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Hide mouse pointer for specific screen / control on Xbox

I have a UWP app running on Xbox One. The app uses mouse pointer for navigation. It works well. One screen contains a video player that can be set to run fullscreen. When in fullscreen video playback, the mouse pointer does not disappear.

How can I make the mouse pointer programmatically disappear when the player enters fullscreen and appear when it exits full screen?

I found How Can I Disable Pointer Mode For Xbox One (C#, UWP) but it only handles global pointer set when the app starts.

Solution

  • Have you tried wrapping the media player in a custom user control on which you could say RequiresPointer = RequiresPointer.Never; whenever the player enters fullscreen?

    I don't have an Xbox here at the moment to test it and it's been a while since I've wrote something for it. But this approach would be my first guess.