Cursor Is Completely Broken on Windows 10

Mattches · February 12, 2025, 8:14pm

@badsector1 it looks like this should be fixed in the minor update we’ll be pushing tomorrow. See @kamil’s comment on the Github issue here:

github.com/brave/brave-browser

cursor disappearing/getting stuck in different states

opened 06:31PM - 07 Feb 25 UTC

closed 07:25PM - 12 Feb 25 UTC

kjozwiak

bug feature/user-interface OS/Windows priority/P2 QA/Yes release-notes/include Chromium/waiting upstream OS/Desktop

### Description We're getting reports via https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browse…r/comments/1ijxkxq/mouse_cursor_sometimes_doesnt_appear_at_all_or_is that users are also running into the issue that I've experienced a few times with `C133` on `Win 11 x64`. Originally, I thought it could be related to https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/02/05/windows-11-kb5050094-has-major-issues-including-spinning-cursor-on-windows-11-24h2 but looks like it's most likely an issue that was introduced with `C133`. When using Brave, sometimes the mouse cursor just "disappears" or gets stuck in different states. For example, these are the cases that I've ran into so far in the last few days on `Nightly` with `C133`: * cursor completely disappears once you hover over Brave. You can see elements being highlighted, but you can't see the cursor * cursor getting stuck in incorrect states. For example, getting stuck on the `link pointer` cursor when it should be the regular cursor * cursor disappearing when hovering over Brave UI. For example, cursor is visible within the WebView but disappears when hovering over UI elements * Bookmark Toolbar, Vertical Tabs etc.. Usually when the above happens, you need to restart Brave to get the cursor back. Sometimes switching to another application and returning to Brave helps but not always. ### Steps to reproduce Unfortunately there's no STR/Cases as this is pretty difficult to reproduce. I've personally only ran into this ~3-4 times but don't know why/how it occurred. Tried a few things but had no success getting STR/Cases. Hopefully someone from https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/1ijxkxq/mouse_cursor_sometimes_doesnt_appear_at_all_or_is can help with STR/Cases. ### Actual result As mentioned above, there's a few cases that are occurring (at least these are the scenarios that I've experienced/ran into) * cursor completely disappears once you hover over Brave. You can see elements being highlighted, but you can't see the cursor * cursor getting stuck in incorrect states. For example, getting stuck on the `link pointer` cursor when it should be the regular cursor * cursor disappearing when hovering over Brave UI. For example, cursor is visible within the WebView but disappears when hovering over UI elements * Bookmark Toolbar, Vertical Tabs etc.. ### Expected result Mouse shouldn't be disappearing/getting into "stuck" states when using Brave. ### Reproduces how often Easily reproduced ### Brave version (brave://version info) ``` Brave | 1.77.21 Chromium: 133.0.6943.54 (Official Build) nightly (64-bit) -- | -- Revision | 63d0f138e633ad45b22e2a9e9ce2676e7a75a827 OS | Windows 11 Version 24H2 (Build 26100.2894) ``` ``` Brave | 1.75.175 Chromium: 133.0.6943.54 (Official Build) (64-bit) -- | -- Revision | 8e82be95a27b2e442e0099307c0c8ad6d12adcf0 OS | Windows 11 Version 24H2 (Build 26100.2894) ``` ### Channel information - [x] release (stable) - [x] beta - [x] nightly ### Reproducibility - [ ] with Brave Shields disabled - [ ] with Brave Rewards disabled - [ ] in the latest version of Chrome ### Miscellaneous information _No response_

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