Re: [e-users] Mouse cursor size

On 10/01/2023 19:20, Wido wrote:
> Hi Carsten! I appreciate that you always take the time to respond to users

He's the best!

>> E has its own cursors that uses the efl/e theme. if you use 
>> something else then "you're mileage may vary". efl's cursors will
>> scale based on scale factor. there is no good reason to set cursor
>> size as pointers will follow the same scale factor as everything
>> else.

This is an unrecognised problem in all interfaces. Pointer size is 
probably the only item that needs to be scalable *independently* of the 
system scale factor, because not all screens offer the same degree of 
clarity for moving objects (cursors) to remain visible.

That is, text, menus, icons, sliders, widgets, etc *usually* stay where 
they are for long periods, but the mouse pointer is constantly moving. 
This is why most systems can be set to blink the cursor when (eg) Ctrl 
is pressed, because the cursor can become "lost" among the other 
components of the screen.

Particularly as you grow older, your visual reactivity declines, so it 
become harder to spot the cursor, whereas you can still easily see the 
more static objects without difficulty. Making *everything* scale just 
to get a big cursor is not a good solution: the cursor needs to be 
scalable independently of everything else.

Peter