How to hide mouse cursor with AppleScript

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#1

Hi,

How to hide mouse cursor with AppleScript?

#2

How about this?

http://piyocast.com/as/archives/6030

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#3

It does not work.


use AppleScript version "2.4" — Yosemite (10.10) or later
use framework "Foundation"
use framework "AppKit"
use scripting additions

set curCursor to current application’s NSCursor’s currentCursor()

current application’s NSCursor’s hide()

delay 5

current application’s NSCursor’s unhide()

Error: Expected end of line, etc. but found unknown token.

#4

The code you’ve posted contains “smart” apostrophes (character id 8217) instead of the ordinary ones (character id 39) used in AppleScript.

#5

This works:

use framework "AppKit"

-- Get the current cursor
set curCursor to current application's NSCursor's currentCursor

-- Hide the cursor
tell current application's NSCursor
	hide()
end tell

-- Delay for 5 seconds
delay 5

-- Show the cursor again
tell current application's NSCursor
	unhide()
end tell
#6

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