On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:48:50AM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 09:49:40AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > >>>That maybe implies that we need an offscreen coordinate for the > > >>>mouse so that you can hide the mouse when it leaves one window. > > >> > > >>Hmm? I fail to see why multihead is special here. > > > > > >If you show two mice in the guest, would X render two cursors? > > > > With two mice you still have just one cursor. Just plug a usb mouse > > into your laptop, you can move the single pointer with both usb > > mouse and touchpad then. Didn't try what happens with two tablets, > > but I expect it wouldn't be different ... > > NB having all mice bound to one cursor is merely the historical > default behaviour. IIUC the recent "Multi-Pointer X" feature > lets you now have multiple cursors, one per pointing device. > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Multi-Pointer_X
Yes, you can enable that, and if we want to have multiple pointers then they shouldn't disappear - that would be the case if multiple users where connected, each with their own cursor. You expect the non active cursor to remain (maybe X hides it after some seconds of inactivity, guest specific). > > Regards, > Daniel >
