Re: [e-users] Mouse cursor size

[Peter F. <pe...@si...>]

On 13/01/2023 11:34, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
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> as below - you want a larger thing that actually starts big and zooms
> down to where the  pointer is causing motion that your eyes follow to
> that point and then can discover the mouse - there is no such feature
> in e at this point.

That is not a requirement.

The requirement is for a BIG CURSOR.

> if it's 2x as big it's still a pointer on a busy screen full of
> content that if you don't have the visual acuity to make out is still
> hard to see.

If it's big and (eg) red it will be seen.

> x cursors (libxcursor and x cursor themes) are "dumb" as i described.
> simple images or a sequence of images to display. e renders its
> cursor live from the same theme elements that make up everything else
> (border, backgrounds, buttons, window borders) thus they can do
> everything any theme element can do. it's all done the same way. thus
> these objects accept signals (like a mouse click), scale like the
> theme and size like all of these other theme elements - cursor is
> defined in the theme like everything else. efl apps do the same as e
> - they use efl to render the mouse cursor if they need a custom one
> of their own.
Ah. So I could write some code to make a bigger mouse pointer?

> as a result x cursors are very limited in what they can do. a set of 
> N images for sizing and then N images in sequence looping if you
> want animation and a hotspot. that's it. e's cursors can do this 

Except they cannot do sizing independently from the rest of the theme, 
if I understand you right.

> any amount of signals can be sent to a pointer and the theme can
> respond.
I love your enthusiasm and explanation.

Peter