I’m wondering how to set the mouse cursor position under X11? Is it possible at all and if, where do I have to look for appropriate functions? X window system, KDE/Gnome/…?
Share
Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
I’m wondering how to set the mouse cursor position under X11? Is it possible at all and if, where do I have to look for appropriate functions? X window system, KDE/Gnome/…?
Sounds like you’re using X, so what you probably want is
XWarpPointer. To give an absolute position on the whole screen, use the Root Window as dest window.(You can get a quick and dirty list of X functions using
ls /usr/share/man/man3/ | grep '^X')