[GH-ISSUE #49] hide mouse cursour with unclutter #48

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opened 2026-03-03 11:13:40 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

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Originally created by @adcurtin on GitHub (Oct 10, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/debloper/xiosk/issues/49

I've got a mouse cursor in the middle of my webpage that doesn't seem to go away. an option to hide this with unclutter would fix that

Originally created by @adcurtin on GitHub (Oct 10, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/debloper/xiosk/issues/49 I've got a mouse cursor in the middle of my webpage that doesn't seem to go away. an option to hide this with unclutter would fix that

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@adcurtin commented on GitHub (Oct 10, 2024):

dang, unclutter doesn't work anymore with wayland.
i haven't tried this yet: https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/145382/remove-hide-mouse-cursor-when-idle-on-rasbperry-pi-os-bookworm?rq=1

@adcurtin commented on GitHub (Oct 10, 2024): dang, unclutter doesn't work anymore with wayland. i haven't tried this yet: https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/145382/remove-hide-mouse-cursor-when-idle-on-rasbperry-pi-os-bookworm?rq=1

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@andiohn commented on GitHub (Oct 10, 2024):

https://github.com/debloper/piosk/issues/23

Look at this issue for a solution.

@andiohn commented on GitHub (Oct 10, 2024): https://github.com/debloper/piosk/issues/23 Look at this issue for a solution.

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@freedomischaos commented on GitHub (Jan 25, 2025):

I did the following:

Download
https://github.com/seffs/wayfire-plugins-extra-raspbian/releases

Download the proper release for aarch64, I used the 0.7.5 raspbian for my RPi5, extracted the following two files into the correct locations

sudo cp hide-cursor.xml /usr/share/wayfire/metadata/
sudo cp libhide-cursor.so /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/wayfire/

Configure your .config/wayfire.ini
I added this below what piOSK automatically adds to the wayfire.ini configuration

[core]
plugins = autostart background cube expo fade fire grid idle input-inhibitor move place resize scale simple-tile switcher vswitch wobbly hide-cursor

[hide-cursor]
hide_delay = 100

This allows the mouse to be visible if you move it but hides it within 100ms if you idle it at all.

@freedomischaos commented on GitHub (Jan 25, 2025): I did the following: Download [https://github.com/seffs/wayfire-plugins-extra-raspbian/releases](https://github.com/seffs/wayfire-plugins-extra-raspbian/releases) Download the proper release for aarch64, I used the 0.7.5 raspbian for my RPi5, extracted the following two files into the correct locations ``` sudo cp hide-cursor.xml /usr/share/wayfire/metadata/ sudo cp libhide-cursor.so /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/wayfire/ ``` Configure your .config/wayfire.ini I added this below what piOSK automatically adds to the wayfire.ini configuration ``` [core] plugins = autostart background cube expo fade fire grid idle input-inhibitor move place resize scale simple-tile switcher vswitch wobbly hide-cursor [hide-cursor] hide_delay = 100 ``` This allows the mouse to be visible if you move it but hides it within 100ms if you idle it at all.

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