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[Marja Erwin <16492@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I disagree. I often have trouble with the cursor disappearing - not
right now, but other times - when I'm typing in Firefox. I also had
trouble with the cursor jumping about because of the malfunctioning Alps
touchpad. So the cursor would jump and change the insertion point for
new text, etc. and I couldn't even see it!

Please, try to make sure the cursors ARE visible.

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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

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