489407 - Implement "Mouse vanish" aka "Hide cursor when typing" feature on Windows

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1757463

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Honza Bambas (:mayhemer)]

When I setup my win machine to hide cursor while typing it works in e.g notepad but not in firefox/thunderbird. Sometimes it's really annoying.

Comment 1

[Honza Bambas (:mayhemer)]

Seems like there is no native support for this in windows.  We only have the information the option is turned on or off in the system through SystemParametersInfo with SPI_GETMOUSEVANISH param.

This apparently needs to be implemented manually on our side.

Comment 4

[Gyorgy Kortvelyessy]

As desktop behaviour / protocol is emerging and being redefined with the development of Wayland and Weston (libinput) I would state that the lack of this feature is not Windows OS related.

I assert that it's a general requirement for all desktop apps.

This feature is needed as the implementation of it in Windows XP+ stands.
Other desktop environments are dealing with this, e.g.: https://lxr.kde.org/ident?_i=setAutoHideCursor&_remember=1

This is also a requirement for Google Chrome:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=254430

The web page can manage to hide the mouse pointer with CSS2+ therefore it should not be part of FF. However this feature is highly needed -IMHO- as the web address link contains non vocabulary words/letters, therefore having the mouse pointer within that area can upset anyone (as it upsets me).

Comment 5

[Axel]

Well said.

#metoo

Comment 6

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)]

Moving all keyboard/IME open bugs to DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling component.