I could implement that using a hidden preference. I am really hesitant to have 
this by default.

How large should that dot be? About the size of the close button (which you get 
when you move the mouse to the bottom)? Or half that?

Christiaan

> On 12 Jun 2020, at 18:31, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Ok. In theory it is possible to change the cursor to any image one wants. 
> However I don't think this is a good idea to do. And in practice I am afraid 
> it is not possible, because Apple's PDFKit always tries to change the cursor 
> to whatever it thinks it should be, which is really annoying. 
> 
> Christiaan
> 
> Op vr 12 jun. 2020 18:19 schreef Schneider, Thomas (NIH/NCI) [E] via 
> Skim-app-users <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>:
> Christiaan:
> 
> > The only pointer on the screen I know of is the cursor, i.e. the
> > arrow. That is not shown in presentation mode, and should not be
> > shown. Otherwise I do not know about any pointer input device.
> 
> I've used the mouse cursor as a (rather poor) pointer, almost
> certainly with Skim.  In recent covid-19 online presentations the
> mouse pointer was a very tiny arrow and nearly impossible to see. 
> More and more presentations are online or partially online and in
> those cases a laser is useless.  So we need to be able to use the
> mouse as a pointer.  That means that the mouse controlled cursor
> SHOULD be possible to show in presentation mode if the person wants
> to.  Then the question is whether it can be made into a bright easily
> visible spot.
> 
> Tom

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