Does Cursor intercept mouse movements and clicks?

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I’m using Cursor to write a java Robot program to drive an open browser. When I have the robot send MouseMoves, clicks, or keying in text, nothing happens in the browser. If Cursor is open (but not on top) the characters can be entered into a cursor window, not the browser.

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What matters is which program is ‘active’. not on top.

Which OS and OS version do you use?

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a recent ubuntu

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Does it also occur if you make the browser active?

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24.04.2 LTS

I will focus on which processes are active. thanks

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I asked Cursor about why this may be happening and the following is likely:

  • Security Restrictions:

  • Modern operating systems have security features that prevent applications from simulating input when certain windows are in focus

  • This is especially true for browsers which are considered high-security applications

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Yes very likely, some OS like MacOS have options to allow such interaction by other applications.