NAME¶

xbanish — hide the X11 mouse cursor when a key is pressed

SYNOPSIS¶

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 <jcs@jcs.org>.