Created attachment 142119 [details] video showing up the unusual cursor behaviour on wayland SUMMARY On wayland, if the cursor is not moving when launching an application from task manager or the icon-only task manager, it will start growing a thicker and darker "shadow" noticeable to the naked eye. If the cursor is moved, this "animation" is restarted, until the application that has been launched shows up. In other words, the shadow goes back to normal when the application shows up. The behaviour is not present when launching applications from the menu. Tested on a qemu Virtual Machine with Arch Linux, Plasma 5.22.90, Wayland session STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. On a wayland session with no programs open, start system settings by clicking on its icon on the task manager. 2. Leave the mouse pointer somewhere over the desktop wallpaper while the app gets launched. OBSERVED RESULT 1. The pointer will start growing a thicker shadow (see attachment) 2. If cursor moved, the behaviour starts over 3. The behaviour finally stops when application shows up EXPECTED RESULT Cursor shadow doesn't change in any way while an app is being launched SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: - macOS: - Linux/KDE Plasma: Linux kernel 5.14.8-arch1-1 KDE Plasma Version: Plasma 5.22.90 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.86.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Cannot reproduce on current git master.
I have the same problem in real hardware. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux: 6.2.8 Manjaro KDE Plasma Version: Plasma 5.27.3 (Wayland) KDE Frameworks Version: 5.104.0 Qt Version: 5.15.8
Created attachment 157582 [details] Cursor shadow
This has been fixed in Plasma 6 with some damage tracking fixes for the software cursor