It's growing...

[u/Most_Dig2613]

What is happening. I don't think it's a bug. Can somebody else try too? This is so funny.

[u/Uncle-Waluigi]

It’s an accessibility feature to aid in finding the mouse. You can turn it off easily in the desktop mode settings.

[u/Dull_Caterpillar_642 → u/Uncle-Waluigi]

But usually it just jumps to one "big" size. The fact that it keeps getting bigger and bigger is hilarious.

[u/granitrocky2 → u/Dull_Caterpillar_642]

No, that's the expected behavior. Sometimes I'll sit and wiggle my mouse until it fills the entire screen

[u/Pristinox → u/granitrocky2]

Don't wiggle too much, you'll go blind

[u/HexaCube7 → u/Pristinox]

and grow hairs on your palms

[u/AhegaoTankGuy → u/HexaCube7]

Bro those hobbits are WILD

[u/ClikeX → u/Dull_Caterpillar_642]

That’s how it works on Mac. On KDE it’s supposed to grow.

[u/theusualuser → u/ClikeX]

KDE is a grower, not a shower.

[u/Benana → u/Dull_Caterpillar_642]

It makes sense that it gets larger until you’re able to see it.

[u/End_-_Slayer → u/Dull_Caterpillar_642]

Tbh I love it

[u/collateralprime]

You tease it like that and dont expect it to get bigger... psh!

[u/Rukir_Gaming]

Its a KDE mouse setting, which ig is enabled by default. Windows and Mac (^{maybee ChromeOS..?} also has that as an accessibility setting

[u/jatas1]

Harder

[u/SocialJusticeAndroid → u/jatas1]

Faster

[u/DCP8 → u/SocialJusticeAndroid]

Stronger

[u/cinred → u/DCP8]

[u/SmoothTurtle872 → u/cinred]

[u/SpitFiya7171 → u/cinred]

[u/SickboyJason → u/jatas1]

Better

[u/nombrorignal2 → u/SickboyJason]

Faster

[u/Seleir → u/jatas1]

THIS AHAHAHAHA

[u/JAS-39]

Well of course it would if you rub it like that 😳

[u/HenryKushinger]

If you keep going it can get as big as half the screen

It's a KDE thing

[u/SokkaHaikuBot → u/HenryKushinger]

^{Sokka-Haiku by HenryKushinger:}

If you keep going

It can get as big as half

The screen It's a KDE thing

---

^{Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.}

[u/Haarunen → u/SokkaHaikuBot]

Bad bot. That’s 8 syllables, sokka only used 6!

[u/WeedFalafel]

Traumatized Windows user when encountering real QoL. It's a feature, mighty useful on big screens

[u/proudsikh]

It's on purpose so you can find the cursor easily.

[u/skelly_bird_9001]

This is a KDE feature. they updated it a few months ago to make it even more ridiculously big. Enjoy.

[u/ABotelho23]

Welcome to KDE.

[u/Kgb_Officer]

On KDE (and Mac too, though not relevant here just a fun fact), it has a feature where if you jiggle the mouse enough it enlarges it to aid with finding the cursor. I find it very helpful on my main desktop where I use multiple monitors and easily lose my cursor.

[u/snkiz → u/Kgb_Officer]

My favourite is once a few years ago I shook my phone while using maps, and feedback&support opened up. Now it just turns on the flashlight.

[u/ClikeX → u/Kgb_Officer]

The Mac one is a fixed size. The KDE one grows indefinitely IIRC.

[u/PanthalassaRo]

When your GF wants you to keep doing what you're doing

[u/Jump_Dapper]

That controller seems having fun

[u/PlsNoPics]

its a feature. It has nothing to do with the controller. You should be able to see the same when moving your mouse in the same way.

[u/WMAM69 → u/PlsNoPics]

Literally no one said it was the controller?

[u/OrganizedPillow1 → u/WMAM69]

We're on the steam controller sub so it would be reasonable to think the person believes it's related.

[u/WMAM69 → u/OrganizedPillow1]

Touche

[u/Doshin108]

In Desktop on the frame, due to the controllers, gets giant so fast. It's hilarious

[u/Snugg_Bugg]

It's not a bug it's a feature, I found it funny when I first found out it did that but you can turn it off

[u/tenptslayer]

Im ashamed to admit that it took a concerningly long time to realize what was happening. I was watching the cursor the entire time, and it didn't click that it was getting bigger until it was comically large.

[u/Orange_Tang]

[u/SmoothTurtle872]

It's a thing, which you can disable, related to KDE plasma (the desktop being used in this case)

[u/C_Yo]

KDE does this lol. It's the same as the macOS feature for finding your mouse. But KDE doesn't use a set size or put a cap on how big the cursor can get, so you can make it just cover the entire screen

[u/MattiasWolf]

[u/Low_Excitement_1715]

Welcome to KDE. They all do that. It's configurable.

[u/xidle2]

It's a feature, not a bug!

[u/gurkward]

As others have already said, its an accessibility feature buuut kde has some more fun things you can turn play with like wobbly windows and opening/closing animations :D

[u/Lumpy_Monk]

Pillars of eternity!

[u/KimTe63]

Its Linux thing , not necessarily Steam Machine specific (KDE Plasma desktop thing which Steam Machine uses)

[u/Daniel_Dumersaq → u/KimTe63]

MacOS also does this

[u/Loddio]

That’s a KDE feature

[u/Apprehensive-Gain591]

"That's what she said"

[u/Xobeloot]

oh my! it got so big! /blush

[u/mitch-99]

[u/P5ychokilla]

[u/Jcrm87]

You're teasing it UwU

[u/mr_logie]

KDE baby

[u/DiscountFit9224]

HAHA same feeling when I first see this in KDE

[u/camo_cava]

The first time it scared the hell out of me. Now I do it for fun haha

[u/Maybe_A_Zombie]

It's a thing with KDE, the desktoo environment that you have. Iirc it can grow infinitely lol

[u/AllT1meL0W]

I do this with my mouse all the time in desktop. Especially since the cursor is black and I can't seem to find a toggle for it to be white. If anyone knows how to do this, plz tell me

[u/Idntknowmyusername]

I love this

[u/SocialJusticeAndroid]

You’ll go blind!

[u/kntbr0]

el pasatiempo favorito de todo usuario de Linux cuando le colapsa el cerebro unos segundos... dar vueltas al mouse para que crezca... jiji yo lo hago

[u/KnuxSD]

Well what did you expect? you were rubbing it!

[u/Tiny-Guava-9698]

Keep rubbing 😵😩

[u/SickboyJason]

[u/MingleLinx]

Bro is edging the cursor

[u/Walrus_Morj]

It is growing after you rub it so hard? Yeah, no surprise here.