touch: Hide the X cursor when not in use.

views/touchui/touch_factory.cc

Index: views/touchui/touch_factory.cc
diff --git a/views/touchui/touch_factory.cc b/views/touchui/touch_factory.cc
index 86087829e9818d14123cf787ae3b5aea301537fb..472f456187a062812840bdb67a2b3f43116ddffe 100644
--- a/views/touchui/touch_factory.cc
+++ b/views/touchui/touch_factory.cc
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
 #include <gdk/gdkx.h>
 #include <X11/extensions/XInput2.h>
 
+#include "base/compiler_specific.h"
 #include "base/logging.h"
+#include "ui/base/x/x11_util.h"
+
+// The X cursor is hidden if it is idle for kCursorIdleSeconds seconds.
+static int kCursorIdleSeconds = 5;
 
 namespace views {
 
@@ -17,8 +22,25 @@ TouchFactory* TouchFactory::GetInstance() {
 }
 
 TouchFactory::TouchFactory()
-    : touch_device_lookup_(),
+    : is_cursor_visible_(true),
+      cursor_timer_(),
       touch_device_list_() {
+  Pixmap blank;
+  XColor black;
+  static char nodata[] = { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 };
+  black.red = black.green = black.blue = 0;
+  Display* display = ui::GetXDisplay();
+
+  blank = XCreateBitmapFromData(display, ui::GetX11RootWindow(), nodata, 8, 8);
+  invisible_cursor_ = XCreatePixmapCursor(display, blank, blank,
+                                          &black, &black, 0, 0);
+
+  SetCursorVisible(false, false);
+}
+
+TouchFactory::~TouchFactory() {
+  SetCursorVisible(true, false);
+  XFreeCursor(ui::GetXDisplay(), invisible_cursor_);
 }
 
 void TouchFactory::SetTouchDeviceList(
@@ -76,4 +98,33 @@ bool TouchFactory::UngrabTouchDevices(Display* display) {
   return success;
 }
 
+void TouchFactory::SetCursorVisible(bool show, bool start_timer) {
+  // The cursor is going to be shown. Reset the timer for hiding it.
+  if (show && start_timer) {
+    cursor_timer_.Stop();
+    cursor_timer_.Start(base::TimeDelta::FromSeconds(kCursorIdleSeconds),
+        this, &TouchFactory::HideCursorForInactivity),
+  } else {
+    cursor_timer_.Stop();
+  }
+
+  if (show == is_cursor_visible_)
+    return;
+
+  is_cursor_visible_ = show;
+
+  GdkDisplay* display = gdk_display_get_default();
+  if (!display)
+    return;
+
+  Display* xdisplay = GDK_DISPLAY_XDISPLAY(display);
+  Window window = DefaultRootWindow(xdisplay);
+
+  if (is_cursor_visible_) {
+    XUndefineCursor(xdisplay, window);
+  } else {
+    XDefineCursor(xdisplay, window, invisible_cursor_);
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace views