Bug 497549 - Cursors from GNOME are not selectable in KDE
Summary: Cursors from GNOME are not selectable in KDE
Status: CLOSED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: kde
Classification: I don't know
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
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Assignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list
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Reported: 2024-12-16 10:43 UTC by David
Modified: 2024-12-16 17:23 UTC (History)
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Description David 2024-12-16 10:43:07 UTC 
SUMMARY
Cursor themes from gnome packages, such as adwaita, are no longer selectable to use in KDE.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install the latest KDE software.
2. Install libraries with themes from gnome, such as adwaita.
3. Go to the cursor settings in the plasma system settings.

OBSERVED RESULT
Doesn't show the adwaita cursor theme.

EXPECTED RESULT
Should offer the adwaita cursor theme. I get that there was some recent reassessment of how to interpret metadata from gnome about icons and themes, but cursors should not be affected by their misclassifications, since they only have a few states and sizes.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
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macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-12-16 17:22:55 UTC 
This is intentional; Adwaita (all of its parts) is no longer designed to be a proper cross-desktop theme and is only developed to work for GNOME. As such, trying to use it in Plasma causes multiple issues that the Adwaita developers don't consider to actually be issues. For this reason, we decided to hide it in System Settings.