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Posted by tflorac on 2023-08-23.
Hi!
I just installed Ansel on a Debian GNU/Linux “testing” release using the AppImage.
When switching to fullscreen mode, the mouse cursor disappear!
I’m using Gnome desktop environment…
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tflorac — 2023-09-20
Hi,
If anybody is interested, there is a workaround for this bug which is not related to Ansel but to Gnome display and Wayland. You can download a Gnome extension solving this issue here: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1873/disable-unredirect-fullscreen-windows/
Best regards,
Thierry
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