Mouse pointer disappears and cursor stops blinking
Bug #1387219 reported by
PJSingh5000
This bug affects 96 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GtkSourceView |
Expired
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High
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anjuta (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
gedit (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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High
|
Unassigned | ||
ibus (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
High
|
Aron Xu |
Bug Description
Open gedit.
Notice the cursor is blinking.
Type a few lines of text.
Highilight some of the text.
Press <CTRL><c> to cut the text.
Notice that the mouse ponter is invisible while hovering over the gedit window. Notice that the gedit cursor is no longer blinking.
***Workaround***
sudo apt-get install ibus-gtk
$ uname -a
Linux XYZ 3.16.0-23-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 21 17:56:17 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.10
Release: 14.10
Codename: utopic
description: | updated |
Changed in gedit (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
affects: | gedit → gtksourceview |
Changed in gtksourceview: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
status: | Unknown → Expired |
description: | updated |
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After typing the text, selecting it, and copying it with Ctrl+C, I did experience a similar issue.
The gedit cursor did disappear, but I think that's normal - it disappears when you select text.
But when I copied the text, the mouse curor disappeared as well, which was not expected. It also started flickering when I moved it. Do you experience this movement-related flickering?
Also, do you experience these issues when long-pressing Alt on the window? When I long-press Alt, the flickering starts as well. If I short press it, the HUD is activated, and the flickering is not.
The flickering stops once gedit is unfocused.
I also documented the bug in this question: http:// askubuntu. com/questions/ 541226/ mouse-cursor- dissapears- when-long- pressing- alt-in- gedit.