Unity does not respect cursor theme

Bug #997099 reported by Sean DS
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Unity
Confirmed
Low
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nautilus (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
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unity (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned
unity-tweak-tool (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

I noticed when I changed my theme that the cursor sprite changes to the default when I click the launcher, attached is a screen cap.

Let me know if any additional information is needed and the commands nescessary to provide it.

To reproduce, change the theme to one which uses a different mouse and watch it switch between the themed and default cursor as you move it around your screen (eg in forefox its correct but on launcher its not). I would attach a screenshot, but the screenshot renders the pointer correctly at all times -- is this a compiz issue?

I'm using 12.04 and I have a dual head setup. This issue was there before I started using the proprietary drivers.

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote : Re: Customized cursor theme changes between apps

Confirmed, but it's not just a problem with Unity. I find most apps don't honour the cursor theme. In fact the only apps that do use the configured cursor theme correctly are Thunderbird and Firefox.

summary: - Cursor sprite changes in size and appearence in Unity3D
+ Customized cursor theme changes between apps
affects: unity (Ubuntu) → ubuntu
shankao (shankao)
tags: added: precise
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shankao (shankao) wrote :

@Daniel: shouldn't this then be changed to "Unity does not respect cursor theme" and leave it assigned to Unity? Eventually, new bug reports can be filled for the rest of the apps that do not respect it, but Unity could have its part fixed separately.

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shankao (shankao) wrote :

Reassign back to a Unity bug. The individual apps that are also affected by this bug should either receive a different bug report.
In the case that anybody wants to do this one a "multiple affected apps" bug, the affected packages should be listed individually (also affects project), instead of the bug being left in the general ubuntu package limbo.

summary: - Customized cursor theme changes between apps
+ Unity does not respect cursor theme
affects: ubuntu → unity (Ubuntu)
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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Rodrigo Lledó (rodhos-hp) wrote :

For me is allways in the default theme except when the cursor is over a terminal's window.

Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Rodrigo Lledó (rodhos-hp) wrote :

As part of the big bug review for 16.04 LTS, I have tested this on 15.10 and the bug is still there.

Working on: Firefox, Gedit, LibreOffice, HardInfo.

Not working on: Unity, Nautilus, Calculator, Unity Tweak Tool, Opera, Synaptic.

In Synaptic and Nautilus I have seen the loading icon (sand clock) with the right theme.

tags: added: desktop-bugscrub-triaged wily
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