Reveal mouse pointer position

Question

On Windows it is possible to enable revealing the mouse pointer position by pressing the CTRL key.

Is this possible in Gnome? There doesn't seem to be a setting, unless it's hidden somewhere.

@muru Good catch. I was looking for that a few days ago. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Jun 11 '20 at 01:14 — WinEunuuchs2Unix, Jun 11 '20 at 01:14

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered May 19 '19 at 01:47

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I don't expect this to win "best answer", but there's always the old "xeyes" method.

Placing one at each top corner even lets you triangulate the position.

answered May 19 '19 at 01:47

Ray Butterworth

Funny and functional! :-) +1 – Fabby May 19 '19 at 08:38
I like this little gadget. I see you have 929 points so +1 on your journey to 1000. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Jun 11 '20 at 01:18

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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What you want is hidden in the CompizConfig Settings Manager (CCSM) Accessibility settings.

sudo apt install compizconfig-settings-manager

and then:

Open CCSM
Navigate to Accessibility
Click the checkbox before Show mouse
Click on Show mouse
Click on the first button after Initiate
Press a key combination!
(Ctrl by itself will not work: I have it set to Super+K: the "Windows key" + "K")
Click OK
Now press the key combination you just took

:-)

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

Community

answered May 18 '19 at 21:08

Fabby

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Used to use that on Unity 16.04 , one of my favorite Compiz features – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy May 18 '19 at 21:34
Although this might be a good solution, installing Compiz only to enable this feature is overkill. Compiz was installed with Unity but not with Gnome AFAIK. Thanks anyway. – To Do May 20 '19 at 07:18
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This no longer works for Ubuntu 18.04 – Snowcrash Dec 12 '19 at 10:23
@Snowcrash I'm still on 16.04 so better Ask a new question and post a link to this answer that this does not work any more and let some with 18.04 answer. – Fabby Dec 13 '19 at 13:49
Upvoting and hoping you will vote to reopen :) – WinEunuuchs2Unix Jun 08 '20 at 02:53
@WinEunuuchs2Unix Open again... – Fabby Jun 11 '20 at 00:43
That is great but... Our friend @muru is back at full stride and his keen eye found a real duplicate which I could not... – WinEunuuchs2Unix Jun 11 '20 at 01:16