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Remote Pointers

Optionally, you may choose to show the mouse pointers of remote user in the coediting session through the showPointerinitialization parameter The remote pointer will mirror a remote user’s pointer position and clicks.

Pointer shape

By default, remote pointers are rendered as a 'arrow'. You can control the shape of the pointer via the pointers initialization parameter. The other possible shapes are: 'hand', 'pointer', 'pointerSolid'

Enable/Disable

You may also programmatically toggle remote pointers at run time via the following client API calls. These calls will only have visible effect after the user has started or joined a session.

codox.pointers.hide()

Hides remote pointer positions and clicks

codox.pointers.show()

Displays remote pointer positions and clicks