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

https://files.catbox.moe/e40c8l.webm

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.

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metaStatic@kbin.earth · 62 pts · 1y (1 reply)

"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"

MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 27 pts · 1y

Ahh another sophisticated LetsGameItOut enjoyer. Right on. :D

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

ProtonBadger@lemmy.ca · 50 pts · 1y

It has replaced idly making selection squares on the desktop.

nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl · 44 pts · 1y

I hope it’s never changed, absolutely fabulous

jdadam@lemm.ee · 29 pts · 1y (1 reply)

My kids love making the cursor fill the screen.

geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 1y

Feature moment

DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 1y

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.

tyler@programming.dev · 18 pts · 1y

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.

caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 1y (5 replies)

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

princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Nope, still functional as of Plasma 6.2.3 :)

octopus_ink@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 1y (3 replies)

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

caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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

princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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

caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y

No worries. Updated for clarity.

tekeous@usenet.lol · 12 pts · 1y

It’s not big enough until the window manager crashes

je_skirata@lemmy.today · 12 pts · 1y

I do this for fun while waiting for things to load

dditty@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 1y

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

asudox@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 1y (6 replies)

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

TimeWalker@lemmy.foxden.party · 38 pts · 1y (4 replies)

It's by design as mentioned in this bug report.

There is a hidden config to cap the over magnification on shake

[Effect-shakecursor]
OverMagnification=0
penquin@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y (3 replies)
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foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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

penquin@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
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penquin@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
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moonpiedumplings@programming.dev · 14 pts · 1y

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.

pineapplelover@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y

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

jagged_circle@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 1y

An interesting side effect for mouse jiggler attacks

SitD@lemy.lol · 5 pts · 1y

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

variants@possumpat.io · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

That's my wife's default cursor size

kusivittula@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 1y (1 reply)

so your wife likes bbc (big black cursor)

variants@possumpat.io · 2 pts · 1y

haha nah its teal actually

ReakDuck@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y

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

polle@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y

Can confirm!

pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

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

Grass@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

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

node815@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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

ReakDuck@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

Nope, thats a different topic.