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Status: New => Expired
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/16492
Title:
Mouse pointer should disappear when keyboard is in use and mouse isn't
Status in GTK+:
Expired
Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
Triaged
Status in gtk+2.0 package in Ubuntu:
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
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