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[Launchpad Bug Tracker <16492@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Wilson (notgary) has assigned this bug to you for gtk+2.0 in Ubuntu Maverick:

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

** Affects: elementaryos
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: gtk
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: New

** Affects: hundredpapercuts
     Importance: Wishlist
     Assignee: Papercuts Ninja (papercuts-ninja)
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu Maverick)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: patch-needswork
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Mouse pointer should disappear when keyboard is in use and mouse isn't
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/16492
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