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Status: New => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1565846
Title:
gnome-terminal hides mouse pointer
Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
This is a problem when using gnome-terminal with focus-follow-mouse,
which is somewhat unusual.
It seems like gnome-terminal has a feature where it attempts to
declutter the screen by hiding the mouse pointer when it thinks it has
focus.
This seems to work ok under normal circumstances, but sometimes it
seems to not make the cursor visible again when it loses focus.
Here is an example of the situation I'm talking about :
(pointer means mouse pointer)
0) install unity tweak tool and use the Window Manager/Additional/Focus mode
option to set 'focus mode' as 'mouse', and 'auto-raise' to 'off'
1) open a terminal
2) open chrome
3) move pointer over chrome and type
chrome accepts input
terminal doesn't and have cursor non-solid
4) move pointer over terminal and type
chrome defocuses and doesn't accept input
terminal accepts input, cursor turns solid, and pointer disappears
5) type alt-tab to send focus back to chrome and type
It is at this point that things can go wrong.
The 'correct' behaviour :
chrome has focus and accepts input
terminal doesn't accept input, cursor turns non-solid and pointer re-appears
However, when things 'go wrong' :
chrome has focus and accepts input
terminal doesn't accept input, cursor *remains solid* and pointer *remains
hidden*
This leads to the situation where the user decides to change focus
again (pointer is hidden on top of terminal) but can't see where the
pointer is, and he/she moves the mouse around franticly trying to make
it appear again and/or see where it is (it can be difficult to see
under normal circumstances when it isn't moving).
My initial instinct is that there should be an option to stop the
hiding of the cursor, but while filing this bug, everything was
working pretty well, so perhaps this is actually bug and it should
just be fixed.
I will attempt to pay closer attention to the situation leading up to
the problem and add comments here if I find anything. I notice other
people having trouble on ubuntu forums, though I suspect they're not
using focus-follows-mouse or have click-to-raise disabled, so perhaps
those aspects are 'red herrings' :
<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2312008&page=2>
Description: Ubuntu 15.10
ii gnome-terminal 3.16.2-1ubun amd64 GNOME terminal emulator applicati
3.16.2-1ubuntu4
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