NAME
xbanish – hide the X11 mouse cursor when a key is pressed
SYNOPSIS
xbanish [-a] [-d] [-i modifier] [-m [w]nw|ne|sw|se] [-t seconds] [-s]
DESCRIPTION
xbanish hides the X11 mouse cursor when a key is pressed. The cursor is shown again when it is moved or a mouse button is pressed. This is similar to the xterm(1) setting pointerMode but the effect is global in the X11 session.
OPTIONS
- -a
-
Always keep mouse cursor hidden while xbanish is running.
- -d
-
Print debugging messages to stdout.
- -i modifier
-
Ignore pressed key if modifier is used. Modifiers are: shift, lock (CapsLock), control, mod1 (Alt or Meta), mod2 (NumLock), mod3 (Hyper), mod4 (Super, Windows, or Command), mod5 (ISO Level 3 Shift), and all
- -m [w]nw|ne|sw|se
-
When hiding the mouse cursor, move it to this corner of the screen or current window, then move it back when showing the cursor.
- -t seconds
-
Hide the mouse cursor after seconds have passed without mouse movement.
- -s
-
Ignore scrolling events.
SEE ALSO
XFixes(3)
AUTHORS
xbanish was written by joshua stein ⟨[email protected]⟩.