Re: pkg/59768: Firefox-efr: mouse pointer does no change over links

"Stefan Schaeckeler via gnats" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.pkgsrc.bugs
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The following reply was made to PR pkg/59768; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Stefan Schaeckeler <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: pkg/59768: Firefox-efr: mouse pointer does no change over links
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:41:08 -0800

 >  Short answer, if you're fine with the legacy X11 cursor set here, go to
 >  about:config in Firefox, find "widget.gtk.legacy-cursors.enabled",
 >  change it to "true", restart the browser, and you should see the hand
 >  icon appear over links. (This works for me with firefox140, which is th=
 e
 >  firefox-esr version available in pkgsrc HEAD.)
 > =20
 >  Longer answer, see for example this Mozilla PR:
 >  https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D3D1876366
 >  particularly (perhaps)
 >  https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D3D1876366#c15
 >  It's marked "resolved", but it isn't, necessarily, from a user's
 >  perspective.
 
 Then I go with that about:config.
 
 I had the same problem with thunderbird 1.42 and that config also works th=
 ere.
 
  Stefan
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