client/src/views/player/Player.css

@@ -16,15 +16,6 @@
   object-fit: contain;
 }
 
-/* Toggled alongside .bottomBar.minimal (see Player.ts's scheduleControlsHide/
-   showControls) - a mouse cursor left sitting over the video is the same
-   kind of clutter the bar itself was, once there's nothing left under it
-   to interact with. Any pointermove/pointerdown anywhere in .playerWrap
-   already calls showControls(), so the cursor reappears the instant the
-   mouse moves again - same convention as any other video player's
-   auto-hiding controls. */
-.playerWrap.cursorHidden { cursor: none; }
-
 /* Two stacked rows, both part of the same top gradient overlay: the action
    bar (title/members/next/settings/leave) and, below it, the presence
    avatars - see .presenceOverlay in styles/presence.css. Stacking them in

client/src/views/player/Player.ts

@@ -530,11 +530,7 @@ function renderVideoPlayer(root: HTMLElement, partyId: string, party: PartyPubli
    * sitting on the bar itself, and re-arms on every discrete playback
    * event too (onDriverStateChanged above), not just raw pointer
    * activity - resuming from pause has to restart the countdown, not
-   * leave the bar stuck open forever. .playerWrap also gets
-   * .cursorHidden alongside .minimal (see Player.css) - asked for
-   * directly too: a mouse cursor left sitting over the video is exactly
-   * the same kind of clutter the bar itself was, once there's nothing
-   * left under it to interact with.
+   * leave the bar stuck open forever.
    */
   function clearControlsHideTimer() {
     if (controlsHideTimer) {
@@ -548,13 +544,11 @@ function renderVideoPlayer(root: HTMLElement, partyId: string, party: PartyPubli
     controlsHideTimer = window.setTimeout(() => {
       if (activeDriver.paused || isPointerOverBottomBar) return;
       bottomBar.classList.add('minimal');
-      playerWrap.classList.add('cursorHidden');
     }, CONTROLS_HIDE_DELAY_MS);
   }
 
   function showControls() {
     bottomBar.classList.remove('minimal');
-    playerWrap.classList.remove('cursorHidden');
     scheduleControlsHide();
   }