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There doesn't appear to be a limit to the maximum size the KDE cursor can get when you shake it.

2 years ago by moonpiedumplings to c/linux

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I find this hilarious. Is this an easter egg? When shaking my mouse cursor, I can get it to take up the whole screens height.

This is KDE Plasma 6.

metaStatic 62 points 2 years ago

"Time for my favourite game, is there a limit?

--several hours later --

if there is I couldn't find it but check out my frame rate now"

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MonkeMischief 27 points 2 years ago

Ahh another sophisticated LetsGameItOut enjoyer. Right on. :D

"Got it, got it, goooot it..." (DrKonqi coredump) "Perfect!" (Fanfare)

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ProtonBadger 50 points 2 years ago

It has replaced idly making selection squares on the desktop.

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nightwatch_admin 44 points 2 years ago

I hope it’s never changed, absolutely fabulous

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jdadam 29 points 2 years ago

My kids love making the cursor fill the screen.

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geneva_convenience 12 points 2 years ago

Feature moment

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DarkSirrush 22 points 2 years ago

Managed to get it to fill a whole 1200x1920 (not a typo, screen is sideways) screen without shrinking once. It is always fun to do.

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tyler 18 points 2 years ago

This might get me to try KDE lol. I’ve used this feature on my Mac for years just when I get bored in meetings and I’ve always wanted it to grow to that size.

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caseyweederman 13 points 2 years ago

Note: Only on Plasma 6.0 (edit: and up)

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princessnorah 7 points 2 years ago

Nope, still functional as of Plasma 6.2.3 :)

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octopus_ink 9 points 2 years ago

I thought they meant "Not if you are still on Plasma 5" but maybe I misinterpreted it.

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caseyweederman 5 points 2 years ago

Correct. 6.0 is when it was introduced.
I keep trying it on 5 and then remembering and being sad.

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princessnorah 5 points 2 years ago

Ah sorry, I thought you meant that it was a bug introduced in 6.0 that was fixed or something

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je_skirata 12 points 2 years ago

I do this for fun while waiting for things to load

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tekeous 12 points 2 years ago

It’s not big enough until the window manager crashes

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dditty 11 points 2 years ago

Ha I also noticed this in the last week and assumed it was a feature, not a bug

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asudox 9 points 2 years ago

No, I don't think it is an easter egg. Probably just a missing check in code that needed to be done.

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TimeWalker 38 points 2 years ago

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penquin 8 points 2 years ago

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foremanguy92_ 2 points 2 years ago

By default on recent KDE but search shake mouse in desktop settings

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penquin 2 points 2 years ago

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penquin 1 point 2 years ago

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moonpiedumplings 14 points 2 years ago

This feature used to be in KDE 5 as well though, but with a size cap. I suspect the removal of the size cap is intentional rather than a bug.

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pineapplelover 8 points 2 years ago

I've made it span my 2 monitors. It's funny. Best feature yet.

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jagged_circle 6 points 2 years ago

An interesting side effect for mouse jiggler attacks

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variants 5 points 2 years ago

That's my wife's default cursor size

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kusivittula 12 points 2 years ago

so your wife likes bbc (big black cursor)

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variants 2 points 2 years ago

haha nah its teal actually

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SitD 5 points 2 years ago

time for those groups of right lower-arm muscles to get their well-deserved spot in the limelight, lads 😎

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ReakDuck 4 points 2 years ago

Feels like a feature. The first time I tested this feature it was first: not dynamically textured, meaning that a small 32x32 pixel imagine got 256x256 or smth. And the size was limited.

Now its actually rendered like a vector graphics and funnily enough, its shaking never stops increasing the size. I love when fun is allowed on your desktop

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pastermil 3 points 2 years ago

Thank you for doing the science for us. That was entertaining

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polle 3 points 2 years ago

Can confirm!

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Grass 3 points 2 years ago

thanks. I was trying to find this out but I'd constantly slip up and let it shrink.

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node815 1 point 2 years ago

You just have to turn it off. It's an accessibility feature if you don't want it:

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ReakDuck 1 point 2 years ago

Nope, thats a different topic.

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