set the pointer image.
</para>
<para>
+ Setting the pointer image to NULL causes the cursor to be hidden.
+ </para>
+ <para>
The compositor will revert the pointer image back to a default image
- when no surface has the pointer focus for that device. Clients can
- revert the pointer image back to the default image by setting a NULL
- image.
+ when no surface has the pointer focus for that device.
</para>
<para>
What if the pointer moves from one window which has set a special
the motion event? The new surface will be stuck with the special
pointer image. We can't just revert the pointer image on leaving a
surface, since if we immediately enter a surface that sets a different
- image, the image will flicker. Broken app, I suppose.
+ image, the image will flicker. If a client does not set a pointer image
+ when the pointer enters a surface, the pointer stays with the image set
+ by the last surface that changed it, possibly even hidden. Such a client
+ is likely just broken.
</para>
</section>
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