[hidpi] [XWAYLAND] XWayland mouse is tiny when on the edge of a window despite XCURSOR_SIZE env var

[TheSunCat]

I'm using the XWayland hidpi patches, and have to export XCURSOR_SIZE=48 to get a normal-sized cursor when over an XWayland app. However, if I move the cursor to the edge of a window, it becomes tiny yet again as if the variable were not exported. This does not occur in Sway with the same patches.

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[vaxerski]

that's happening to me as well and seems to have just sprung up randomly, interestingly only on my laptop and not desktop. Can you try bisecting?

(I assume you tested sway-git)

Edit: actually just tested and it's not happening on my laptop either. odd.

[TheSunCat]

It's happened for as long as I remember with the hidpi patches. I don't know of any good commits.

[ywxt]

same issue, and some XWayland applications(Microsoft Edge, VSCode and IntelliJ IDEA) have smaller cursor size.

I installed hyprland-hidpi-xprop-git, and then set monitor scale as 2. GDK_SCALE is useless to fix it.

Maybe it's a problem with the aur package, I need to troubleshoot.

[vaxerski]

can't repro any.

[ywxt]

I found default XCURSOR_SiZE is 32. After unset the variable, The cursor size of the Xwayland apps is back to normal.

Is there a way to automatically unset the variable after hyprland starts, I tried to execute in hyprland.conf, but it has no effect.

This is same issue on wayfire, I believe it is a bug of Xwayland.

[TheSunCat]

can't repro any.

The small cursor only happens on tiled windows. Are you testing with a similar setup as me?

[ywxt]

I see. I set Xft.dpi=192. After I remove it, I got a normal cursor size.

However, I need Xft.dpi, because fcitx5 depends on it in XWayland applications.

A tiny cursor on the edge of a window has always existed.

[TheSunCat]

I was able to fix it by running xsetroot -xcf /usr/share/icons/$your_cursor_theme_name/cursors/left_ptr 48! The mouse is no longer tiny when on the edge of a hidpi Xwayland app.

[LeoGitHuber]

I see. I set Xft.dpi=192. After I remove it, I got a normal cursor size.

However, I need Xft.dpi, because fcitx5 depends on it in XWayland applications.

A tiny cursor on the edge of a window has always existed.

Could you tell me about how to make fcitx5 display the normal size in XWayland applications? By the way, have you solved the tiny cursor problem?

[ywxt]

create a  .Xresource with `Xft.dpi: 192` in home path, and then execute xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources. maybe you need remove gdk_scala variable. btw qt application has a larger cursor than gtk. before launching it, reset xcursor_size variable.

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---Original--- From: ***@***.***> Date: Fri, Mar 24, 2023 17:20 PM To: ***@***.***>; Cc: ***@***.******@***.***>; Subject: Re: [hyprwm/Hyprland] [hidpi] [XWAYLAND] XWayland mouse is tiny whenon the edge of a window despite XCURSOR_SIZE env var (Issue #1311) I see. I set Xft.dpi=192. After I remove it, I got a normal cursor size. However, I need Xft.dpi, because fcitx5 depends on it in XWayland applications. A tiny cursor on the edge of a window has always existed. Could you tell me about how to make fcitx5 display the normal size in XWayland applications? By the way, have you solved the tiny cursor problem? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[ywxt]

currently, QT wayland application doesnot get wayland cursor size but reads xcursor_size variable. it needs to unset the variable. i have add it to launcher command. Gtk application export XCURSOR_SIZE=48 and execute gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-size 48

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---Original--- From: ***@***.***> Date: Fri, Mar 24, 2023 17:20 PM To: ***@***.***>; Cc: ***@***.******@***.***>; Subject: Re: [hyprwm/Hyprland] [hidpi] [XWAYLAND] XWayland mouse is tiny whenon the edge of a window despite XCURSOR_SIZE env var (Issue #1311) I see. I set Xft.dpi=192. After I remove it, I got a normal cursor size. However, I need Xft.dpi, because fcitx5 depends on it in XWayland applications. A tiny cursor on the edge of a window has always existed. Could you tell me about how to make fcitx5 display the normal size in XWayland applications? By the way, have you solved the tiny cursor problem? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[LeoGitHuber]

Thanks, it works.

[techsavvyumer]

I had the same issue, cursor got small i.e 24px when using QT applications or on desktop. I wanted it to be 32px as in GTK applications I set it to 32px.
In my hyprland config file, I set the "env = XCURSOR_SIZE = 32". I don't know what's wrong with "env = XCURSOR_SIZE = 32" it didn't work.
Then I wrote it as "env = XCURSOR_SIZE,32" and it worked fine.