Review Request 114841: Screenlocker: don't set the mouse cursor when grabbing the mouse

[Wolfgang Bauer]

> On Jan. 8, 2014, 8:10 a.m., Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> > If you have the possibility (build setup) please merge to master and fix the merge conflict I expect to see :-) I merged 4.11 into master yesterday so there should no be anything else which could conflict.

I have committed to 4.11, but I don't have a KF5/PW2 build setup at the moment.


- Wolfgang


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On Jan. 8, 2014, 9:59 a.m., Wolfgang Bauer wrote:
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> (Updated Jan. 8, 2014, 9:59 a.m.)
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> Review request for kde-workspace and Martin Gräßlin.
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> Bugs: 311571 and 316459
>     http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311571
>     http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316459
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> Repository: kde-workspace
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> Description
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> Setting the cursor to ArrowCursor when calling XGrabPointer() prevents the Screen savers from blanking the mouse cursor.
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> I don't know why this has been done in the first place, but I couldn't see any negative effect by setting it to None. Now the mouse cursor even changes to the IBeam again when over the password field, which I find more intuitive.
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> Diffs
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>   ksmserver/screenlocker/ksldapp.cpp f0526cf 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/114841/diff/
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> Testing
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> Configure a Screen saver in systemsettings and wait for it to kick in (or lock the screen manually).
> Previously (since 4.10) the mouse cursor stayed visible, now it is blanked like it was the case before 4.10.
> Moving the mouse/pressing a key (to quit the Screen saver) makes the mouse cursor appear again as it should, regardless of whether the screen is locked or not.
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> Thanks,
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> Wolfgang Bauer
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