How do I keep track of the cursor on multiple monitors?

Question

Microsoft or Apple OS has a feature wherein shaking the cursor temporarily enlarges it until you see it, or press Control and a circle will animate around the cursor letting you quickly find it. In Ubuntu 16.04 how do I quickly find the cursor? I frequently lose where it is when using two monitors.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 03 '17 at 05:42

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I feel like I remember another way, but: in terminal

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins

then open ccsm using

ccsm

and enable show mouse, click super+k produces a circular star animation.

answered Dec 03 '17 at 05:42

Aaahh

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Is there no default option? Must I install this package and its dependencies? – DBinJP Dec 04 '17 at 00:06
@DBinJP I feel like there was but I just can't remember. – Aaahh Dec 05 '17 at 00:18
@DBinJP a quick google search: https://askubuntu.com/questions/230102/how-do-i-turn-off-show-mouse-when-i-press-ctrl – Aaahh Dec 05 '17 at 00:19

How do I keep track of the cursor on multiple monitors?

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