To get back the cursor after you hit the hide cursor message, you could also move up and click somewhere in the menus, but it will only work again after you hit the show cursor message…

Stefan

-- Pasted Max  Patch, click to expand. -- 
Copy all of the following text. Then, in Max, select New From Clipboard.
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