Bug 477258

Summary:	Cursor size is too big and varies on size and style on wayland
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Firestar-Reimu <1900011604>
Component:	wayland-generic	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate, nicolas.fella
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.27.80
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Attachments:	screenshots

Description Firestar-Reimu 2023-11-20 01:23:28 UTC

I use cursor `size=36 style=Breeze` on X11

I have the display 200% on X11 and Wayland, and I use `Apply Scaling Themselves` on Wayland

But I found that on Wayland screen or system apps, it will enlarge to about 72 (200%).

On Edge browser it  will enlarge to about 54 (150%).

and on VScode it is 36 as the same as on X11.

And on Gwenview it will change to Adwaita style.

Comment 1 Firestar-Reimu 2023-11-20 01:37:29 UTC

Created attachment 163305 [details]
screenshots

Comment 2 Firestar-Reimu 2023-11-20 01:39:35 UTC

Screenshots https://paste.c-net.org/ToiletsCreature

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2023-11-29 23:05:52 UTC

> But I found that on Wayland screen or system apps, it will enlarge to about 72 (200%).

This is intentional; it's the way it was supposed to be all along. Rather, it's X11 that didn't properly scale the cursor!

> On Edge browser it  will enlarge to about 54 (150%).
This is a bug in Edge.

> and on VScode it is 36 as the same as on X11.
And this is a bug in VSCode. :) 

> And on Gwenview it will change to Adwaita style.
This is caused by Gwenview still using Qt 5, which is an Arch packaging issue. Gwenview has a Qt 6 port now, so if you're using Qt 6 for everything else, you should be using the Qt 6 version of Gwenview too.

Comment 4 Firestar-Reimu 2023-12-01 05:07:56 UTC

OK Gwenview 24.01.80 had not been updated until yesterday.

So maybe you need to develop smaller cursor sizes such as 6, 9, 12, 18 (as 4K/8K screen users may beed larger scalings)? And Edge/VSCode should use 200% scaling too.