Feb 23
VirtualBox: Disappearing mouse pointer over text
I recently came across a virtual Windows XP setup with an annoying issue: mouse pointer disappears when over a text field / label. Text could be selected provided one knew where to start selecting.
Configuration:
- Hardware: Dell Latitude D630 laptop with Intel Core 2 Duo 1.80 GHz
- Host: Windows Vista Business 32-bit
- VirtualBox: 1.5.0
- Guest: Windows XP Pro 32-bit with Service Pack 2
Googling for “virtualbox disappearing pointer” showed that VirtualBox eats up the pointer far too often. Users had reported various issues from pointer disappearing completely to pointer disappearing after switching users. I also came across a “Disappearing mouse pointer over text” thread but it didn’t solve the problem.
With a few trials and errors, I found that changing the text pointer solves the issue. Though at this point, I can’t explain why.
- Go to Control Panel >> Mouse >> Pointers tab.
- Select “Text Select” under Customize and click on browse.
- Select a pointer other that the default such as “beam_r.cur”.
March 9th, 2008 at 12:11 am
Yea sab tu kaha se sikta hai be… Ur champ dude
March 9th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Thanx for appreciating buddy … I like the sound of it!
Sab kuch net se aata hai … aur net me wapas chala jaata hai
March 16th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Maharana, jyada modest mat ban. Tu champ hai that is fact.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Cheers, sorted the issue.
P
November 16th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Thx, its help us lot.
~K
February 17th, 2011 at 9:06 pm
Abhijeet Maharana, you are great. I’ve been wondering why my mouse pointer took of at text area’s and your tip fixed it. Really weird, but this is a nice work-around. You saved me a lot of time figuring this out myself, so even if this is an old post, I’d really like to say THANKS!
February 19th, 2011 at 7:30 am
Arjan, thanks for dropping by and letting me know that you found it useful!
September 12th, 2012 at 2:20 am
Thanks a lot…