Cursor size/presentation.

[Jeff Prince]

On 1/15/2024 at 12:52 PM, Neil Barman said:

He also confirmed that the cursor behaviour you are seeing is not related to Vectorworks' own options.

how is this not something caused by Vectorworks’ interaction with the OS?  The same does not happen in other programs like Civil 3D, Photoshop, Excel…. Just Vectorworks.

 

 

 

On 4/24/2024 at 11:55 PM, MartinAV said:

I have also experienced this issue. The specific issues seems to be when the ui scaling different. I have a laptop with a 4k display with a scaling of 225%. The external monitor i am using is a 1080p monitor running 100% scaling. It seems that when hovering over the drawing area the cursor is using the scaling from the primary monitor, rather than for the external monitor. This then gives the effect of the cursor changing size when moving between the drawing space and the toolbars.

Changing the ui scaling on the primary display to 100% resolved the issue.
However using 100% scaling on a 4k laptop display is not usable.

This is an issue exclusive to Vectorworks(2024). It did not appear in the 2022 version. I skipped 2023 so can not tel if issue is present there.

 

You have hit the nail on the head.  This problem has been driving me nuts since working at a Widows office equipped with laptops and multiple monitors.  Not only does the cursor change size over the drawing area, but the tool pallets have to be resized on other monitors if you move your app to one of the other screens.

 

The only work around I have found are to use the same resolution on the laptop as the monitors , disable scaling, and make an external monitor your primary screen.   Vectorworks 2025 is the only program I use that has these difficulties, which it didn’t in the past. docked and undocked modes of laptop use?   Seems someone at VWX forgot to enable something…

[mjm]

On 5/4/2024 at 9:47 AM, zoomer said:

 

I used that for years.

Even at times when my eyes were still good.

Same same