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When I enter text in Firefox the mouse cursor stays visible

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Hello. Bug on Ubuntu? When I enter text in Firefox the mouse cursor stays visible and active. Another browsers don't do this. It is normal behavior?

Firefox 49.0.2 Ubuntu 16.04

Hello. Bug on Ubuntu? When I enter text in Firefox the mouse cursor stays visible and active. Another browsers don't do this. It is normal behavior? Firefox 49.0.2 Ubuntu 16.04

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Hi

Yes, I believe that this is normal behaviour. I am using Ubuntu 16.10 with a Mozilla version of Firefox Nightly and I find it quite useful as it means that I know where the mouse is when I finish typing.

Hope this helps.