xbanish (banish the mouse cursor when typing) xbanish hides the mouse cursor when you start typing, and shows it again when the mouse cursor moves or a mouse button is pressed. This is similar to xterm's pointerMode setting, but xbanish works globally in the X11 session. One can easily start this automatically by putting "/usr/bin/xbanish &" in ~/.xinitrc or some other WM/DE-specific startup file.