SUMMARY STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. zoom in (is easier to see when really zoomed in or when the cursor becomes a caret) 2. shake cursor OBSERVED RESULT The cursor PNG created on top of the original one is very noticeable EXPECTED RESULT The cursor effect shouldn't be noticeable when zoomed in SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.0 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0 Qt Version: 6.7.2
*** Bug 490923 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Bug #490923 (duplicate) has an I believe reasonable suggestion that I'll repeat and add to here: Disable shake-cursor when zoomed in. My add: Do this only when the zoom effect's scale-cursor option is enabled as well; without it shake-cursor's perhaps even more useful as the cursor's even smaller compared to everything else -- I know as I had zoom's cursor-scaling option disabled due to a bug for awhile, but that's fixed now. The argument is that when zoomed in (with the cursor zoomed too) shake-cursor to locate isn't really useful/necessary any longer. My own use-case: I've 4 4k 50-inch TVs as monitors in a 2x2 grid to effectively give me a poor-man's 100-inch 8k (tho ATM, it's only 3 in an L, gotta upgrade to do the full 4), making it rather easy to lose the pointer/cursor in all that space. One might think zoom wouldn't be necessary with that but I still find it useful. But by definition, zooming in constrains the visible resolution and if configured so, the cursor already scales/zooms as well, so indeed, shake-cursor to locate it /isn't/ as necessary. Therefore, at least for my use-case, disabling shake-cursor when zoomed (with the cursor already zoomed too) is indeed reasonable. If there are use-cases where people still need shake-cursor when zoomed in with the cursor zoomed/scaled too, please post 'em (well, the first few anyway, don't go overboard if there's a hundred... =:^). I can't think of any so if this will break the way others use the effects I'll learn. =:^)