# The x11/unclutter port

## unclutter-8p1 – hides idle X11 cursor

## Description

    unclutter is a program which runs permanently in the background of an X11
    session.  It checks on the X11 pointer (cursor) position every few seconds, and
    when it finds it has not moved (and no buttons are pressed on the mouse, and
    the cursor is not in the root window) it creates a small sub-window as a child
    of the window the cursor is in.  The new window installs a cursor of size 1x1
    but a mask of all 0, ie an invisible cursor.  This allows you to see all the
    text in an xterm or xedit, for example.  The human factors crowd would agree it
    should make things less distracting.

    Once created, the program waits for the pointer to leave the window and then
    destroys it, restoring the original situation.  Button events are passed
    transparently through to the parent window.  They will usually cause the cursor
    to reappear because an active grab will be made by the program while the button
    is down, so the pointer will apparently leave the window, even though its x-y
    position doesn't change.

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Categories:
  x11

## Library dependencies

## Build dependencies

- devel/imake
- devel/imake-cf

## Run dependencies