There doesn't appear to be a limit to the maximum size the KDE cursor can get when you shake it.
There doesn't appear to be a limit to the maximum size the KDE cursor can get when you shake it.
I find this hilarious. Is this an easter egg? When shaking my mouse cursor, I can get it to take up the whole screens height.
This is KDE Plasma 6.
"Time for my favourite game, is there a limit?
--several hours later --
if there is I couldn't find it but check out my frame rate now"
62 0 ReplyAhh another sophisticated LetsGameItOut enjoyer. Right on. :D
"Got it, got it, goooot it..." (DrKonqi coredump) "Perfect!" (Fanfare)
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It has replaced idly making selection squares on the desktop.
50 0 ReplyI hope it’s never changed, absolutely fabulous
44 0 ReplyMy kids love making the cursor fill the screen.
29 0 ReplyFeature moment
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Managed to get it to fill a whole 1200x1920 (not a typo, screen is sideways) screen without shrinking once. It is always fun to do.
22 0 ReplyThis might get me to try KDE lol. I’ve used this feature on my Mac for years just when I get bored in meetings and I’ve always wanted it to grow to that size.
19 1 ReplyNote: Only on Plasma 6.0 (edit: and up)
13 0 ReplyNope, still functional as of Plasma 6.2.3 :)
7 0 ReplyI thought they meant "Not if you are still on Plasma 5" but maybe I misinterpreted it.
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It’s not big enough until the window manager crashes
12 0 ReplyI do this for fun while waiting for things to load
12 0 ReplyHa I also noticed this in the last week and assumed it was a feature, not a bug
11 0 ReplyNo, I don't think it is an easter egg. Probably just a missing check in code that needed to be done.
9 0 ReplyIt's by design as mentioned in this bug report.
There is a hidden config to cap the over magnification on shake
[Effect-shakecursor] OverMagnification=0
38 0 ReplyWhere do you set this option?
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This feature used to be in KDE 5 as well though, but with a size cap. I suspect the removal of the size cap is intentional rather than a bug.
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I've made it span my 2 monitors. It's funny. Best feature yet.
8 0 ReplyAn interesting side effect for mouse jiggler attacks
6 0 ReplyThat's my wife's default cursor size
5 0 Replyso your wife likes bbc (big black cursor)
13 1 Replyhaha nah its teal actually
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time for those groups of right lower-arm muscles to get their well-deserved spot in the limelight, lads 😎
5 0 ReplyFeels like a feature. The first time I tested this feature it was first: not dynamically textured, meaning that a small 32x32 pixel imagine got 256x256 or smth. And the size was limited.
Now its actually rendered like a vector graphics and funnily enough, its shaking never stops increasing the size. I love when fun is allowed on your desktop
4 0 Replythanks. I was trying to find this out but I'd constantly slip up and let it shrink.
3 0 ReplyThank you for doing the science for us. That was entertaining
3 0 ReplyCan confirm!
3 0 ReplyYou just have to turn it off. It's an accessibility feature if you don't want it:
5 4 ReplyNope, thats a different topic.
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