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Old 08-27-2014, 04:22 PM   #1
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Hiding E-book Viewer mouse cursor in fullscreen mode?
Is it possible to have the E-book Viewer mouse cursor hidden in fullscreen mode when the mouse has been stationary for a few seconds? And have it appear again when the mouse is moved?

Currently, I have to manually move the cursor to the middle (in 2 column mode) so that it's not covering up some of the text.

I just switched over to Calibre 2.0, but 1.47 had the same problem.

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Old 08-27-2014, 06:22 PM   #2
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Is it possible to have the E-book Viewer mouse cursor hidden in fullscreen mode when the mouse has been stationary for a few seconds? And have it appear again when the mouse is moved?

Currently, I have to manually move the cursor to the middle (in 2 column mode) so that it's not covering up some of the text.

I just switched over to Calibre 2.0, but 1.47 had the same problem.

Windows 7 SP1
@trying - I use the Cursor Hider gadget, it works for all programs, eg when typing an email or a report. It works better than the freebies I tried.

It cost me $AU12.50; I'm mouse averse, so I don't want to see its pointer until I want to use the darn thing. Hence I was happy to buy it.

Searches for 'windows hide cursor' and 'windows hide mouse pointer' should find a number of alternatives.

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Old 08-27-2014, 06:32 PM   #3
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@trying - I use the Cursor Hider gadget, it works for all programs, eg when typing an email or a report. It works better than the freebies I tried.

It cost me $AU12.50; I'm mouse averse, so I don't want to see its pointer until I want to use the darn thing. Hence I was happy to buy it.

Searches for 'windows hide cursor' and 'windows hide mouse pointer' should find a number of alternatives.

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I was hoping instead it would be an option within the E-book Viewer itself. With QT5 you can supposedly set the cursor to Qt::BlankCursor. One would show the cursor again upon any mouse movement. And use a timer to re-hide the cursor after a set period with no mouse movement.

Perhaps I should have added FEATURE REQUEST to my subject header
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I was hoping instead it would be an option within the E-book Viewer itself. With QT5 you can supposedly set the cursor to Qt::BlankCursor. One would show the cursor again upon any mouse movement. And use a timer to re-hide the cursor after a set period with no mouse movement.

Perhaps I should have added FEATURE REQUEST to my subject header
@trying - You can make an official [ENHANCEMENT] request in Bugs : calibre

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