bigkrp
1
Describe the Bug
An annoying issue with the mouse-cursor scale on Linux desktop.
Steps to Reproduce
Launch or integrate and launch Cursor IDE
Expected Behavior
Mouse cursor scales properly according to the gnome settings
Screenshots / Screen Recordings
Operating System
Linux
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Version: 1.4.3
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: e50823e9ded15fddfd743c7122b4724130c25df0
Date: 2025-08-08T17:34:53.060Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.15.9-201.fc42.x86_64
Additional Information
With prev version, adding DESKTOPINTEGRATION=1 into exec params resolved the issue, now - doesn’t
Does this stop you from using Cursor
Yes - Cursor is unusable
Thanks for reporting this. Can you please update to the latest version and test if the scaling issue persists?
bigkrp
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Hi, thank you for the answer!
There are no updates.
Imre
5
I reported this yesterday: Fedora 42 Cursor AppImage has a tiny mouse cursor, but it is the same issue. Apologies for the duplicate, but this issue indeed still exists
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bigkrp
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Version 1.5.5, VSCode Version 1.99.3, issue is still relevant
bigkrp
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Version 1.5.11, still relevant
deanrie
8
Thanks for the info. We’re still working on it, and version 1.6, which might fix this, will be available soon.
bigkrp
9
Version 1.6.27, same issue, small cursor. In VS Code and other Electron-based apps, there is no such issue.
bigkrp
10
Version 1.7.23, issue still here
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bigkrp
11
Version 1.7.44, issue still here
