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Add 'Presenter Mode' option for pointer #2059

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wpkelso opened this issue Sep 19, 2024 · 3 comments
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Add 'Presenter Mode' option for pointer #2059

wpkelso opened this issue Sep 19, 2024 · 3 comments
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wpkelso commented Sep 19, 2024

Problem

When screen sharing or otherwise presenting one's screen, it can be hard to follow the mouse pointer. Simply making the cursor bigger could be a bit unwieldy to some, and the 'Find cursor' animation goes away too quickly to be used as a presentation pointer.

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Provide an option to enable a 'Presentation Pointer' mode, where the pointer is highlighted constantly with either the 'Find cursor' highlight or some other form of highlight like a colored ring.

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@danirabbit danirabbit transferred this issue from elementary/switchboard-plug-mouse-touchpad Sep 19, 2024
@lenemter lenemter added Priority: Wishlist An enhancement or new feature Needs Design Waiting for input from the UX team labels Sep 19, 2024
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wpkelso commented Oct 8, 2024

Here is an exploration of what this could look like in an eos context. I've not reused the "find cursor" visual to differentiate the two and communicate that what's happening is not a visual bug. It's also using the same 30% darker border that is used in icons to help them stand out from the background

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wpkelso commented Oct 12, 2024

Windows PowerToys has a "Find my mouse" function in it's "Mouse Utilities" plugin that functions as below. I could see this as another avenue to take for this purpose

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wpkelso commented Oct 26, 2024

Here is an exploration of what this could look like in an eos context. I've not reused the "find cursor" visual to differentiate the two and communicate that what's happening is not a visual bug. It's also using the same 30% darker border that is used in icons to help them stand out from the background

Some further thinking on this concept: The interior of the ring could be used to show when a click has occurred, i.e. ring when just hovering, filled circle when a click has occurred. This acts less as strictly traditional red-dot style of presentation pointer, but could be more useful for a presentation style where one is interacting with elements on the screen (following links, etc.). As an illustration:

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(The pointer has been roughly aligned to have the hotspot at the center of the ring)

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