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On discord using fedora linux, when screensharing, it works, but my cursor doesn't show(so it shows the screen, but not cursor), does anyone else have the same problem as me? and if you know, how can i solve it?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Is there a difference when sharing the whole screen versus sharing only a single window?

You could use a virtual camera like the one included in OBS to share your screen with the cursor showing, but that probably won't share desktop audio by default.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 minutes ago

no, there is no difference, but i noticed that when i fullscreen the stream, my cursor shows, but when i go out it disappears, it seems to disappear into nothing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Some screenshare software has a setting you need to toggle to then have the mouse show. I would look into your screen share settings and check for a toggle like that,

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 minutes ago (1 children)

i don't think discord has a setting for that though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 minutes ago

If it doesn't you might have to use a 3rd party screen share tool. Or try some sort of work around, such as such as by using discord screen share to share the screen recording of another screen share application that does show your mouse cursor.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago

I use Vesktop. It works there for me at least.

Generally Discord is weird with streaming, especially on Wayland.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Why do you need the cursor shown?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

What a stupid question. To show users where to click. Helpfull to help explain a program or anything else.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Ok, relax, it was just a question.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

Yeah idk why I am mad. I explained it first and then edited and added how stupid this is... planned to relax today as life gave me too many lemons