I'm out of the office until 1st August. On 28 Apr 2011, at 22:09, David Balažic <16...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> Situation same in Ubuntu 11.04... > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of > Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/16492 > > Title: > Mouse pointer should disappear when keyboard is in use and mouse > isn't > > Status in GTK+ GUI Toolkit: > New > Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: > Triaged > Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > Status in “gtk+2.0” source package in Maverick: > Triaged > > Bug description: > Steps to reproduce: > 1. Click near the top left of a text field to focus it. > 2. Start typing. > Or: > 1. Click in a browser window to focus the page. > 2. Read the page, scrolling with the arrow keys. > Or: > 1. Click in an e-mail message window to focus the message. > 2. Read the message, scrolling with the arrow keys. > > What happens: > * The mouse pointer gets in the way of what you're typing/reading. > > What should happen: > * Whenever you press a non-modifier key on the keyboard, if the > pointing > device has been neither moved nor clicked in the past ~0.25 > seconds, the pointer > should disappear until the pointing device is next moved or clicked. > > But won't this make people lose the pointer? > * No. For human eyes, such a small object is much easier to find > by movement > than by searching the entire screen. As soon as they grab the mouse > again, the > pointer will appear, and they'll see where it is. > > This is nuts! > * It's worked on the Mac for over two decades. Most people > haven't noticed. > They just get slightly irritated on *other* platforms when the > pointer gets in > the way. > > (Apologies if this is filed under the wrong product.) > > http://www.quinn.echidna.id.au/Quinn/WWW/HISubtleties/PointerObscuring.html > : > http://www.quinn.echidna.id.au/Quinn/WWW/HISubtleties/PointerObscuring.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/16492 Title: Mouse pointer should disappear when keyboard is in use and mouse isn't To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtk/+bug/16492/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
