Bug 71278 - UI mouse pointer disappears during presentation and does not come back after exiting presentation
Summary: UI mouse pointer disappears during presentation and does not come back after ...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Presentation (show other bugs)
Version: 4.1.0.4 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Mac OS X (All)
: highest major
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: regression
: 75157 81929 84049 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: mab4.3
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Reported: 2013-11-05 19:18 UTC by Vossman
Modified: 2014-12-31 16:58 UTC (History)
15 users (show)

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Description Vossman 2013-11-05 19:18:23 UTC
Mouse pointer disappears during presentation

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open new presentation
2. Click present slideshow (F5)
3. Mouse pointer should be present
4. Wait about 60 seconds
5. Slightly move mouse
6. Mouse pointer disappears
7. Exit presentation (ESC)
8. Mouse pointer still missing

Expected results:
After exiting presentation, mouse pointer should be available for use

Work-around:
Try to maneuver "hidden" mouse to another application or desktop and click. Opening new application restores the mouse. 

I think it is mac only related. I am running Mac OS X 10.8.5 on a white MacBook using 4.1.3rc2 (release?). The wait time varies, but if I wait it always happens. I think it started happening in 4.1.3 (or 4.1.2), but definitely did NOT happen in 4.0 series.
Comment 1 foss 2013-11-21 10:34:09 UTC
Wow, this is an ugly bug.

Confirming on OS X 10.9 and LO Version: 4.2.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: d93433ba1181f5d8f6ded0ed0c103df10ebb1f22
TinderBox: MacOSX-x86@49-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2013-11-20_13:04:00

Setting to NEW.

Raising importance to "High" since this makes Impress pretty unusable and forces to user the restart LO which makes for a pretty bad user experience.

The mouse cursor is still there when switching away from LO, but in Impress the cursor is gone. The mouse still triggers actions when hovering around but without a cursor that isn't really worth a lot.
Comment 2 Peter Hedlund 2014-02-25 21:52:38 UTC
Still present in 4.2.1.1 on Mavericks 10.9.1.
Comment 3 Joel Madero 2014-03-03 17:06:40 UTC
Vossman - can you try to track down the pre-release version that this was introduced in? 

http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/

You can install/uninstall from there and then tell us the exact version that it was introduced in - that'll help narrow it down. Thanks!
Comment 4 Vossman 2014-03-03 18:08:30 UTC
4.0.6.2: GOOD - mouse disappears, but reappears after exiting

4.1.0.0.beta1: mouse disappears
4.1.1.2: mouse disappears
4.1.3.2: mouse disappears
4.2.1.1: mouse disappears
4.2.2.1: mouse disappears

here is my quick break down, apparently it was there from the start of 4.1 series.
Comment 5 Joel Madero 2014-03-03 18:10:41 UTC
With that info going to mark as a regression - thanks for the info!
Comment 6 Michael Stahl 2014-03-11 12:21:22 UTC
adjust version according to comment #4
Comment 7 sophie 2014-03-12 12:15:32 UTC
*** Bug 75157 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Anastasius 2014-04-10 16:43:05 UTC
Confirmed on Mac OS X 10.6.8, LibreOffice 4.2.2.1.

I found our that I can get the cursor back by moving the mouse far up (So I am sure that it is in the Mac's menu bar) and then clicking there.
Before knowing this, it made me crazy - I had to quit LO each time!
Comment 9 tommy27 2014-05-03 08:06:41 UTC
moving it to mab4.2 list since 4.1.x is END OF LIFE
Comment 10 helge 2014-06-15 19:40:41 UTC
Found as a good workaround to briefly hit the power button twice: this
brings the presentation almost instantly back and the cursor is repaired
(until the bug hits the next time).
Works for me on MacBook Pro OS X 10.9.1 with LibreOffice 4.2.4.
Comment 11 ign_christian 2014-07-31 08:55:59 UTC
*** Bug 81929 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 12 Mac Dude 2014-08-20 21:38:28 UTC
This bug is still present in 4.4.0.0.alpha2 nightly of July 11, running on 10.6.8.

Uli
Comment 13 Vossman 2014-09-01 02:26:25 UTC
4.2.6.3: mouse still disappears and does not return on OS X 10.9.4 and MBP retina.

Work around is to click on menu heading and open a dialog. Such as Format -> Character... Once a dialog has been opened mouse returns permanently.

Note it can take awhile for the mouse to disappear during the presentation. Also the mouse must be moved (in presenter mode) for it to actually disappear.
Comment 14 Kristian Rietveld 2014-09-16 17:04:03 UTC
I have seen this on OS X 10.6 and 10.9 as well with several LibreOffice 4.x releases. As a workaround I simply click on the global menu bar after exiting the presentation.
Comment 15 ign_christian 2014-09-19 05:34:36 UTC
*** Bug 84049 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 16 Antonio Goncalves 2014-11-30 17:57:23 UTC
The bug is still present in 4.3.4.1 on Mac OS 10.9.x but also on Mac OS 10.10.x (as I just updated to Yosemite)

Antonio
Comment 17 tommy27 2014-11-30 18:02:32 UTC
moving bug to mab4.3 list since 4.2.x is END OF LIFE
Comment 18 Evan Bontrager 2014-12-31 16:40:16 UTC
Mouse pointer / cursor continues to disappear within Presentation in release 4.3.5.2.
Bug 71278 ended with comment 
"tommy27 2014-11-30 18:02:32 UTC
moving bug to mab4.3 list since 4.2.x is END OF LIFE"

But bug could not be found in mab4.3  Was this dropped accidentally?  Remains a constant problem.  Later bug reports 75157, 81929, 84049 all refer back to 71278 which indicates is was at end of life.
Comment 19 Evan Bontrager 2014-12-31 16:41:25 UTC
(In reply to tommy27 from comment #17)
> moving bug to mab4.3 list since 4.2.x is END OF LIFE

Bug continues but looking through mab4.3 it could not be found as listed.  Was this bug moved for continued fix as indicated?
Comment 20 tommy27 2014-12-31 16:58:05 UTC
bug was already moved to mab4.3 list  weeks ago (see the "Blocks" field)

moreover when you changed the version field in an incorrect way and you did not pay attention to this alert: 

"You are changing the version of the bug to a later version. As the version field of the bug should show the earliest version manifesting the bug, please reconsider, if you really want to do this. Please do not change a version, because it also manifests in a later version. for details, please see the guidelines"

so I'm reverting version to the earliest version where it was reproduced


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