Questions tagged [cursor]
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"snap" apps in Debian 12 Plasma5 change the cursor
I had to install vlc and cctv-viewer using "snap" in Debian 12, as that OS doesn't support rtsp (real-time streaming protocol). The Plasma themed cursor is fine until it enters the app area, ...
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My cursor movement is laggy and stutters
My cursor movement is very laggy and stutters a lot.
OS: Fedora Linux 35 (KDE Plasma) x86_64
Kernel: 5.14.10-300.fc35.x86_64
Resolution: 1366x768
DE: Plasma 5.24.4
CPU: Intel i5-7300HQ (4) @ 3....
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Cursor issues on Wayland KDE
I'm using Wayland KDE 5.27 on Fedora 38 and I noticed that there are some issues with the cursor.
First, the cursor looks very blurry, especially the edge but I have anti-aliasing on and the screen ...
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What is the purpose of xeyes?
Is xeyes purely for fun? What is the point of having it installed by default in many linux distrubutions (in X)?
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Colorful cursor to indicate vi mode in zsh, but fail to reset color
I am trying to have cursor color in zsh to indicate normal/insert mode, but once enter normal mode, the color of cursor don't reset to default color in insert mode.
The source are:
# color cursor
zle-...
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How is cursor blinking implemented in GUI terminal emulators?
Blinking is a common practice since the early time of computing, especially for cursors.
However, when I run strace to check their system calls, both a terminal emulator konsole and a shell bash, don'...
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Terminal is losing the blink and is not showing text after using (batcat)
So, I used batcat to syntax highlight a file in the terminal. After I close it through Ctrl + C, my cursor stops blinking and I cant see the text I type in my terminal.
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X Image following cursor mouse pointer
i have rpi connected with hdmi on big tv few meters from my workplace and i want to change size of mouse pointer.
xsetroot -mouse .. .. will change just one type of cursor and not covering all ...
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Mobaxterm terminal color scheme cursor only
I have mobaxterm set up to try and look as close to ubuntu GNOME terminal "Tango" as possible. The background color looks good. However I noticed that setting the foreground color takes over ...
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"Shake to locate cursor" feature
I was wondering if there is a feature in linux like OSX "shake to locate cursor", which temporarily makes the user's mouse or trackpad cursor much larger when shaken back and forth, making it easier ...
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Not able to use cursor theme universally
Using i3wm
Using arch wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Cursor_themes#XDG_specification
$ ls .local/share/icons/
Bibata-Modern-Ice/
In ~/.icons/default/index.theme
[icon theme]
Inherits=Bibata-...
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Disable cursor blinking on Vi
Even though my terminal emulator (xterm) cursor didn't blink (the cursor blinks on tty), the cursor starts to blink when I opened Vi (both on xterm and tty). Is there are any configurable option ...
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Programmatically toggle cursor visibility on X server
I have a kiosk system with an X server running, hosting different graphical programs.
All programs are mutually exclusive as their systemd units conflict.
On some of those programs I want to use a ...
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Change icon and cursor theme in dwm
I just installed my own dwm
I patched in systray and I would like to change the icon theme it uses away from adiwaita to something else (Arch ,Faba, Moka or breeze).
I tried changing to gnome, and ...
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Mouse cursor jumps
I have a laptop with dual boot (windows 10 and Linux Mint Mate).
I noticed that when I'm using the laptop mousepad, the cursor jump to the border of the screen. If I swipe my finger slowly, the cursor ...
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How can I move terminal cursor by word?
CentOS zsh terminal, the path just typed or copied is very deep, need to change a word in the middle.
Ctrl-f or Ctrl-b can move cursor by one character.
Is there a way to move cursor by word, like vim?...
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Screen and cursor freeze temporarily
I have a problem with cursor lagging.
I tried reinstalling Linux and even changing distribution but I have still the same problem.
I have it installed on a USB stick and this bug is only on kernel 5....
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Why does my window manager (stumpwm) show a cross on the mouse pointer when it is over the root window?
My mouse pointer turns into a cross when there are no elements under it other than the root window. I've been having this issue with stumpwm since I installed it, but I know that a cross over the root ...
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Hiding cursor in Wayland
I know that X server can be started with --nocursor flag which hides mouse pointer, however I can't seem to find the same option for Wayland. I am running an electron app under (X)Wayland and mouse ...
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How to change the mouse cursor in Bodhi Linux
In Bodhi Linux, there is a poor choice of mouse cursor - only from the MOKSHA desktop theme, is it possible to change the theme of the mouse cursor?
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Can I point cursor to a character on bash CLI prompt using mouse?
How can I point my cursor to a character on bash CLI prompt using mouse?
Example: user@host:$ grep abcd /tmp/dir1/dir2/dir3/ *.c | grep st1 In this example the command is lengthy and if I want to ...
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vim scrolling with cursor, only bottom line moves until certain amount lines scrolled (in gnu screen)
Vim issue, note this happens only when i open gnu screen, on ubuntu, when shelled from a Mac, and only in the top pane of the screen (bottom pane works fine). It does not happen on the mac when i ...
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How do I change my primary mouse pointer on a system using Gnome?
I like sight-gags (and other custom icons) on my virtual-desktops. I like my disk volumes to look like vintage removable packs for an old IBM "Merlin" drive. I like the bird on my ...
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Bigger X11 Cursors suitable for 4k screens
The default X11 cursors are quite tiny when the display is a 4k screen. How can I use bigger cursors? Requirements:
Must work under plain X11 (no KDE, Gnome or similar bloat)
Should have at least a ...
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How to Move Cursor using CTRL + Arrows?
