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[Dario Ruellan <16492@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ubuntu 12.10

Gedit, Ubuntu Software Center (GTK3): the mouse pointer gets hidden when I start typing.
Firefox, OpenOffice (GTK2): the mouse pointer remains on screen when I start typing, even if the cursor is right above the typed text.

Seems that currently its a GTK2 problem only. Firefox is working to
bring a GTK3 version. Don't know about OpenOffice or other core GTK2
apps. Perhaps worth fixing.

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Title:
  Mouse pointer should disappear when keyboard is in use and mouse isn't

Status in elementary OS:
  New
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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