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Questions tagged [mouse-pointer]

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How do I highlight my mouse pointer while screen recording?

I'm planning to record some tutorial videos. How do I make a mouse pointer/cursor with yellow circle around it on Ubuntu 16.04, so my students could see where I am?
Kristaps G
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Mouse pointer disappears in Ubuntu 16.04

I've just installed Ubuntu desktop 16.04 (x64) on ASUS k501U. Sometimes (not always), my mouse pointer disappears after login. I tried some solutions like Ctrl+Alt+F1 and Ctrl+Alt+F7 but they did not fix the problem. After I restart, mouse usually…
floatingpurr
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Ubuntu touchpad issues - mouse pointer jumps around

I am having major issues with Ubuntu touchpad on a Dell Latitude 3570 Laptop. If I use a USB mouse, everything works fine, but if I use a touchpad it is very hard to control. For example, if I want to click on something that is in the middle of…
SamuelH
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Disable mouse acceleration in Ubuntu 15.10

I did a few quick google searches, and it looks like the most recent discussion about this was back in 2012. How might I go about disabling mouse acceleration in Ubuntu 15.10? I tried installing gpointing-device-settings but there were many…
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Is it possible to increase the size of the mouse pointer?

I'm running Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 on a 3440x1440 resolution, combine that with bad eyesight and the default mouse pointer size can be hard to see. Is there a way to increase it's size?
Glass Wizzard
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Easy way to quickly locate the mouse pointer?

I am visually impaired, and find it really difficult to locate the mouse pointer on screen. (I am running Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS) Other OS's have built-in methods to make the mouse pointer more easily visible. In Windows you can turn on "pointer trails"…
Donald Burr
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Mouse pointer does not adjust to context on screen

My mouse pointer does not change shape depending on what's under it on the screen. Strangely, this seems to happen only in Firefox and Chrome, but maybe I simply haven't noticed this problem in other apps. For example, when I load a new page in…
Evgeny Makarov
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When I move mouse, mouse cursor disappears and reappears. How to fix it?

I have created an Ubuntu VM with VMware on my Windows 10 laptop. When I move the mouse cursor in Ubuntu, it starts flickering and disappearing and reappearing. I am using Ubuntu 20.04.
A Dub
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Ubuntu 17.04 Pointer Speed Broken

I tried everything to lower the pointer speed. Starting from the Settings Menu, ending up with the terminal commands. In terminal, after finding the ID of my mouse, and the ID of the Acceleration speed, it shows some kind of error after the execute…
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Ubuntu 18.04 invisible mouse

I had Ubuntu 16.04 and suddenly I couldn't log in anymore. Each time I would try to log in, the screen went black and ask again for my password. I was stuck in a login loop. I updated to Ubuntu 18.04 and it fixed my problem, but now the mouse cursor…
Gustavo Anaya
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How can I include the mouse pointer using a command-line screenshot utility?

I'd like to do this without giving feedback to the user as well, because a program I'm making will use it many times. What didn't work: scrot (No mouse pointer) import -window root (No mouse pointer) xwd -root (No mouse pointer) fbgrab (I'm not…
Nonny Moose
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Workarounds for mouse pointer visibility in screen sharing sessions?

Edit: The problem in Teams has been solved by Microsoft since the question was asked: Teams screen sharing sessions now capture the mouse pointer also on Linux computers. This makes this question asking for a workaround obsolete. However, the…
T. Herzke
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How can I always show the mouse pointer on a touchscreen laptop?

I just upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04, and when I touch the screen, the mouse pointer disappears until I use the trackpad to move it outside the current window. I'd prefer to have the pointer visible at all times, even while using the touchscreen. Is…
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Alt-tab focus immediately lost on Wayland with Secondary-Click ('sloppy') window focus if mouse over other window

I've been a fan of the Window Focus mode called "Secondary-Click" (previously "sloppy focus") - available via Gnome Tweaks under the "Windows" tab - which used to work as follows: Take two windows, A and B. A has focus and mouse pointer over…
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"Shake to Find Cursor" feature for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Is there any software that does the same as the macOS feature "Shake to Find Cursor" for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
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