unclutter(1)

UNCLUTTER-XFIXES(1)

NAME

unclutter-xfixes - rewrite of unclutter using the X11-Xfixes extension

SYNOPSIS

unclutter [--timeout <n>] [--jitter <radius>] [--exclude-root] [--ignore-scrolling] [--fork|-b] [--help|-h] [--version|-v]

OPTIONS

--timeout <n>

Specifies the number of seconds after which the cursor should be hidden if it was neither moved nor any button was pressed. (Default: 5)

--jitter <radius>

Ignore cursor movements if the cursor hasn’t moved sufficiently far.

--exclude-root

Don’t hide the mouse cursor if it is idling over the root window and not an actual window since in this case it isn’t obscuring anything important, but rather just the desktop background.

--ignore-scrolling

Ignore mouse scroll events (buttons 4 and 5) so that scrolling doesn’t unhide the cursor.

--fork|-b

Fork unclutter to the background.

--help|-h

Display the usage and exit.

--version|-v

Display the version and exit.

DESCRIPTION

Hide the mouse cursor if it isn’t being used.

This version of unclutter is a rewrite of the original and uses the x11-xfixes extension, which means that no fake windows or pointer grabbing is needed. This should work better with window managers and applications.

AUTHOR

Ingo Bürk <ingo.buerk@airblader.de>

Author.

03/02/2018