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Bug 776214 - "Show location of pointer" does not work in Wayland
"Show location of pointer" does not work in Wayland
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 690055
Product: mutter
Classification: Core
Component: wayland
3.22.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
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Assigned To: mutter-maint
mutter-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-12-17 17:06 UTC by Micah Yoder
Modified: 2017-01-19 15:28 UTC
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Description Micah Yoder 2016-12-17 17:06:19 UTC 
[Not sure if this should have gone under gnome-shell instead of mutter.]

In gnome-tweak-tool, I have "Show location of pointer" enabled, which shows the circle pattern around the mouse pointer when Ctrl is pressed.  It does not work at all under Wayland.  I've tried in Fedora 25 and Arch Linux.

This is important especially with multiple screens. I have low vision and it can be very difficult to find the pointer without it.  I consider it a show stopper for switching to Wayland.

Thanks!
Comment 1 Jonas Ådahl 2016-12-18 05:48:21 UTC 
Thanks for the report. A quick look shows that the feature consists of a dedicated X11 client listening to various keyboard input, locating the pointer and drawing the "here-I-am" animation beneath it on some key binding. So, yea, that won't work at all under Wayland. To fix it, we should just make it a keybinding internal to mutter, and the effect drawn using clutter in the compositor.
Comment 2 Bastien Nocera 2016-12-27 20:24:17 UTC 
See bug 690055 which has links to potential problems. I think it should be implemented in gnome-shell, not mutter though.
Comment 3 Florian Müllner 2017-01-19 15:27:38 UTC 
(In reply to Bastien Nocera from comment #2)
> I think it should be implemented in gnome-shell, not mutter though.

The actual indication yes, but mutter sounds like a better place for monitoring the control key.
Comment 4 Florian Müllner 2017-01-19 15:28:37 UTC 
(but let's track this in a single bug anyway)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 690055 ***