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Mouse cursor size different when using Wine

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Description

Even when simply typing "winecfg" in terminal the window that's being displayed (and any other Wine window) has a system cursor that is a little bit smaller when compared to system used size. I remember this also being an issue in previous versions of Mint, mostly with Qt apps, maybe it's a similar scenario. I tried to capture a screenshot showing the difference, it's hardly seen but it's there. A potential solution I found online which works for me is to set a XCURSOR_SIZE value in etc/environment file.

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Reproduce the mismatch by launching winecfg from a terminal and comparing its cursor with the system size. Check how cursor sizing and the XCURSOR_SIZE workaround in /etc/environment affect Wine windows. Done means Wine windows use the system cursor size without requiring that environment setting.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
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Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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