Bug 489051

Summary:	Please add mouse wiggle (and/or button) to activate cursor highlighting
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Thorolf E.R. Weißhuhn <terw>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	cwo.kde, kde
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.0.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Thorolf E.R. Weißhuhn 2024-06-23 14:29:59 UTC

SUMMARY

With the tiny cursor in some apps (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489049), a way to spot the cursor without using keyboard shortcuts is sorely needed.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Run KDE
2. Try to find an option to set Mouse Tracking to "by mouse wiggle" or similar.

OBSERVED RESULT

Only keyboard shortcuts are offered to highlight the cursor.

EXPECTED RESULT

An option to activate cursor highlighting by a) mouse wiggle and b) a selectable mouse button.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240621
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0
Qt Version: 6.7.1
Kernel Version: 6.9.5-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

It interrupts the 'flow' when the cursor is barely visible and one has to press some key, esp. when modifiers are required because all the unmodified keys are indispensably assigned to other actions. 

If one hand is on the mouse and the other, e.g., on pen and paper, a smooth work would require an extra hand. Not to mention one-handed handicapped users...

Comment 1 cwo 2024-06-23 21:15:23 UTC

Thank you for your bug report. If I understand you correctly, you are requesting a way to highlight the mouse cursor by shaking the mouse or similar.

This is one of the new features included in Plasma version 6.1, which was released a couple of days ago. You can find more information in the release notes here: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.0/

I hope this solves your issue. Please reopen this bug report if this solution does not fit your requirements, or create a new report if there is a bug in the implementation of the feature as-is.