The bug has been marked fixed upstream with that comment: "GTK+ does this for entries and text views. I don't think it is really needed anywhere else."
Marking the distribution task fixed, feel free to argue upstream if you want ** Changed in: gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu) Assignee: Sebastien Bacher => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- Mouse pointer should disappear when keyboard is in use and mouse isn't https://launchpad.net/bugs/16492 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs