Cursor shown in v2.16.0

[MajorC]

Hi,

I have a solid black cursor on my MM v2.16.0. The cursor disappears as soon as I move the mouse the first time.

In the main.css I see:

html {
  cursor: none;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--color-background);
  user-select: none;
  font-size: var(--font-size);
}

I used the script from @sdetweil to update and install my MM.

Any ideas how to fix that? I think, I saw this behavior first time after updating to v2.15.0.

[MacG]

I have that too but am still in the setup phase from the Magic Mirror. The mouse and keyboard are still connected. Have you seen these solutions?

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/9859/mouse-arrow-doesn-t-hide-after-magicmirror-is-loaded
https://github.com/evghenix/MMM-Cursor

A transparent PNG or GIF file will probably not work either, because a mouse movement is expected.

cursor: url(pointer.png), none;

the “none” is a necessary fallback.

[sdetweil]

@majorc maybe install unclutter?

[MajorC]

@sdetweil as it was working fine before, I am not 100% happy to just install something over.

[MajorC]

Fun fact, if I move the the mouse, the cursor disappears immediately.

[sdetweil]

@majorc so, it sounds like a defect in the electron version in 2.16

[MajorC]

@sdetweil I do not know what that mean. Is there a way that I can fix it?

Or do I have to wait for version 17?

[sdetweil]

@majorc if u use chrome do u see the cursor

my prior comment was that maybe WE don’t have a solution

[MajorC]

@sdetweil I see the cursor only on the pi. And it disappears if I move the mouse the first time on the pi. But the cursor is visible again after i do a

pm2 restart 0

On my windows machine witch chrome, I don’t see the cursor at no time.

[sdetweil]

@majorc so, that confirms it’s an electron issue.

you could change to run server mode with chrome on the pi.

[karsten13]

@majorc said in Cursor shown in v2.16.0:

Or do I have to wait for version 17?

In v2.16.0 we have electron v11, in current develop branch (which will become v2.17.0 in October) we have upgraded to electron v13.

[sdetweil]

@karsten13 @MajorC

so u can try develop, but there is no guarantee that is is fixed there

[karsten13]

could fix the black cursor with an entry in custom.css:

html {
  cursor: none !important;
}

Can you test if this works on your side? If so we should change this in main.css (will provide a PR then).

[MajorC]

@karsten13 said in Cursor shown in v2.16.0:

Hi Kasten,

I tried !important in the custom.css and in the main.css. The cursor is still visible.
Even after after a reboot of the pi, the same, still visible.

I think I will wait for v2.17.0 in October.

[karsten13]

@majorc

The cursor is still visible.

:(

tried yesterday on my pi3:

• v2.16.0: no cursor
• v2.17.0-develop: black cursor
• v2.17.0-develop with css cursor: none !important;: no cursor

So waiting on v2.17.0 is no solution.

Another idea is to simulate a cursor movement on electron start.

[karsten13]

@majorc

can you try to patch the file js/electron.js for a test, please add the following at line 74:

	mainWindow.webContents.on('dom-ready', (event)=> {
		mainWindow.webContents.sendInputEvent({type: "mouseMove", x: 0, y: 0});
	});

Does this hide the black cursor?

(I changed the code here again …)

[MajorC]

@karsten13 said in Cursor shown in v2.16.0:

Like so?

// Open the DevTools if run with "npm start dev"
	if (process.argv.includes("dev")) {
		if (process.env.JEST_WORKER_ID !== undefined) {
			// if we are running with jest
			var devtools = new BrowserWindow(electronOptions);
			mainWindow.webContents.setDevToolsWebContents(devtools.webContents);
		}
		mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools();
	}

	// Set responders for window events.
	mainWindow.webContents.on('dom-ready', (event)=> {
		mainWindow.webContents.sendInputEvent({type: "mouseMove", x: 0, y: 0});
	});
	
	mainWindow.on("closed", function () {
		mainWindow = null;
	});

That works perfekt! Thank you so much!

[karsten13]

@majorc o.k., then I will provide a PR for this in the mm repo