%)
</picture>

<picture elephant10>
/ items = ("elephant.jpg")
/ position = (30%, 30%)
/valign = bottom
/halign = left
/size = (20%, 20%)
</picture>

<block elephant>
/ trials = [1 =instructions]
/ recorddata = false
</block>

<block elephant2>
/trials = [1=instructions2]
/recorddata = false
</block>

<block elephant3>
/ trials = [1 =instructions3]
/ recorddata = false
</block>

<block elephant4>
/ trials = [1 =instructions4]
/ recorddata = false
</block>

<block elephant5>
/ trials = [1 =instructions5]
/ recorddata = false
</block>

<block elephant6>
/ trials = [1 =instructions6]
/ recorddata = false
</block>

<block elephant7>
/ trials = [1 =instructions7]
/ recorddata = false
</block>

<block elephant8>
/ trials = [1 =instructions8]
/ recorddata = false
</block>

<block elephant9>
/ trials = [1 =instructions9]
/ recorddata = false
</block>

<block elephant10>
/ trials = [1 =instructions10]
/ recorddata = false
</block>

<item instructions>

/1 = "Click on the image that you see on the screen."

</item>

<expt>
/ blocks = [1=elephant; 2=elephant2; 3=elephant3; 4=elephant4; 5=elephant5; 6=elephant6; 7=elephant7; 8=elephant8; 9=elephant9; 10=elephant10]
/ showmousecursor = true
</expt>



By Dave - 4/18/2016

Your /inputdevice is mousekey throughout. You should set it to mouse if you want the cursor visible.

/inputdevice = mouse