I'm using Terminator which is Terminal Emulator and I want to add CTRL + Arrows shortcut instead of Alt + b or Alt +c
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How to use big-cursor in Ubuntu?
I've installed the big-cursor package in Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS, but it doesn't show up on the update-alternatives list, and I can't find any instructions on how to use it.
I use the dwm window manager ...
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Linux: Mouse cursor continuous rightward movement, even with mouse disconnected
Mouse cursor randomly starts slowly and continuously moving rightwards, even after disconnecting my mouse it still continues rightwards. I switched user, then switched back to my original user and its ...
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KDE Plasma ' Archlinux: my cursor jumps and clicks everywhere and it has become more severe [duplicate]
Problem: my cursor jumps and clicks everywhere, and it has become more severe - it is maddening :'(
This question I have seen before in forums and tried their suggestions, but I still have this ...
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tty blinking cursor not at insertion point
I have an Ubuntu 12.04 system where I, at reboot, login a root. This morning I did the things I had to and thought about running
apt-get -y upgrade
I started typing this but before pressing Enter I ...
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Arch Linux KDE: How do I get the mouse pointer / cursor to highlight?
I'm running a current version of Arch Linux (KDE) on a Dell laptop.
When I press the Meta key (with the Microsoft logo) it brings up the application launcher menu+. So it's not a dead key. And Ctrl ...
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Highlight mouse for screencasts without disturbing workflow
For making documentation/tutorial videos, I need to highlight the mouse, for example with a yellow translucent corona around it:
The marker should be active when clicking and moving, but if it's on ...
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How do I change the mouse cursor icon for the Sway Wayland compositor?
Under i3 I could change the mouse cursor icon by editing ~/.Xresources, is it possible to change the mouse cursor icon for Sway?
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Strange cursor with last Kernel
I have a fully updated Fedora 33 with 3 kernels installed: the last one 5.11.7-200.fc33.x86_64 and two 5.10 kernels. If I launch the 5.11, I see very strange cursors in KDE. The cursors in 5.10 ...
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How to know the end of an ANSI control code?
I'm working on code for a serial terminal and I'm implementing the ANSI escape codes for moving around the cursor, clearing the screen, etc, and I am curious how to know which to use since there doesn'...
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Mouse cursor became a big X
Below is a screenshot from Chromium browser, running in Razor-Qt desktop,
In other DEs, the cursor is just normal, but here you can see it becomes a big X, anyone know how to fix that? The cursor ...
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Problem with mouse area not reaching lower section
Under Debian 9.3 and 9.8 with OPENBOX and LIGHTDM. I have a problem with the mouse pointer on screen. Depending on the orientation, there is a section on screen that the mouse pointer doesn’t go. BUT, ...
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Tiny cursor after logout
I am using GNOME with a 4k monitor and 200% scaling and everything seems to be working fine, but after logging out and logging back in, cursor scaling seems to reset to 100%. I am attaching the photo ...
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How do I navigate horizontally in less?
I'm viewing a wide (not necessary long) file using the less utility, without line wrapping.
I can move right and left using my arrow keys (and even that's due to terminal magic I'm not well-versed in, ...
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White terminal cursor and yellow Vim searches
I have a blinking block cursor in the XTerm. The goal is to always be able to tell my current position. It usually works fine, but it fails when I place my cursor on a background similar to the cursor ...
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Large cursor XFCE
I recently installed Antergos with Xfce. However, the default cursor is massive when it's over a window that isn't the OS itself. So, if I'm within the file manager everything looks normal. With ...
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configuring cursor shapes in gnome
First of all, this question is not about the mouse cursor, and not about cursor shapes in a terminal or console. I want to configure the shape of the cursor while typing e.g. while typing this ...
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Cursor moving erratically on its own
My System:
OS: Linux Mint 18 Sarah KDE Plasma 5
laptop: Acer Aspire V112p
this is the output of the command xinput
xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master ...
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Using Regex in Vim movement
Is there any way to use a regular expression for moving in Vim?
For example, I want to move my cursor to the first occurrence of the pattern abc.
Can I do something analogous to fa but replacing the ...
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How to change cursor shape, color, and blinkrate of Linux Console?
I know I can change some fundamental settings of the Linux console, things like fonts, for instance, with dpkg-reconfigure console-setup.
But I'd like to change things like blinkrate, color, and ...
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TTY's cursor moves to wrong position during login
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 without a desktop manager.
When my system is started, it goes to tty0, and the screen appears like this:
<my-pc-name> login: |
where | represents the cursor.
After a ...
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How to enable use of cursors to navigate commands in Linux Shell
I'm running a Docker container on Windows to enable me to work with Linux for some projects where that's required. When using the CLI I'm unable to use the cursor keys to navigate the commands / the ...
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How can I make a custom terminal cursor shape?
I want to change the shape of the cursor in my various (emulated) terminals.
The shape that I want is ⼕ (sorry if it doesn't render). It's a three sided box that opens to the right. This way I could ...
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Linux Mint 20 TTY 1-6 blinking cursor, GUI at tty7 works normally
I have a custom PC build (AMD Ryzen 3800x, ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS mobo, Nvidia 1660 TI, 16GB ddr4 3200mhz RAM) running Linux Mint 20 (recently released), kernel 5.4.0-39-generic. While it works ...
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What handles virtual console cursor specifics?
In the Linux source code, specifically in linux/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c, there is a switch case block for cursor shapes. Each of these shapes are rectangles of the same width and varying ...
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Mouse cursor jumping around the screen and clicking on HP Pavilion x360
I just got a old HP Pavilion x360 that I really want to put linux on, but I'm having problems with the cursor jumping sporadically and clicking things without me touching the touchpad. I tried to ...
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