Don't hide cursor on modifier press

Fixes #2761.

3 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eda674f5..4d956ab0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Wayland client side decorations are now based on config colorscheme
 - Low resolution window decoration icon on Windows
 - Mouse bindings for additional buttons need to be specified as a number not a string
+- Don't hide cursor on modifier press with `mouse.hide_when_typing` enabled
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/alacritty/src/event.rs b/alacritty/src/event.rs
index 88d074bb..9a625a91 100644
--- a/alacritty/src/event.rs
+++ b/alacritty/src/event.rs
@@ -590,12 +590,6 @@ impl<N: Notify + OnResize> Processor<N> {
                     },
                     WindowEvent::KeyboardInput { input, is_synthetic: false, .. } => {
                         processor.key_input(input);
-                        if input.state == ElementState::Pressed {
-                            // Hide cursor while typing.
-                            if processor.ctx.config.ui_config.mouse.hide_when_typing {
-                                processor.ctx.window.set_mouse_visible(false);
-                            }
-                        }
                     },
                     WindowEvent::ReceivedCharacter(c) => processor.received_char(c),
                     WindowEvent::MouseInput { state, button, .. } => {
diff --git a/alacritty/src/input.rs b/alacritty/src/input.rs
index 6de9b6d9..f5f4106c 100644
--- a/alacritty/src/input.rs
+++ b/alacritty/src/input.rs
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ impl<T: EventListener> Execute<T> for Action {
     fn execute<A: ActionContext<T>>(&self, ctx: &mut A) {
         match *self {
             Action::Esc(ref s) => {
+                if ctx.config().ui_config.mouse.hide_when_typing {
+                    ctx.window_mut().set_mouse_visible(false);
+                }
+
                 ctx.clear_selection();
                 ctx.scroll(Scroll::Bottom);
                 ctx.write_to_pty(s.clone().into_bytes())
@@ -171,7 +175,13 @@ impl<T: EventListener> Execute<T> for Action {
                     ctx.launch_url(url);
                 }
             },
-            Action::ViMotion(motion) => ctx.terminal_mut().vi_motion(motion),
+            Action::ViMotion(motion) => {
+                if ctx.config().ui_config.mouse.hide_when_typing {
+                    ctx.window_mut().set_mouse_visible(false);
+                }
+
+                ctx.terminal_mut().vi_motion(motion)
+            },
             Action::ToggleFullscreen => ctx.window_mut().toggle_fullscreen(),
             #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
             Action::ToggleSimpleFullscreen => ctx.window_mut().toggle_simple_fullscreen(),
@@ -714,6 +724,10 @@ impl<'a, T: EventListener, A: ActionContext<T>> Processor<'a, T, A> {
             return;
         }
 
+        if self.ctx.config().ui_config.mouse.hide_when_typing {
+            self.ctx.window_mut().set_mouse_visible(false);
+        }
+
         self.ctx.scroll(Scroll::Bottom);
         self.ctx.clear_selection();