msd-locate-pointer(1)

msd-locate-pointer1

Create ripples around mouse pointer

Usage

msd-locate-pointer

Overview

The msd-locate-pointer utility is a program that creates ripples (like throwing a stone into water) around the mouse pointer. This helps to locate the position of the mousepointer.

With mate-settings-daemon i is possible to assign a hotkey for evoking the msd-locate-pointer command.

Releases

Unchanged in 7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie).

  1. 8–Arch

Author

This manual page has been written by Mike Gabriel <[email protected]>. It has been originally written for the Debian project (but may be used by others)

From mate-settings-daemon 1.28.0-3 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.