Mouse doesn't change to sizing cursor

Secondary Monitor

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Hi.

Please forgive me if this has been asked and answered.

In Seamless mode, when the mouse is on a secondary monitor, I am having two issues:

1) The mouse doesn't change to the window sizing icon.

In order to get the sizing icon to show, I need to find the correct location on the window edge, click it. Then the sizing cursor will appear, then if I click and hold fast enough, I will be able to resize a window by dragging the border.

On the primary monitor the sizing icon show when you move the mouse over the correct location on the window border.

Also, if I use a mouse that is connected to the secondary computer, the mouse cursor works as expected and changes as you move over various areas of the screen.

2) I have used the Windows 10 Ease of Access -> Mouse Pointer options to change my cursor to use the inverted option.  When I move the mouse to the secondary display, the inverted mouse pointer/cursor is not honored.  Only a white mouse pointer is used.

Thanks

-marc

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Without a mouse physically attached to the secondary you will find Windows does not alter the cursor for those situations.

However you can enable the OS mouse keys option (under Ease of Access) on the secondary which will stop the OS not showing its own cursor.  Likewise if you want an inverted mouse pointer you would need to set that on the secondary.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Hi.

Thank you for the response.

I have the inverted cursor set on the secondary system.

I am getting the impression that Multiplicity is drawing the mouse cursor on the secondary systems instead of Windows drawing/controlling the cursor.

-marc

 

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting mhsimkin, reply 3

Hi.

Thank you for the response.

I have the inverted cursor set on the secondary system.

I am getting the impression that Multiplicity is drawing the mouse cursor on the secondary systems instead of Windows drawing/controlling the cursor.

-marc

 
End of mhsimkin's quote

If you don't have a mouse physically plugged in and don't have the mouse keys option set in the OS then yes as more recent OSes will not draw a cursor without a mouse plugged in.

This isn't why the cursor doesn't change to sizing though, as the MP cursor respects all cursor changes but only if the cursor is actually set to a new cursor.