Loop cursor through monitors

syco · 2014-10-30 17:03:54

Hi,
I have a question I couldn't solve (I tried to google it but maybe there are some language barriers and I can't fint anything).
Anyway, I have 2 monitors and I'd like my cursor to move cyclically through them,
when i reach the right edge of the right monitor the cursor should appear on the left edge of the left monitor and vice versa.
Is that something doable??
Thanks.

syco · 2014-10-31 09:54:55

I had probably to give some more info..
I use kde4 (but I can change if needed)
I did some more research and I don't think what I asked is possible, no wonder I couldn't find anything.
But..
with kwinscript is possible to bind a function to the "cursor on edge" event
https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tu … #Functions
bool registerScreenEdge(ElectricBorder border, QScriptValue callback): Registers the callback for the screen edge. When the mouse gets pushed against the given edge the callback will be invoked.
the problem now is that I can't find in that api how to get mouse coordinates.
(should I move this to another section if it becomes a script problem??)
Thanks again.

Trilby · 2014-10-31 10:20:35

This is very doable. It would be easiest to do as a modification to a WM, but with kwin that is likely not very practical.

But if you already have a hook for when the mouse reaches the edge of the screen, xdotool can very easily handle the rest.

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#1 2014-10-30 17:03:54

Loop cursor through monitors

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