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Keybinding to hide(move to edge of screen) the mouse

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:06:19 +0000

Before I installed i3 I saw somewhere on the internet a keybinding to move the mouse out of the screen(eg move it at location 1280x800 on a 1280x800 screen) I have been searching about that ever since, but I can't seem to find it.

Answer by mschaefer for
Before I installed i3 I saw somewhere on the internet a keybinding to move the mouse out of the screen(eg move it at location 1280x800 on a 1280x800 screen) I have been searching about that ever since, but I can't seem to find it.

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:06:09 +0000

another way would be xdotool mousemove 1280 800. At least for ubuntu and arch it is directly available from the package management. However, it does much more that swarp so for you it might be "bloadware".

Comment by ppeev for
another way would be `xdotool mousemove 1280 800`. At least for ubuntu and arch it is directly available from the package management. However, it does much more that swarp so for you it might be "bloadware".

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:45:16 +0000

great, it is indeed a bit overkill to use it just for that, but at 160kb it is not a problem, and looking at the man page I may find other uses for it soon, so thank you!

Answer by Else for
Before I installed i3 I saw somewhere on the internet a keybinding to move the mouse out of the screen(eg move it at location 1280x800 on a 1280x800 screen) I have been searching about that ever since, but I can't seem to find it.

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:41:58 +0000

Have a look at [swarp](http://tools.suckless.org/swarp).

Comment by ppeev for
Have a look at swarp.

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:46:57 +0000

thanks for the suggestion, but I guess I'll use xdotool, because I prefer tools which are in the official arch repos.

Comment by pau for
Have a look at swarp.

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:43:57 +0000

`swarp` is in fact in the official community repos (just like xdotool)

i3 FAQ - Individual question feed

Keybinding to hide(move to edge of screen) the mouse

Answer by mschaefer for Before I installed i3 I saw somewhere on the internet a keybinding to move the mouse out of the screen(eg move it at location 1280x800 on a 1280x800 screen) I have been searching about that ever since, but I can't seem to find it.

Comment by ppeev for another way would be xdotool mousemove 1280 800. At least for ubuntu and arch it is directly available from the package management. However, it does much more that swarp so for you it might be "bloadware".

Answer by Else for Before I installed i3 I saw somewhere on the internet a keybinding to move the mouse out of the screen(eg move it at location 1280x800 on a 1280x800 screen) I have been searching about that ever since, but I can't seem to find it.

Comment by ppeev for Have a look at swarp.

Comment by pau for Have a look at swarp.

Answer by mschaefer for
Before I installed i3 I saw somewhere on the internet a keybinding to move the mouse out of the screen(eg move it at location 1280x800 on a 1280x800 screen) I have been searching about that ever since, but I can't seem to find it.

Comment by ppeev for
another way would be `xdotool mousemove 1280 800`. At least for ubuntu and arch it is directly available from the package management. However, it does much more that swarp so for you it might be "bloadware".

Answer by Else for
Before I installed i3 I saw somewhere on the internet a keybinding to move the mouse out of the screen(eg move it at location 1280x800 on a 1280x800 screen) I have been searching about that ever since, but I can't seem to find it.

Comment by ppeev for
Have a look at swarp.

Comment by pau for
Have a look at swarp.