It gets in the way. I'd like to have it disappear when I start typing, then reappear if I move it. I've heard of unclutter
but it sounds like it hides the cursor after it's been "idle" for a while, which isn't what I want--I only want to hide when I'm typing. How could I do this?
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1There's an open bug on this subject. Open for 11 years now. bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/+bug/16492– AlikElzin-kilakaJun 9, 2016 at 7:33
3 Answers
xbanish does it well, I installed and it's working fine. you may clone its repo cd the repo, run make.
you may find the missing headers in the Ubuntu package search, check the option;
packages that contain files named like this
install the packages accordingly.
run the executable and you're good to go.
you may want to run the executable with
setsid
care to not kill xbanish while typing, instead terminate the process with
killall -TERM xbanish
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Thanks, it works for me, on Lubuntu LXDE. Had to compile to install though. Dec 30, 2022 at 13:55
There is a setting I found in dash home when u search mouse. Click mouse and touch pad, and the is an option that is: disable touch pad when typing.
Hope this helps