Hiding the mouse when playing

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Hobbes
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Post by Hobbes »

I would like an option to hide the mouse cursor when it doesn't move for a few seconds while playling.

In the song menu, you click in the center of the screen to start. Your hand release the mouse to play the music, but the cursor is still displayed above the piano roll for the entire lenght of the music :-(
Nicholas
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Post by Nicholas »

I remember ten years ago when we used a "software" cursor that it used to fade out almost to 0% opacity after a few seconds. Switching over to the system cursor, I had to strip that code out.

Although, just like the (semi-)recent change to the top menu slide-out behavior that makes it behave more like a video player, hiding the cursor after a couple seconds makes good sense. I'll get this on the list.
Hobbes
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Post by Hobbes »

ok thanks !
Nicholas
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Post by Nicholas »

This was quick and easy. I used the same 3 second delay that browsers use with their video players. This will be in the next 10.9 dev preview.

I like the effect so much that I even enabled it by default. :)

For people that don't want it: Settings --> Gameplay --> Auto-Hide Mouse Cursor can be turned off.
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