Hot key to move cursor to center of screen (Solved)

[Flash]

Okay, okay. Since xbindkeys didn't work in Racy I tried adding to /root/.jwm/jwmrc-personal as you suggested, but I didn't want to have to use multiple keys so I stuck with F10 for this test:

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<!-- Key bindings -->
<Key key="Up">up</Key>
<Key key="Down">down</Key>
<Key key="Right">right</Key>
<Key key="Left">left</Key>
<Key key="h">left</Key>
<Key key="j">down</Key>
<Key key="k">up</Key>
<Key key="l">right</Key>
<Key key="Return">select</Key>
<Key key="Escape">escape</Key>	
<Key key="F12">root:3</Key>

<Key mask="A" key="Tab">next</Key>
<Key mask="A" key="F4">close</Key>
#<Key mask="A" key="F10">maximize</Key>
<Key mask="A" key="F6">minimize</Key>
<Key mask="A" key="#">desktop#</Key>
<Key mask="A" key="F1">root:3</Key>
<Key mask="A" key="F2">window</Key>
<Key key="F10">exec:xdotool mousemove --polar 0 0</key>

</JWM>

This worked after I saved to the DVD and rebooted!

I'd use the *otherwise wasted* Windows key or one of the so-called multimedia keys but how do I put it in there? Using xbindkeys I get this code for one of the multimedia keys: NoSymbol | m:0x0 + c:178. Can I enter that somehow in jwmrc-personal in place of F10?

[ETP]

Flash,
1. Backup your savefile just in case of unintended consequences.
2. Open a urxvt terminal, type xev & press enter
3. Briefly press & release the desired windows key.
4. Note the keycode that appears in the two events (press&release)
- In my case this produced 115 - YMMV -
5. Using the keycode that you obtained, if it differs from 115, remove your
code:
ie

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<Key key="F10">exec:xdotool mousemove --polar 0 0</key>

and substitute

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<Key keycode="115">exec:xdotool mousemove --polar 0 0</Key>

6. Restart X

[Flash]

That worked! Thanks, ETP and Semme.

Since I run from a multisession DVD I don't need to bother with backing up my Save file before I experiment. It is already backed up, on the DVD. If I do something that breaks my Puppy, I don't save that session and when I reboot, Puppy reverts back to the way it was.

Xev reported keycode 115 for my Windows or "super" key, so the entry I added to my jwmrc-personal looks exactly like ETP's, above.

Now I have two keys I can press to center my cursor. The F10 key works through xbindkeys and xdotool, and the Windows key works more directly, through /root/.jwm/jwmrc-personal and xdotool.

So if you're using JWM, you can just install xdotool and make an entry in jwmrc-personal. If you're using a different window manager from JWM, then you may have to also install and use xbindkeys.

[Semme]

Great! Now get rid of that *mostly* bit..

[ETP]

Flash,
Très bien. Take a pew, break out the virtual pizza and chill out to the following video with your personal theme tune!

http://megaswf.com/serve/1201787

[charlie6]

Hi all,
just discovered this post:

- using vividdpup OOTB on a hp2530 laptop: pressing Fn+F4 keys moves the cursor to the center of the screen.

-using tahrpup64 + xdotool + edited .jwmrcpersonal as above (Ctrl+Shift+m keys) does not work BUT as i'm using a be-latin1 keyboard ... the «m» key stands for the «?» on my belgian keyboard: so i have to press Ctrl+Shift+? to get the above working...

Thanks again !
Cheers !
HTH the french as belgian users !
Charlie

[MochiMoppel]

A recent link brought me to this old and solved thread. I just want to add another idea

I'm forever running my mouse in circles to find the cursor. Maybe it would save time if I could move the cursor to a known location with a function key.

To me the question is not how to move the cursor to the center. Flash's real problem is to find the cursor.

Somewhere someone (drunkjedi?) mentioned the Windows accessibility tool that would draw circles around the curser to make it more visible. This would not move the cursor and still would help to locate it.

It doesn't need special tools like xdotools to place a window at the current cursor position.
This little script (let's name it findmouse) places an icon at the cursor position. Doesn't look like a window, but it is. It closes when the user moves the mouse. Alternatively closing with Alt+F4 wouldn't require to move the cursor at all.

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#!/bin/sh
echo '
<window type-hint="6" skip_taskbar_hint="true"  window-position="2">
<pixmap><input file>/usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps/info.xpm</input></pixmap>
<action signal="leave-notify-event">exit:</action>
</window>' | gtkdialog -s

Assuming that the script was saved in /usr/bin it can then be called with a keyboard shortcut, e.g. Alt+Spacebar:
In /root/.jwm/jwmrc-personal this keybinding works for me:

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<Key keycode="65" mask="A">exec:findmouse</Key>

[Flash]

Thanks, MochiMoppel. You're right; my problem was finding the cursor. The easiest way I could think of to do that was to move it to the center of the screen. Easy to find it there. Your way is probably better or at least as good. I'll give it a try.

Jeez, I started this thread seven years ago?