F17 cursor problem : request

[Christopher Svanefalk]

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 11:49 PM, Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> wrote:

> On 07/05/2012 02:24 PM, Beartooth wrote:
>
>>         Would somebody who knows how please make this available in
>> Fedora, or write a pons asinorum for it? When you get seriously old,
>> you'll be glad you did.
>>
>
> Gnome 2 had something built in that would show you where the cursor was
> when you tapped the control key.  At one time, it turned the cursor into a
> big blue ball for a moment, at another, into a large, spinning square.  If
> Gnome 3 doesn't already have this, it shouldn't be too hard for somebody to
> find the code for it and make a plugin out of it.  And, if they do, I'd
> appreciate getting it ported to Xfce, as I'd like to have it again.


It is possible. Go to Settings -> Mouse and Touchpad. Under the tab Mouse,
select "show position of the cursor when the Control key is pressed". After
this, you can get the location of the cursor (with a nice animation) by
just pressing CTRL.

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Best,

Christopher Svanefalk
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