How to lock your cursor within a game on BlueStacks 4

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Purpose

This article will guide you on how to lock cursor within the gameplay window on BlueStacks 4.90.0.1046.

Benefits

Avoids cursor moving out of the gameplay screen and enhances user experience.

Audience

All users who enjoy playing games on BlueStacks

Geo's affected

All Geo's

Steps:

1. Click the pointer icon on the lower right of app player on the toolbar or press F8, as shown in the image below.

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2. A message indicates that 'Press F8 to release the cursor' and once activated, the icon will have red highlights instead of Blue as shown in the image below. Once activated the cursor remains only in the game window.

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3.  In order to release the cursor from the game window, press F8.

Note: Using Alt+ Tab to switch between the program in Microsoft Windows or using 'Ctrl+Shift+H' to view the keyboard control settings also releases the cursor.

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Last updated on May 24th, 2019.

 

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