Cursor Not Changing

Paul Dupuis paul at researchware.com
Sat Aug 22 16:12:10 EDT 2026 

If you are running stacks in the ADE, don't move the cursor. If the 
cursor moved over part of the IDE, the IDE unlocks it to set it as it 
thinks it should be set


On 8/20/2026 5:49 AM, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode wrote:
> I may have got the wrong end of the stick - but forever I've been 
> cursing the fact that setting the cursor seems to have stopped working 
> altogether.
>
> These days I mostly run various personal tools in the IDE. My scripts 
> typically set the watch cursor to tell me that they're running, 
> sometimes the spin to let me know they're chunking through some large 
> quantity of data - with or without lock cursor, that seems to have 
> been broken for a long time. But I never get round to reporting it.
>
> Is this the issue that's been discussed here? If so I'm pleased to 
> hear if it's only an IDE thing (which perhaps explains why it hasn't 
> been addressed, if most people are building apps).  I've tended to 
> assume it's down to some change in macOS.
>
>
> On 19/08/2026 16:55, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
>> Honestly, most people I think would never see this bug. I don't think 
>> many people use "lock cursor".
>>
>> I only found it as we have a commercial application that has a 
>> component that does something like "mind mapping" - i.e. drawing 
>> boxes of "codes:" and connecting them. To do so we have to enter LC's 
>> drawing "mode" to manipulate creating new drawing objects and placing 
>> them in a group. We have to tightly control the cursor in and out of 
>> the group. That is where it became apparent for us.
>>
>> Anyway, it is unlikely to ever get built into a new LC 10 maintenance 
>> version at this point, so it;s a moot point.
>>
>> -- Paul
>>
>> On 8/19/2026 10:21 AM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote:
>>> I had not seen it before either until a few weeks ago. Now, the 
>>> problem is present in all the various releases I have of LC and in 
>>> HyperXtalk
>>>
>>> Roger
>>>
>>>> On Aug 18, 2026, at 10:49 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode <use- 
>>>> livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> All.
>>>>
>>>> I am in 9.6.9, and again, have never seen this strange cursor 
>>>> issue. So why me, if it is so well known a bug?
>>>>
>>>> Craig
>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 18, 2026, at 12:39 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use- 
>>>>> livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> To be fair, I just downloaded the my sample stack and tested in LC 10
>>>>>
>>>>> The behavior is different - one might argue it is fixed from hat I 
>>>>> described. However, I would still say it is erroneous. When the 
>>>>> sample stack is originally opened the cursor is locked to a browse 
>>>>> (finger). If you move the cursor into the blue rectangle it does 
>>>>> change as it should and change back as it should when exiting the 
>>>>> blue rectangle.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, it you move the cursor over a button (like the Quit 
>>>>> button, it changes to a pointer, and then when leaving the Quit 
>>>>> button, it remains a pointer, even though the cursor was locked at 
>>>>> the browser (finger) cursor. This appears the same behavior 
>>>>> whether lock cursor is true or false. I would argue that under 
>>>>> lock cursor it should remain as locked (finger) until the code 
>>>>> tell it otherwise.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Paul
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8/18/2026 12:16 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
>>>>>> It is a very old bug, and, even with a fresh install of LC 10, it 
>>>>>> still seems present.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For a while we tested every new release to see it it was fixed 
>>>>>> and the database just had not been updated. Then we gave up. If 
>>>>>> the bug is in fact fixed, or there is a reliable work around, 
>>>>>> like reinstalling the cursor stack, then LiveCode, LTD should 
>>>>>> have put that in the bug comments and update the status.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It was/is there job to inform customers, who report bugs, when 
>>>>>> those bug are fixed. At least in my opinion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It may be a completely moot point in LiveCode Create - for all I 
>>>>>> know the bug does not exists in that code base - and that is the 
>>>>>> future direction of LiveCode.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- Paul
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8/18/2026 11:18 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
>>>>>>> It may be that the cursor stack is corrupted, or that another 
>>>>>>> image has the same ID as the pointer cursor. I'd try deleting 
>>>>>>> the LC app and re- installing to see if that fixes it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>>>>>>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>>>>>> On August 18, 2026 9:23:23 AM Craig Newman via use-livecode 
>>>>>>> <use- livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have never seen this. It is common knowledge? I an on a Ma
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Aug 18, 2026, at 9:56 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode 
>>>>>>>>> <use- livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I find it interesting that this bug is listed as "AWAITING 
>>>>>>>>> _MERGE", as well as a number of other bugs in that same state.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If I recall, that means the code to fix it has been written 
>>>>>>>>> and just need to be built and possibly tested.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As I also seem to recall LiveCode spent a lot of time 
>>>>>>>>> developing automated testing routines, and an automated build 
>>>>>>>>> process, I DO have to wonder why they do not just release ONE 
>>>>>>>>> more maintenance release of LiveCode Classic with any and all 
>>>>>>>>> AWAITING _MERGE fixes rolled in.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It seems like a waste of human resources for someone to have 
>>>>>>>>> spent the time fixing the code and not roll it into one last 
>>>>>>>>> build and release.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -- Paul
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 8/18/2026 1:02 AM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Thank you, Paul!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Aug 17, 2026, at 7:05 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode 
>>>>>>>>>>> <use- livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> There are 1 or more bugs related to cursors and lock cursor 
>>>>>>>>>>> I submitted ages ago that I don;t think have been fixed in 
>>>>>>>>>>> classic Livecode.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Here's the one I think applies: 
>>>>>>>>>>> https://quality.livecode.com/ show_bug.cgi?id=22211
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/16/2026 10:46 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Can anyone tell me why the cursor does not change when I 
>>>>>>>>>>>> switch from the browse to pointer tools and vice versa? 
>>>>>>>>>>>> It’s always the browse tool, regardless of what I select, 
>>>>>>>>>>>> even though the function is switched as expected. LC 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 10.0.5, Mac OS Tahoe
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank You
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Roger
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