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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

The cursor randomly enlarges every now and then. Anyone else experiencing the same problem? If so, have you solved it?

Could this be due to using different containers? I use flatpaks for everything apart from a few exceptions where I use distrobox, and in these the Plasma cursor is slightly different, but it doesn't justify the bug but just a different version of the cursor.

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[-] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This actually isn't a bug, it's a KDE feature (literally). It's so you can shake your mouse to find it. Here's more detail, but basically to disable:

Uncheck System Settings → Accessibility → Shake Cursor → “Shake cursor to find it”

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

. . .

A thousand thanks! I don't know why it was on by default, I find it quite annoying.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah before you only had the "show cursor" kwin effect with 2 circles around it, needing a key combo. This one is way better

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

That's definitely not a bug. Plasma 6.1 introduced an accessibility feature, that helps you find the cursor easier if you shake it for a bit

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I thought there was a scaling issue when I first installed. Now that I've discovered it's a feature, I love it!

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