How to have the same cursors on every window program?

pier_andreit · January 27, 2024, 7:16pm

on my laptop CLEVO L141AU 14inch magnesium running LEAP 15.5 KDE Argon
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Argon_and_Krypton
with these KDE repositries
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:KDE_repositories#KDE_Frameworks_5.2C_Plasma_5_and_Applications
when I am on the title bar of signal (the messenger) desktop I have a big yellow cursor
signal different pointer-Screenshot_20240127_200006

when I am on the window of signal (the messenger) desktop I have a black and small cursor
different cursor-signal small-Screenshot_20240127_200036

when I am on telegram (the messenger) desktop I have a black big cursor
different cursor-telegram blackScreenshot_20240127_200315

when I am on other windows like dolphin or firefox or chome or chromium I have what I set in systemsettings, the yellow big cursor,
how can I have the same big yellow cursor on every window program?

imeth · January 28, 2024, 10:34am

I too have the same problem.
(Opensuse tumbleweed
DE : KDE Plasma
with breeze theme)

hui · January 28, 2024, 10:42am

That means, Signal (however and from wherever you installed it as it is not available in any official openSUSE repo) does not follow the systemsettings rules.

pier_andreit · January 28, 2024, 7:55pm

hi and manythanks, yes also brave browser, I installed them from opensuse discover flatpack, isn’t it official?
is there a way to make that software to follow systemsettings rules?

hui · January 28, 2024, 8:02pm

It is a flatpak problem…

github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop

Regression: latest Flatpak versions break cursor theme under Xorg

opened 02:58AM - 05 Apr 23 UTC

closed 07:32AM - 05 Apr 23 UTC

mrbumpy409

bug 3rd party issue

### Steps to reproduce In the latest two releases of the Telegram Desktop Flatp…ak, the cursor theme falls back to the basic X cursors instead of honoring the system theme. This only happens when using Xorg, not Wayland. Rolling back to the following commit via Flatpak fixes the issue: Commit: c2525719306e6b100196211b242a84a0e9bfb37862462917dbcdae43cd05a046 Subject: Update libheif-1.15.1.tar.gz to 1.15.2 (2d936081) Date: 2023-03-30 23:21:02 +0000 This was tested in Ubuntu 22.04, Kubuntu 22.04 and KDE neon, all with the same result. **Steps to reproduce:** 1. Launch latest Flatpak version of Telegram Desktop. 2. Move the mouse cursor over the Telegram window. ### Expected behaviour The mouse cursor should remain the system theme. ### Actual behaviour The mouse cursor changes to the basic 2-color X cursors. ### Operating system KDE neon 5.27 (User Edition), KDE Plasma 5.27.3 ### Version of Telegram Desktop 4.7.1 ### Installation source Flatpak ### Crash ID _No response_ ### Logs _No response_

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/ihsyf7/if_you_have_problems_with_mouse_pointer_size_in/

You need to report this to the relevant flatpak devs for your affected applications…

pier_andreit · January 28, 2024, 8:02pm

is there any way to know which rules these programs follow so to gchange that cursor?

pier_andreit · January 28, 2024, 8:31pm

manythanks, how ca I to find what name I have to use for signal, telegram, brave istead of
com.spotify.Client?
to use in the commands
sudo flatpak override --env=XCURSOR_THEME=Adwaita com.spotify.Client
sudo flatpak override --env=XCURSOR_SIZE=72 com.spotify.Client

hui · January 28, 2024, 8:38pm

Signal:
org.signal.Signal

Telegram:
org.telegram.desktop

Brave:
com.brave.Browser

Can be found by searching for the app on flathub and hit the small triangle next to the download button…

pier_andreit · January 29, 2024, 5:54pm

I tried

pla@plaTW:~> sudo flatpak override --env=XCURSOR_THEME=Breeze org.signal.Signal
pla@plaTW:~> sudo flatpak override --env=XCURSOR_SIZE=48 org.signal.Signal

also for org.telegram.desktop and com.brave.Browser
logout and login
but it didn’t work, suggestions?