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Stéphane Lenclud edited this page Aug 23, 2026 · 3 revisions

Android TV

Fulguris works with Android TV remotes and game controllers. Most of the browser UI — the toolbar, tab switcher, menus and settings — is navigated with the D‑pad (the directional arrows) and the select button, just like any other TV app.

Web pages, however, often expect a mouse: they have hover menus, small links and buttons that are hard to reach with plain up/down/left/right focus jumps. The cursor — a movable on‑screen pointer drawn over the web page — solves this.

If your remote already has a real pointer or touchpad (for example the Fire TV remote), the system draws its own pointer and you don't need the cursor — it's meant for plain D‑pad remotes and game controllers that don't carry pointer coordinates.

What the cursor does

  • Shows an arrow cursor on top of the web page.
  • D‑pad arrows move the cursor while the cursor is on.
  • The select / OK button (or a controller's A button) clicks whatever is under the cursor. Pages get a real mouse‑style interaction, so hover effects and precise links/buttons (including video scrub bars) work.
  • Pushing against the edge of the page scrolls whatever is under the cursor — the outer page, or a nested panel such as a video site's comments/related list — like a mouse wheel.
  • The cursor fades out after a few seconds of no movement and reappears the moment you move it again (you can change or disable this timeout in settings).

While the cursor is on, the D‑pad drives the cursor instead of jumping between on‑screen controls. Turn it off to go back to normal focus navigation of the toolbar, tabs and menus.

Game controllers: the right stick is always a pointer

On a two‑stick game controller the right stick moves the cursor at any time — you do not need to turn the cursor on first. The left stick still scrolls the page and the D‑pad still moves focus as usual; the right stick simply adds a pointer whenever you nudge it, and the A button clicks wherever the cursor is. (Turning the cursor on additionally lets the D‑pad drive the cursor, for remotes without a second stick.)

Working with videos

  • Fullscreen video (e.g. tapping a video's fullscreen button) keeps the cursor available and clickable, so you can operate on‑video controls and the timeline.
  • The hardware media keys on your remote control the page's video: play/pause toggles playback, and rewind / fast‑forward seek by 10 seconds. (A long press of fast‑forward is reserved for toggling the cursor.)

Turning the cursor on and off

There are two ways to toggle it:

  1. Hotkey — press and hold the fast‑forward button (⏩) on your remote for about half a second. A short "Cursor on / Cursor off" message confirms the change. This shortcut can be disabled in settings (see below).
  2. Menu — open the main menu and toggle the Cursor item (it shows a check mark when the cursor is on). The Cursor menu item only appears on Android TV or when a gamepad / joystick / D‑pad remote is connected, and it appears automatically as soon as you plug such a device in.

When you turn the cursor off, focus returns to the menu button in the toolbar so you have a predictable starting point for D‑pad navigation.

Settings

Under Settings → General → Cursor:

  • Cursor hotkey — enable or disable the hold‑fast‑forward shortcut. On: long‑pressing the button toggles the on‑screen cursor. Off: the Cursor menu item is still there — you can toggle the cursor from the menu.
  • Cursor speed — how fast the cursor moves. Speed and acceleration are scaled to your screen's physical size, so they feel consistent across different TVs.
  • Cursor acceleration — how much the cursor speeds up while you hold a direction.
  • Cursor fade timeout — how long (in milliseconds) the cursor stays still before it fades out. Set it to 0 to keep the cursor visible at all times.

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