I have this bug too but it also affected the keyboard, when typing every few seconds some key presses would not register.
I installed ibus-gtk as recommended above and the problem has gone. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1376494 Title: gedit hides mouse pointer when there is selected text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1376494/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
