** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Noble) Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Jammy) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Plucky) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1991001 Title: Can't move (or see) the mouse cursor during desktop zoom Status in GNOME Shell: Fix Released Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in gnome-shell source package in Jammy: New Status in gnome-shell source package in Noble: New Status in gnome-shell source package in Plucky: In Progress Bug description: [ Impact ] The "Desktop Zoom" accessibility feature loses track of the mouse cursor when using the following settings: - Magnifier position: - Screen part: full screen - Magnifier cursor pushes contents around - 'caret-tracking' and 'focus-tracking' set to 'none' When that happens, the cursor is not visible and the zoomed view does not move with the mouse. [ Test Plan ] 1. Configure the zoom feature with: $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.magnifier mouse-tracking push $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.magnifier caret-tracking none $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.magnifier focus-tracking none 2. Log out and log back in 3. Enable the desktop zoom effect with Super+Alt+8 4. Move the mouse cursor from one edge of the desktop to the other 5. Verify that the cursor is still visible and that the zoomed view moves when the cursor is moved to the edges. To reset the zoom feature configurations to the default you may run: $ gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.a11y.magnifier mouse-tracking $ gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.a11y.magnifier caret-tracking $ gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.a11y.magnifier focus-tracking [ Regression Test Plan ] 1. Reset the desktop zoom configuration to the default, as above 2. Enable the desktop zoom effect with Super+Alt+8 3. Verify that the zoomed view moves together with the cursor [ Where problems could occur ] The patch only affects the zoom effect and will not have side-effects on other uses of the desktop. When using the zoom effect problems may manifest with incorrectly tracking the mouse position. --- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: gnome-shell 42.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-48.54-generic 5.15.53 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-48-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Sep 27 18:44:56 2022 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-09-26 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220809.1) RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 42.2-0ubuntu1 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1991001/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
