Screen Cursor Size

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colpat47
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Screen Cursor Size

Post by colpat47 » Tue Oct 28, 2025 7:45 am

Hi,
I have just upgraded my operating system from POP_OS 22.04 to POP_OS 24.04 LTS Cosmic
Since re-installing QCAD I cannot get the cursor to the right size - if I got outside the QCAD display the cursor drops to the right size.
My external screen is 23.4" @ 1920 x 1080, 60Hz & scale 100%.
I have screen pics of cursor. In QCAD quite large, move onto open app and cursor drops to proper size.
Does anyone know how to change the cursor size? I have looked in App Preferences - Graphics View - Appearance but can't find anything to change.
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Re: Screen Cursor Size

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Re: Screen Cursor Size

Post by colpat47 » Tue Oct 28, 2025 10:03 pm

Recommended link option does not work. I have it set to system cursor.
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Re: Screen Cursor Size

Post by andrew » Wed Oct 29, 2025 8:18 am

Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately, this means we cannot solve this problem from our end as this would be a system setting, feature or problem as the window system is controlling the cursor size.

Can you please indicate your exact QCAD version and if you are using Wayland or X11?

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Re: Screen Cursor Size

Post by colpat47 » Thu Oct 30, 2025 2:43 am

Please see attached screen shot
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Re: Screen Cursor Size

Post by andrew » Thu Oct 30, 2025 8:05 am

If you are willing to invest some time in resolving the issue, you might want to try the 3.32.3.1 development snapshot release which is Qt 6 based. You can download it from your download link under "QCAD Professional Snapshots".

If that does not solve the issue, try to change "-platform xcb" to "-platform wayland" in the "qcad" launch script. That might make a difference as well.

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Re: Screen Cursor Size

Post by colpat47 » Thu Oct 30, 2025 9:06 am

Many, many thanks Andrew, I will try your suggestions and let you know.

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