Created attachment 149337 [details] Video showing bug SUMMARY *** NOTE: If you are reporting a crash, please try to attach a backtrace with debug symbols. See https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Debugging/How_to_create_useful_crash_reports *** STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Install sweet-cursors theme and apply 2. Do as seen in the video, the app open is firefox 3. See bug OBSERVED RESULT The cursor changes back to the breeze cursor EXPECTED RESULT It would still be the sweet-cursor SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: Yes (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0 Qt Version: 5.15.4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Note that I have rebooted multiple times and it is persistent
Are you using X11 or Wayland?
Wayland.
Can confirm on Wayland. The cursor never changes when hovering over any part of Plasma, even after restarting Plasma. It works properly on X11 though.
Is this still an issue? Custom cursors work fine for me on Wayland, even on UI elements drawn by plasmashell (panels, trays, desktop, etc.)
Tested again today and now restarting plasma does apply a new cursor theme to Plasma UI elements. It still doesn't apply the new cursor theme immediately, though.
That's true, however that's also true on X11. Maybe not for plasmashell (don't remember right now), but for various other applications. I find that under X11, if I change the cursor theme, it tends to be mixed in which applications accept the new theme immediately and which don't. Either way, I think the original issue has been resolved at least?
please check this page. It solved my issue. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE#Plasma_cursor_sometimes_shown_incorrectly
That's not a fix, that's a hack
Indeed. However it's also true that the original bug of the cursor never changing is now fixed. There's a new bug of needing to restart it before changes take effect, which should be filed separately.