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Beep 1d ago

WHERE THE FUCK IS THE CURSOR?

https://lemmus.org/post/21124885

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CubitOom 1d ago

Shake till it gets big

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Beep 1d ago

😐 What gets big exactly?

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CubitOom 1d ago

It’s a feature in KDE that if you shake or move the mouse fast the cursor gets bigger so you can find it.

Debian 13 + KDE Plasma - Why does the mouse get so huge? HAAAAHAHAHAHA

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TheTechnician27

macOS also has this feature under the name “Shake mouse pointer to locate”.

Make the pointer easier to see on Mac

On your Mac, see the pointer more easily by changing its size and colour.

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kautau 1d ago

Yeah I think it been a Mac feature since like 2018, but more newly adopted in KDE. But either way it’s just a help UX idea, and potential aligns with someone’s behavior of just like moving the mouse fast to verify it’s still working

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Clent 1d ago

Apple added it in 2015.

It was on Linux longer. The focus follows the mouse was another that I would like to see native

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mrnobody 1d ago

Windows, since 7 (2009ish), had a feature to hit CTRL which zeros in on the mouse to find it if you can’t find it. On my 3x 19" LCDs I had, it was handy to have that 3" circle close in on it.

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Ghostalmedia 1d ago

It was on Linux longer.

I’m fairly sure that didn’t become a thing in KDE until 2024 or 25

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SlurpingPus 21h ago

I’m vaguely sure this was already in MacOS when I got my Macbook in early 2010s.

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CorrectAlias 19h ago

KDE’s is different (and better) in that it seemingly has no cap on the size you can make the cursor. You can get your cursor bigger than your display.