Banish Pointer

Gruntfuggly

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Move the pointer out of the way when you start typing
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Banish Pointer

Moves the pointer a small distance away when you start typing.

Note: Current only works for Windows.

TODO

  • [ ] Support other platforms by default
  • [ ] Allow other tools to be used to do something with the pointer, e.g. xbanish

Installing

You can install the latest version of the extension via the Visual Studio Marketplace here.

Alternatively, open Visual Studio code, press Ctrl+P or Cmd+P and type:

> ext install banish-pointer

Source Code

The source code is available on GitHub here.

Configuration

banishPointer.action

Defaults to "moveBy -30x-30" which moves the mouse 30 pixels up and to the left. You can also use "moveTo" which will move the mouse to an absolute position.

Credits

Uses a neat script by Vasil Arnaudov to move the mouse in Windows.