I think this is a problem that extends beyond gedit... The same issue appears in Calculator. Lainch calculator. Click in the text area. Press and hold the alt key, or type and cust some numbers. The the mouse pointer pinter is invisible while hovering over the text area.
It might have something to do with the text area gtk widget. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1387219 Title: Mouse pointer disappears and cursor stops blinking Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Open gedit. Notice the cursor is blinking. Type a few lines of text. Highilight some of the text. Press <CTRL><c> to cut the text. Notice that the mouse pinter is invisible while hovering over the gedit window. Notice that the gedit cursor is no longer blinking. $ uname -a Linux XYZ 3.16.0-23-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 21 17:56:17 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.10 Release: 14.10 Codename: utopic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1387219/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
