Retroarch: System mouse appears when using onscreen overlays

Created on 22 Jun 2016 · 10Comments · Source: libretro/RetroArch

So I ended up bringing this up again anyway since I've just realized the other issue
was incorrectly labeled as Feature Request/Enhancement combined with being to
old to get any attention by the dev community.

This is the original issue opened by ochief: #2056
I hope it's okay to open a new issue.

Thank you.

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RagnaStrife

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hi! same here - overlays are perfekt for Input - but for me, it's an optical upgrade. using retroarch for windows from couch - mouse cursor is really annoying.

PLEASE add an option to disable.

rodnheli on 27 Aug 2016

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https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/2056
It's working as designed.
Overlays are meant for input. Using them for decoration is just an added bonus.

Not a bug

fr500 on 17 Jul 2016

Any chance you could add an option for disabling system mouse cursor when overlays are used?
Just thinking that overlays are useful for more than onscreen input, which looks a bit useless for a Windows desktop port anyway.

RagnaStrife on 17 Jul 2016

I would also prefer an option to disable the mouse cursor. John Merrit's arcade overlays are proving very popular (see http://libretro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5085) and these are just borders.

modeler on 20 Jul 2016

Hi guys, I have the same problem on windows, is there a possibility to see this done in the future? Thank you...

navy1978 on 26 Aug 2016

hi! same here - overlays are perfekt for Input - but for me, it's an optical upgrade. using retroarch for windows from couch - mouse cursor is really annoying.

PLEASE add an option to disable.

rodnheli on 27 Aug 2016

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I would also like to see an option to disable the mouse when using overlays. Besides being useful for input, overlays are also useful for adding scanlines via a .png. This provides an alternative to using shaders, which benefits low powered platforms like the Raspberry Pi.

Patrickdroid on 4 Jan 2017

Any news on this? This is the reason i don't use overlays even though i would like to.

RetroArch is a "couch mode" application, there shouldn't be a need for a keyboard to be nearby to ungrab the mouse.

Tasosgemah on 19 Feb 2017

Or as an alternative, have an option for the mouse to be hidden by default. I just started using mehstation as a frontend on RPi3, and its video overlays produce a mouse cursor (where emulationstation does not).