On Thu, 05 Jul 2012 23:59:25 +0200, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 11:49 PM, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> 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. Yes, and I used it. I always set it when I find it, but it seems to move -- and I'm pretty sure it's missing from xfce. >> 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. I went there and tried that, but found no such option under xfce. I'll look when I'm next on a Gnome3 machine. But even the control key function *and* a pair of eyes on each of two panels, together, are still more distracting and less convenient than a good big mouse cursor, especially a colored one. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org