Bug 451653 - Glitchy cursor behaviour in Plasma 5.24's Wayland session
Summary: Glitchy cursor behaviour in Plasma 5.24's Wayland session
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 447797
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.24.3
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2022-03-18 12:16 UTC by Merlin Cooper
Modified: 2022-03-27 17:14 UTC (History)
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Description Merlin Cooper 2022-03-18 12:16:00 UTC
SUMMARY
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In Plasma 5.24's Wayland session (tested specifically on Fedora Linux 36, but also applies to Fedora Linux 35 when it's updated to Plasma 5.24), when the standard pointer cursor changes to another cursor, for example the I-beam (the one that shows over text fields) or the pointing hand (that shows over hyperlinks), the cursor goes off-centre; when the cursor changes back to the standard pointer, it goes back to normal. This does not occur on the X11 session and did not occur in Plasma 5.23's Wayland session either.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Login to the Wayland session and mouse over an editable text field or a hyperlink
2. The I-beam / hand cursor goes off-centre
3. Login to the X11 session and do the same; it works as expected

OBSERVED RESULT
I-beam / hand cursors go off centre

EXPECTED RESULT
The cursors stay centred, as what happens in the X11 session and in previous versions of Plasma's Wayland session

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: N/a
macOS: N/a
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora Linux 36/Plasma 5.24.3 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.91.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

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Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-03-26 03:02:59 UTC
In what apps are you seeing this, specifically? Also what scale factor (if any) are you using?
Comment 2 Merlin Cooper 2022-03-26 19:14:35 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> In what apps are you seeing this, specifically? Also what scale factor (if
> any) are you using?

It seems that a recent update changed this - now the cursor doesn't just stay off-centre, it now jumps off-centre for a fraction of a second. This happens across the entire desktop in all apps. I made a short video here so you can see it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfv1wMdCgb4
Comment 3 Patrick Silva 2022-03-27 17:14:09 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 447797 ***