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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/publican/sources/Protocol.xml')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/publican/sources/Protocol.xml b/doc/publican/sources/Protocol.xml index 69edd2c..a472f1d 100644 --- a/doc/publican/sources/Protocol.xml +++ b/doc/publican/sources/Protocol.xml @@ -401,10 +401,11 @@ set the pointer image. </para> <para> + Setting the pointer image to NULL causes the cursor to be hidden. + </para> + <para> The compositor will revert the pointer image back to a default image - when no surface has the pointer focus for that device. Clients can - revert the pointer image back to the default image by setting a NULL - image. + when no surface has the pointer focus for that device. </para> <para> What if the pointer moves from one window which has set a special @@ -412,7 +413,10 @@ the motion event? The new surface will be stuck with the special pointer image. We can't just revert the pointer image on leaving a surface, since if we immediately enter a surface that sets a different - image, the image will flicker. Broken app, I suppose. + image, the image will flicker. If a client does not set a pointer image + when the pointer enters a surface, the pointer stays with the image set + by the last surface that changed it, possibly even hidden. Such a client + is likely just broken. </para> </section> <section id="sect-Protocol-Output"> |