Comment 2 for bug 830121

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Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz) wrote : Re: [Bug 830121] [NEW] Alt-tab causes mouse cursor to disappear

Mouse clicking to click on application icons isn't implemented yet, so
at the moment we're disabling all mouse input.

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 12:06 AM, The Fiddler <email address hidden> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> When I press alt-tab on the keyboard (getting the brand new alt-tab
> prompt), my mouse cursor disappears and the mouse becomes unusable for
> as long as the prompt is visible (no click, no movement, no nothing).
> This is highly confusing - I expect the mouse to be there and visible so
> I can click application icons inside the alt-tab prompt.
>
> I do that regularly when I have multiple (> 5) applications open, since
> alt-tab + mouse click is faster than tab-cycling through all icons one
> by one.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: unity 4.8.2-0ubuntu4
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.11-generic 3.0.1
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Architecture: amd64
> CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
> Date: Sat Aug 20 19:02:11 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
> ProcEnviron:
>  PATH=(custom, no user)
>  LANG=el_GR.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: unity
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-20 (0 days ago)
>
> ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
>     Importance: Undecided
>         Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/830121
>
> Title:
>  Alt-tab causes mouse cursor to disappear
>
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  When I press alt-tab on the keyboard (getting the brand new alt-tab
>  prompt), my mouse cursor disappears and the mouse becomes unusable for
>  as long as the prompt is visible (no click, no movement, no nothing).
>  This is highly confusing - I expect the mouse to be there and visible
>  so I can click application icons inside the alt-tab prompt.
>
>  I do that regularly when I have multiple (> 5) applications open,
>  since alt-tab + mouse click is faster than tab-cycling through all
>  icons one by one.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>  Package: unity 4.8.2-0ubuntu4
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.11-generic 3.0.1
>  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>  Architecture: amd64
>  CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
>  Date: Sat Aug 20 19:02:11 2011
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
>  ProcEnviron:
>   PATH=(custom, no user)
>   LANG=el_GR.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  SourcePackage: unity
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-20 (0 days ago)
>
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Sam Spilsbury