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Lock of the mouse cursor for a moment

asked 2013-06-30 12:49:33 +0000

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Is there a way to lock (or even hide) the mouse cursor for a moment (so it won't move) and then restore it to normal work?

It would be perfect if it could be done simply with a shortcut.

I thought about it because there were several situations when I had some windows on the screen and an accidental mouse movement made the window I was typing in lose focus.

Or maybe there is another way to prevent an active window from losing focus?

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answered 2013-06-30 13:14:39 +0000

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You can try to put

focus_follows_mouse no

in your i3 config. Focus changes will be done on mouse-click, not on mouse-over.

http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#focusfollows_mouse

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Works, I think it'll be good :) Thanks

smiszym ( 2013-06-30 14:27:38 +0000 )edit

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