Workbench 1.0

Mouse in Workbench 1.0 (Preferences) Apart from mouse speed and double-click settings in the general settings panel, Workbench 1.0 allowed creating own mouse cursors.

Workbench 2.04

Mouse in Workbench 2.04 (Input Preferences)

Mouse in Workbench 2.04 (Pointer Preferences) Workbench is one of the rare GUIs that allows its users to draw their own mouse cursors. The colour scheme for the pointer is independent of that of the GUI itself.

DeskTop 1.1

This GUI doesn’t have this feature.

GS/OS 5.0.4

Mouse in GS/OS 5.0.4 (Keyboard)

GS/OS 6.0.1

This feature can be found in the General section.

BeOS R5.0.1 PE

Mouse in BeOS R5.0.1 PE (Mouse)

CDE 1.5 in Solaris 9

Mouse in CDE 1.5 in Solaris 9 (Style Manager – Mouse)

GEOS 2 for C64

This feature can be found in the General section.

GEOS 2.1 for Apple II

This feature is not yet documented on this site.

GeoWorks Ensemble 2.0

Mouse in GeoWorks Ensemble 2.0 (Mouse)

NewDeal Office 3 Eval.

Mouse in NewDeal Office 3 Eval. (Mouse)

BreadBox Ensemble Lite

Mouse in BreadBox Ensemble Lite (Mouse)

GNOME 2.2.0 in RedHat 9

Mouse in GNOME 2.2.0 in RedHat 9 (Mouse Configuration)

Mouse in GNOME 2.2.0 in RedHat 9 (Mouse Preferences)

IRIX 5.3

Mouse in IRIX 5.3 (Mouse Settings) with thanks to Ian Young. The screenshot is a reproduction.

Lisa OS 1.0
Lisa OS 3.1

This feature can be found in the General section.

System 1.1
System 3.0

This feature can be found in the General section.

System 4.2

Mouse in System 4.2 (Mouse)

System 7.0
System 7.5.3

Mouse in System 7.0 (Mouse)

Mac OS 8.0

Mouse in Mac OS 8.0 (Mouse)

Mac OS 9.0

Mouse in Mac OS 9.0 (Mouse)

Mac OS X DP

Mouse in Mac OS X DP (Mouse)

Mac OS X DP 2

Mouse in Mac OS X DP 2 (Mouse) with thanks to Steven Troughton-Smith

Mac OS X DP 3

Mouse in Mac OS X DP 3 (Mouse)

Mac OS X DP 4

Mouse in Mac OS X DP 4 (Mouse)

Mac OS X Public Beta

Mouse in Mac OS X Public Beta (Mouse)

Mac OS 10.0.4

Mouse in Mac OS 10.0.4 (Mouse)

Mac OS 10.1

Mouse in Mac OS 10.1 (Mouse)

Mac OS X Jaguar

Mouse in Mac OS X Jaguar (Mouse)

Mac OS X Panther

Mouse in Mac OS X Panther (Keyboard & Mouse) with thanks to Jonathan Westin

OPENSTEP 4.2

Mouse in OPENSTEP 4.2 (Pointing Device Devices)

Mouse in OPENSTEP 4.2 (Mouse Preferences)

Rhapsody DR2

Mouse in Rhapsody DR2 (Mouse)

Mouse in Rhapsody DR2 (Pointing Device Devices) This panel comes from Configure application and is one of the few reminders of Rhapsody’s roots, being virtually identical to its OPENSTEP equivalent.

MS OS/2 1.30.1

Mouse in MS OS/2 1.30.1 (Mouse)

OS/2 2.1

Mouse in OS/2 2.1 (Mouse – Settings)

OS/2 Warp 3

Mouse in OS/2 Warp 3 (Mouse – Settings)

OS/2 Warp 4

Mouse in OS/2 Warp 4 (Mouse – Properties)

QNX 6.2.1 NC

Mouse in QNX 6.2.1 NC (Input Setup)

ArthurOS 1.2

This GUI doesn’t have this feature.

RISC OS 3.11

Mouse in RISC OS 3.11 (Mouse) It is worth mentioning here that Acorn computers use three-button mice in where each button can be equally important. For example, the middle one invokes a context-sensitive pop-up menu (there are no pull-down menus in the GUI).

RISC OS 3.7

Mouse in RISC OS 3.7 (Mouse) It is worth mentioning here that Acorn computers use three-button mice in where each button can be equally important. For example, the middle one invokes a context-sensitive pop-up menu (there are no pull-down menus in the GUI).

Sibo/Psion Series 3a
Sibo/Psion Siena
EPOC R5/Psion Revo
EPOC R5/Psion Series 7

These GUIs don’t have this feature.

Windows 1.01

This feature can be found in the General section. The only customizable feature was the double-click speed.

Windows 2.03

Mouse in Windows 2.03 (Mouse Options) Windows 2.0 added the ability to swap mouse buttons and customize mouse acceleration. Probably by omission, the double-click speed setting can still be found in the Settings > General menu.

Windows 3.0

Mouse in Windows 3.0 (Mouse)

Windows 3.1
WfW 3.11

Mouse in Windows 3.1 (Mouse)

Windows NT 3.1 Workstation

Mouse in Windows NT 3.1 Workstation (Mouse)

Mouse in Windows NT 3.1 Workstation (Cursors)

Windows NT 3.51 Workstation

Mouse in Windows NT 3.51 Workstation (Mouse)

Mouse in Windows NT 3.51 Workstation (Cursors) Windows NT 3.1 added the ability to customize the look of every available mouse cursor.

Windows 95
Windows 95B

Mouse in Windows 95 (Mouse Properties)

Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Windows NT 4.0 Server

Mouse in Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (Mouse Properties)

Windows 98
Windows 98 SE

Mouse in Windows 98 (Mouse Properties)

Windows 2000 Pro
Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Mouse in Windows 2000 Pro (Mouse Properties)

Windows Me

Mouse in Windows Me (Mouse Properties) Windows Me was first to introduce ClickLock feature, which replaced regular click and drag with one long click, drag, and a normal click to release.

Whistler 2257

Mouse in Whistler 2257 (Mouse Properties)

Windows XP Pro

Mouse in Windows XP Pro (Mouse Properties) Windows XP finally included wheel control – previously it needed third-party utilities or Microsoft’s own PowerToys.

Windows Server 2003 Web

Mouse in Windows Server 2003 Web (Mouse Properties)

Longhorn 4015

Mouse in Longhorn 4015 (Mouse Properties)