[Kde-accessibility] Mouse Scaling in KWin's Zoom Effecdt

[Robert Cole]

Hello there!

I posted this topic on the openSUSE Forums, and have found the solution 
as far as openSUSE is concerned.

By default openSUSE uses the KDE Classic cursor theme. By switching the 
theme to Oxygen White the problem is solved and the cursor scales when 
the screen is zoomed.

I just wanted to report back here in case anyone else either now or in 
the future runs across this issue.

Take care, and have a great day.

On 11/16/2011 04:40 PM, Jeremy Whiting wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Jeremy Whiting<jpwhiting at kde.org>  wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Robert Cole<rkcole72984 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> Hello, everyone.
>>>
>>> I am testing out openSUSE 12.1 in a virtual machine using VirtualBox today.
>>> I decided to test out the Zoom effect of KWin to see how it worked, as it is
>>> quite jumpy on my primary Linux Mint 11 machine. I was amazed at how smooth
>>> the screen panned around while it was zoomed, and this being in a virtual
>>> machine! My main reason for writing this message, however, is that I found
>>> that the mouse pointer does not scale (at least in the virtual machine) when
>>> zoomed in.
>> Interesting.  I haven't played with the kwin zoom effect til today.
>> It's quite nice indeed.  I tried on my real machine, and the cursor
>> did scale, but I noticed it changed style.  When using no zoom the
>> cursor is oxygen style white with a bit of shadow, but as soon as I
>> zoom in one level, it changes to the old style white with black sharp
>> outline.  It stays with the old style for all zoom levels except 100%.
>>
>> Jeremy
> Hmm, after going into the workspace appearance settings and setting
> the cursor theme to any, it scales that cursor theme just fine...
>
> Jeremy
>
>>> According to the settings for the Zoom feature, scaling is enabled.  To
>>> Access the settings, do the following:
>>>
>>> 1. Open the KMenu.
>>> 2. Open the System Settings window (the option to open mine was found under
>>> the Favorites section).
>>> 3. In the Workspace Appearance and Behavior section of the System Settings
>>> window, click the Desktop Effects icon.
>>> 4. In the Desktop Effects dialog, click on the All Effects tab.
>>> 5. Under the Accessibility category on the list of effects, click the wrench
>>> icon to the right of the Zoom listing to access the settings for the Zoom
>>> feature.
>>>
>>>
>>> You should be able to press Meta+Plus (as in the plus symbol on the top
>>> (number) row on a standard QWERTY keyboard; the number pad Plus key did not
>>> work for me) to zoom in. Meta+Minus will zoom out. alternatively, Meta+0
>>> will restore the desktop to the original size.
>>>
>>> Mine was set by default to Scale.
>>>
>>> On my primary Linux Mint 11 machine (on which I installed the kde-standard
>>> package as it had GNOME by default), the mouse pointer does scale when
>>> zoomed, but panning is VERY jumpy.
>>>
>>> Could the scaling be a virtual machine issue?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help. I am very grateful for all of the work being put into
>>> the KDE project. I am loving it!!
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