Note: Only on Plasma 6.0 (edit: and up)
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Nope, still functional as of Plasma 6.2.3 :)
I thought they meant "Not if you are still on Plasma 5" but maybe I misinterpreted it.
Correct. 6.0 is when it was introduced.
I keep trying it on 5 and then remembering and being sad.
This might get me to try KDE lol. I’ve used this feature on my Mac for years just when I get bored in meetings and I’ve always wanted it to grow to that size.
It has replaced idly making selection squares on the desktop.
My kids love making the cursor fill the screen.
Feature moment
"Time for my favourite game, is there a limit?
--several hours later --
if there is I couldn't find it but check out my frame rate now"
Ahh another sophisticated LetsGameItOut enjoyer. Right on. :D
"Got it, got it, goooot it..." (DrKonqi coredump) "Perfect!" (Fanfare)
I hope it’s never changed, absolutely fabulous
Managed to get it to fill a whole 1200x1920 (not a typo, screen is sideways) screen without shrinking once. It is always fun to do.
I love this feature so much.
Ha I also noticed this in the last week and assumed it was a feature, not a bug
I do this for fun while waiting for things to load
No, I don't think it is an easter egg. Probably just a missing check in code that needed to be done.
It's by design as mentioned in this bug report.
There is a hidden config to cap the over magnification on shake
[Effect-shakecursor]
OverMagnification=0
Where do you set this option?
This feature used to be in KDE 5 as well though, but with a size cap. I suspect the removal of the size cap is intentional rather than a bug.
That's my wife's default cursor size
so your wife likes bbc (big black cursor)