- recognized as a click. Use <STRONG>mouseinterval(0)</STRONG> to disable click
- resolution. This function returns the previous interval value. Use
- <STRONG>mouseinterval(-1)</STRONG> to obtain the interval without altering it. The
- default is one sixth of a second.
+ resolved as a click.
+
+ Calling <STRONG>mouseinterval(0)</STRONG> disables click resolution. When ncurses
+ detects a mouse event, it awaits further input activity up to this
+ interval, and then checks for a subsequent mouse event which can be
+ combined with the first event. If the timeout expires without input
+ activity (which would happen with a zero interval), then no click
+ resolution will occur.
+
+ This function returns the previous interval value. Use
+ <STRONG>mouseinterval(-1)</STRONG> to obtain the interval without altering it.
+
+ The mouse interval is set to one sixth of a second when the
+ corresponding screen is initialized, e.g., in <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">initscr(3x)</A></STRONG> or
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">setupterm(3x)</A></STRONG>.