This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off hide pointer while typing for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Windows hides the mouse pointer by default while typing to ensure the pointer doesn't block your view of the text you're typing.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26120.3671 (Beta 24H2), build 26200.5518 (Dev), and build 27842.1000 (Canary), as part of Microsoft's ongoing work to improve settings experiences, Microsoft starting to make more mouse related settings available directly under Settings > Accessibility > Mouse and Settings > Accessibility > Mouse pointer and touch without needing to go into Control Panel. This includes the settings for mouse indicator, mouse pointer trails, and further mouse behavior and pointer customization. As part of this work, Microsoft has also added the ability to adjust the amount of time needed to hover over a window to activate it, if you have activated on hover enabled. Finally, Microsoft updated the icon used for Mouse pointer speed in Bluetooth & Devices > Mouse and added an icon to the Enhance mouse pointer precision option.
The Hide pointer while typing setting and others are saved together in the UserPreferencesMask binary value in the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop location for the current user.
It is up to the app to honor this Hide pointer while typing setting, so this setting may not be supported by all apps.
Contents
- Option One: Turn On or Off Hide Pointer While Typing in Settings
- Option Two: Turn On or Off Hide Pointer While Typing in Control Panel
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Accessibility on the left side, and click/tap on Mouse on the right side under Interaction. (see screenshot below)
3 Turn on or off (default) Hide pointer while typing for what you want. (see screenshot below)
4 You can now close Settings if you like.
1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Mouse icon.
2 Click/tap on the Pointer Options tab. (see screenshot below)
3 Check (on - default) or uncheck (off) Hide pointer while typing under Visibility for what you want.
4 Click/tap on OK.
5 You can now close the Control Panel if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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