system-wide mouse settings ignored {size of mouse cursor}

[quartchug]

Re: Ignoring system-wide mouse settings by Logitech Options

I am running linux mint 20 cinnamon on a 2013 Dell Inspiron 660 I5-3330 4gb.
In linux settings, I made the mouse larger so I can see it and find it on the screen. This setting is honored by other programs such as libre office.
Vivaldi, however, keeps the mouse at the smaller size.

[A Former User]

Set the XCURSOR_SIZE environment variable, that should work.

[Randay]

@Gwen-Dragon You can choose different styles and sizes of cursors following this advice.
https://www.debianadmin.com/howto-change-default-cursor-theme-in-debian.html

I use Mxlinux and had to look in its downloader/updater under "cursor". Unfortunately for me, my system does not want to change sizes so I just chose the biggest one. Also, it still does not change the size in Vivaldi. That is a pain.

[mib2berlin]

@Randay
I can verify this on KDE Plasma 5, Opensuse Tumbleweed.
Changed setting in KDE settings, curser.
I don´t use it but you should report it to the bugtracker from Vivaldi help menu.

Cheers, mib
EDIT: Vivaldi ignore every setting on KDE cursor settings.

[Steffie]

@mib2berlin said in system-wide mouse settings ignored {size of mouse cursor}:

you should report it to the bugtracker from Vivaldi help menu

Vivaldi ignore every setting on KDE cursor settings

With respect, IMO this is NOT a Vivaldi problem per se. I just changed my Plasma cursors from 24 to 48 px, & verified they correctly became large on my desktop, in Thunderbird, Okular, KSnip, System Settings itself...

Otoh, the pointer reverts to 24px over Vivaldi-Snapshot, AND over Chromium, AND over Firefox-Nightly.

Ergo, it seems to me that this problem is deeper than being simply Vivaldi.

[A Former User]

@mib2berlin What about env variables? Do they work? Of course you have to start Vivaldi with them, not just set them & expect V to read them.

XCURSOR_SIZE=48 XCURSOR_THEME='Qogir-dark' vivaldi-snapshot --user-data-dir=/tmp/vivaldi

(the --user-data-dir is there so that you don’t have to close Vivaldi before)

[mib2berlin]

@potmeklecbohdan
Hi, this work and look really ugly and you have different cursor in other windows.
I guess you can add this permanently to user env var for all windows.

Cheers, mib

[A Former User]

@mib2berlin said in system-wide mouse settings ignored {size of mouse cursor}:

permanently

Yes, the command I wrote is just to test if it works. You can put

export XCURSOR_SIZE=48 XCURSOR_THEME='Qogir-dark'

in your ~/.xprofile or ~/.xinitrc or whatever you use.

[mib2berlin]

@potmeklecbohdan
Yeah thanks but I use the default cursor, may it help @Randay.
@Steffie ah, I just make a short check.

Cheers, mib

[CantankRus]

@quartchug
See this post... Vivaldi shrinks mouse cursor?

Default size is usually 24px. Sizes of 32, 48 or 56 work with most cursors and can be used in the terminal command shown in the above link.