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Bug 557261 - The cursor gets in my way when I'm writing.
The cursor gets in my way when I'm writing.
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 328516
Product: GtkHtml
Classification: Other
Component: Editing
3.24.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Srinivasa Ragavan
Srinivasa Ragavan
evolution[composer]
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-10-21 15:38 UTC by Andreas Nilsson
Modified: 2009-02-10 23:46 UTC
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Description Andreas Nilsson 2008-10-21 15:38:51 UTC 
When I compose messages and my cursor is above my composer window, the cursor gets in my way. I noticed that when I write notes in Tomboy however, it never does, because when I start typing and have the cursor inside the compositing area the cursor becomes invisible.
Comment 1 Matthew Barnes 2008-10-21 17:07:29 UTC 
Interesting.  That would be useful for GEdit, too.
Comment 2 Matthew Barnes 2008-10-21 21:29:27 UTC 
Actually it looks like GTK handles this for you in its standard editing widgets, which is why most GNOME apps (even other parts Evolution, eg. the appointment editor) already do this.

See gtk_entry_obscure_mouse_cursor() and gtk_text_view_obscure_mouse_cursor().  Similar trick would have to be added to GtkHTML's core.  I'm curious if WebKit already does this.
Comment 3 Andreas Nilsson 2009-02-10 23:46:53 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 328516 ***