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How to show pointer after it has been hidden by unclutter

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I am automatically hiding the cursor with unclutter -idle 3 in my bspwmrc. But I want the cursor to show again ever time I focus a different window with the keyboard. (This would provide a little more visual feedback as to which window focus was moved to). bspwm has a setting that makes the cursor move to the newly focused window anytime you change focus with the keyboard. This setting is enabled for me, but it doesn't make a difference visually because the cursor is almost always hidden. Ideally, I would like to modify the keybindings I have to change focus so that they unhide the cursor before (or immediately after) changing focus, then three seconds later, unclutter would hide it again. There doesn't seem to be an option to show the cursor once it has been hidden with unclutter, and googling around didn't produce any results. Is there a command that will show the cursor?
Asked by Thaddaeus Markle (125 rep)
Feb 6, 2021, 12:26 AM
Last activity: Feb 6, 2021, 09:56 PM