Hide mouse on video screens

[BritGeek]

Hey Mike,

When SCS is using secondary monitor(s) for video/still display, would it be possible to prevent the mouse cursor from begin moved onto those displays, or at least hide it if it is moved there?

It's not a huge deal, but it would be one less thing to have to train our operators to watch out for.

Thanks,
Tim.

[Mike Daniell]

Unfortunately not particularly easy to do. The TVG library (used for video playback) can raise an event whenever the mouse is moved over a TVG control, which means SCS could then hide the mouse, but TVG doesn't provide an event for the mouse leaving the boundaries of a TVG control, so there's no easy way to know when to make the mouse visible again.

[BritGeek]

OK, thanks for checking.

I just searched and found some 3rd party "mousetrap" apps that say they can confine the mouse to a single monitor, which would be sufficient for my purposes if they work as advertised.
I'll play around with them when I get a chance.

Thanks,
Tim.