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...and enable it on keyup event?

The problem is, when using the keyboard to move windows across multiple monitors, focus is stolen by the mouse once the focused window I'm moving is moved away from the cursor. Then I have to put the cursor back on the window I'm moving to give it focus.

nullsteph
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    so essentially , what you're asking is that you want the cursor to move with the window ? – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Sep 06 '16 at 13:51
  • See my answer to this post. http://askubuntu.com/q/804211/295286 It basically creates a shortcut to move/jump focused window to different monitor(without loosing focus) . If you wish, i can modify it so that it also brings mouse pointer with it. – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Sep 06 '16 at 14:09
  • @Serg Yes, that would actually be better. I'll have to give your script a try. – nullsteph Sep 06 '16 at 14:35
  • @serg I ended up reducing the 'prevent focus stealing' in Compiz, which helps when moving windows via shortcuts. What it doesn't do is prevent focus stealing when resizing windows to quadrants of the monitor with shortcuts. Any thoughts on how to achieve that? – nullsteph Sep 11 '16 at 15:58

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enter Compiz Manager...search for the menu below "General" dont know the name in english...on it, you should see "Show Mouse" unselect it, and its done. But if you want to keep this config, just enter clicking on the icon and change the key to activate.

Hope it helps

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Well...the compiz manager installed on your computer is basic...so you need to install plugins for compiz..

sudo apt-get install compiz-plugins-extra

sudo apt-get update

exit

And then restart your machine...now should appear the menu with the show mouse option.

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  • There's no 'enable/disable when super key is pressed' option. That's the trick, I need a way to toggle 'focus follows mouse' tied to the super key. – nullsteph Sep 06 '16 at 14:32
  • oops...sorry...then you need to install plugins for Compiz....i will edit my answer with the Terminal commands you need – Nicolas Sobarzo Sep 06 '16 at 14:47
  • I already had all the compiz plugins installed. I'm not looking to reveal the mouse location, but to disable the mouse when the Super key is pressed. Or per @Serg's suggestion, make the mouse follow the active window. – nullsteph Sep 11 '16 at 15:32