Mouse pointer not showing in full screen mode

[jacanterbury]

If this template helps then use it. If not then just delete and start from scratch.

OS (e.g. Win10): Windows 11
PsychoPy version (e.g. 2024.2.4 Py 3.8): v2024.2.5
Standard Standalone Installation? (y/n) standard
Do you want it to also run online? (y/n) I will do as well

I DO have Show Mouse ticked in Exp settings

If I run in ‘window’ mode the mouse pointer is visible but when I switch to full screen mode there is no mouse pointer.

Any suggestions? (I can’t change PP version)

thanks, John

[wakecarter]

Do you get the same issue with a new experiment created from scratch (with mouse pointer visible ticked)? If not, then the issue is probably some code to hide the mouse pointer in your experiment’s custom code components.

[jacanterbury]

Good idea. I’ll check that and report back. Thanks.

JOHN ALLEN

[jacanterbury]

I tried the supplied stroop demo and added first a button box and then swapped that for a slider, both with ‘show mouse’ ticked.

Neither showed the mouse pointer though

I also dropped a code component at the top of the components in teh routein and on the begin routine added
win.mouseVisible = True
still nothing.
Any thoughts?

(the installation is For all users in c:\program files\…)

[wakecarter]

You could try playing with the use version parameter in Experiment Settings.

Also, try mouse.setVisible(True)

Mouse not appearing 2024.1.5

You should be able to turn the mouse to visible or invisible with a code snippet. mouse.setVisible(False) or mouse.setVisible(True) At the moment the expected behaviour is that the experiment settings controls the visibility of the mouse throughout the experiment - there actually is no setting in the mouse component itself to control its visibility (though that is an interesting idea we could consider for sure!)

Here’s an example of stray code:

Mouse is not shown under Mac/Win (Edge, Firefox)

Hi, I want to use an IAT-Experiment with mouse and touch. If I try it on a mac with chrome and safari, it works fine. Mac OS 12.6 + Firefox 107.0 and win10 + Edge107.0.1418.56 or Firefox 107: The mouse is invisible. If I press the right button I see the context menu and the mouse. I can then move the mouse to the location where it is needed. However, this is rather unprofessional. I changed already the background color from black to red. The same problem occurs. After moving the mouse to t…

Have you tested to see whether the mouse is working online?

[jacanterbury]

update: the mouse pointer not showing only happens on screen 1 - my laptop screen (when in full screen mode) If I switch the screen id (in experiment settings||Screen tab) to 2 or 3 then the mouse pointer shows up just fine. I’ll check if there are new video drivers for my Lenovo laptop
I’m sure it will work fine online - I’ll try that shortly.