The 'non-active' mode is used for moving around the screen whilst the 'active'mode is required to actually plot a point.

So he pretended to coach me-while actually plotting my death.

"Until we get proof that Nike is actually plotting against the black race, we're going to do what we want to do."

The military review did not appear to be prompted by intelligence information indicating that Mr. Hussein's top officers were actually plotting against him.

She feeds on his paranoia that those closest to him are actually plotting against him.

Li is actually plotting to take over Dunhuang once his army enters the city.

The thing we were plotting actually grew out of an innocent bantering argument I'd had with Charlie and Diana some months before.

Unbeknownst to the Magnavores, Nukus was actually plotting to get rid of them.

"I will have to actually plot the search pattern to be certain," the android told him.

Throughout much of the series, he and Luza are actually plotting behind Drake's back, presumably planning to seize power from him.