Mouse cursor size different between video games and the desktop (KDE)

[montaropdf]

Hello,

With some video games, on my big screen with a resolution of 3840x2160, the cursor size is way smaller than the one on the Desktop. With a smaller resolution, in-game, the mouse cursor size is bigger.

I seem to recall that the DE can use different mouse cursor properties, than the default one provided by the "system". In turn, I believe those games uses the properties of the "system" mouse cursor. By "system", I mean X or Wayland.

Can someone enlighten me by telling me if my assertion is right. In any cases, can I influence the size of a cursor from a video game, apart from the settings provided by the developers through the game UI especially changing the screen resolution.

An example of game with a very small mouse cursor is "X4: Foundations". I already tried a lot of settings related to the UI, but they don't influence the mouse cursor size, except for the resolution as mentioned above.

[Cincinnatus]

Yes, you can change the mouse cursor through the system settings, but it will not apply to everything. For example, if I started using a red mouse cursor, and then use my browser to open a website, the cursor may change in size and become white. I don't think it's anything you can change in the computers settings. The website/game is what's causing the change.

[newiron09]

It is set to 24, but I figured out it is actually displaying at 32 because when I set it there, then the mouse size doesn't change anymore at the window close buttons. However, it is showing smaller in chrome etc. at the size I actually want it to be, which looks like 24.

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