# Hide Cursor Problems
**URL:** https://discussions.unity.com/t/hide-cursor-problems/93056
**Category:** Questions & Answers
**Created:** [January 17, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/hide-cursor-problems/93056 "2014-01-17T19:45:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@yojo890](https://discussions.unity.com/u/yojo890)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/hide-cursor-problems/93056/1 "2014-01-17T19:45:20Z")
Hello, so im a noob at this and im having problems, I have this script that I want to hide and lock the cursor on startup, and unlock and show the cursor when I press escape.
But heres the problem, after I press escape to unlock and show, and I press escape to lock and hide the cursor again, it only hides the cursor and doesnt lock it in place, what am I doing wrong?
var showingMouse : boolean;
```
function Start () {
showingMouse = false;
Screen.showCursor = false;
Screen.lockCursor = true;
}
function Update () {
//if escape is pressed, unlock cursor and show cursor
if (Input.GetButtonDown("Esc") && showingMouse == false){
showingMouse = true;
Screen.showCursor = true;
Screen.lockCursor = false;
}
else if (Input.GetButtonDown("Esc") && showingMouse == true){
showingMouse = false;
Screen.showCursor = false;
Screen.lockCursor = true;
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@TimBorquez](https://discussions.unity.com/u/TimBorquez)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/hide-cursor-problems/93056/2 "2014-01-20T20:01:00Z")
lock cursor should hide and center the cursor
remember that lock cursor wont work exactly right in the editor, only in the build
try this code to just toggle it
```
if (Input.GetButtonDown("Esc"))
{
Screen.lockCursor = !Screen.lockCursor;
}
```