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[Mouse Without Borders] Cursor jump to top of the screen when switching between device
Microsoft PowerToys version
0.71.0
Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
Running as admin
No
Area(s) with issue?
Mouse Without Borders
Steps to reproduce
- Proceeds to connect between 2 computers ( Host : Windows 10, 2nd device running Windows 11)
- Move the cursor between 2 computers.
✔️ Expected Behavior
The cursor should stay on either left or right side of the screen where it last stayed.
❌ Actual Behavior
The cursor jump to the top of the screen for a moment and leave a gray pixel (disappear upon moving the cursor back), causing some video playback in fullscreen to be interrupted by the menu, in some rare cases the taskbar also show up.
Other Software
No response
Hi TechnoHT,
Did you try turning off the "Hied Mouse at the screen edge" feature? It hides the cursor at the top edge of the screen when mouse control is switched to the other machine. It also steals focus away from the a full screen app to prevent input being directed at the previous app.
Hi TechnoHT,
Did you try turning off the "Hied Mouse at the screen edge" feature? It hides the cursor at the top edge of the screen when mouse control is switched to the other machine. It also steals focus away from the a full screen app to prevent input being directed at the previous app.
Hi,
I have made sure that the option is disabled, yet the problem still occur. If I force restart PowerToys it will change from jump to the top to jump to the center of the screen for a few times, the window I was working on was not out of focus despite the cursor jump to the center. Would be nice to see it out of the way or auto hide it when viewing images or other exclusive fullscreen apps.
I have the same issue. Additionally, since my pc does have two monitors, I have the issue, that if I return with the mouse from the connected pc, it always returns to the cursor at the top of the left Monitor instead of the right monitor.
Still no solution?
It seem to be a persist issue that if I leave the option enabled then install as a service then toggling off does nothing. Remove the service then configure it later is the workaround
Found a workaround! I just happened to change my mouse pointer style and size (to black with white border and size 2) and it fixed this jumping issue! I don't know if it was style or size that fixed it, as I adjusted both. Maybe either works?
I think when I last posted here I had black pointer with white border, so it wasn't working for me. Today, it happens to me every once in a while, and I fix it by restarting PowerToys on the remote machine (I click on restart as admin because it keeps it working so I don't need to access the machine physically, I don't know if it works with a normal restart) and when it doesn't work I restart the whole host machine. Sometimes it may have worked restarting PowerToys on the host machine but I'm not sure. I think it could have some relation with the order in which machines start the service, but I haven't tested further
i had the same issue and solve it like above by JoseTullva but a had another issue while hitting Spacebar in a comment box like here on GitHub:
- 2x pc, 2x monitors, 2x windows 10
- connected via router
- each PC has also Mouse and Keyboard connected
- Power Toys Version 0.80.1
- i solved by restarting PT and actualizing MwB on both PC's in case of starting the other computer later and the issue happens
- The issue with writing is after hitting the Spacebar my Mouse jumps on top left of the Main/ Host PC ? got no solution yet
the order of restarting was Slave first then Host. only on Host i actualize MwB.
I have the same issue as @TechnoHT and was not able to resolve it by changing mouse pointer settings? Toggling the Hide mouse at screen option only changes if it jumps the center top edge or dead center. Thanks in advance.
Found a workaround! I just happened to change my mouse pointer style and size (to black with white border and size 2) and it fixed this jumping issue! I don't know if it was style or size that fixed it, as I adjusted both. Maybe either works?
This does not fix my problem. I am using MWB with multimonitor systems.
