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Description of problem: The mouse pointer disappears after a few seconds. This happens in Konsole and other applications like Firefox, Seamonkey, Opera. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kdebase-4.7.4-2.fc16.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Start Konsole/Firefox/Seamonkey/Opera 2.Move the mouse pointer into the above "widget" 3.Hopefully the mouse pointer will disappear. Actual results: Mouse pointer disappears Expected results: "normal" mouse pointer does NOT disappear Additional info: Is this a "Feature"?
Yes, the mouse cursor vanishing over input widgets is an intentional feature to avoid covering the text. It shall be noted that Firefox, Seamonkey and Opera are not KDE applications and probably implement this feature in their own code.
Kevin, Thanks for your information. By the way, xterms exhibit this behavior as well. Not a GTK application I believe? Can you give me a hint on how to turn off this feature please? I'm finding myself having to move the mouse to find where it is. I have also turned the "active" title bar red to indicate input focus but this isn't working all the time. A separate bug I believe... If I can just convince someone of that. Regards, George...