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Hide system cursor #23
Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Platform: Windows 11
Currently the cursor that gets added by Recordly is not perfectly aligned with the system cursor (especially with smoothing). Visually it doesn't look good when two cursors are visible.
I noticed that if I adjust cursor settings, it snaps back to the actual cursor's position. But when I resume it lacks behind again.
Describe the solution you'd like
Instead of turning off Recordly's smoothed cusror which has the click effects too. It would be better if the system's cursor can be turned off or replace and smoothed.
- Record screen without cursor while tracking cursor position throughout the recording
- Get to choose to use real cursor movement, smoothed cursor, and whether to use the system visuals or custom one.
Additional setting: choose whether the custom cursor changes based on context or remains as the default style.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Can't really think of a different method to achieve the same result. The on described above is the most straight-forward approach.
Additional context
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FadiNahhas commentedon Mar 15, 2026
Testing with the latest version I'm getting this error
Even when running as admin
webadderall commentedon Mar 15, 2026
Javascript error should be fixed, let me know if the two cursor issue persists. Have you tried disabling your custom cursor and seeing if anything changes?
tokenflow1m commentedon Mar 15, 2026
The two cursors being visible at the same time should be fixed in v1.0.8+ with WGC capture, which records without the OS cursor.
The smoothing lag is a separate issue. Even with the system cursor hidden, the rendered cursor still trails behind the actual position because of smoothing, so click effects can appear before the cursor visually arrives. One way to fix this is to apply a negative time offset to the cursor telemetry lookup, shifting the rendered cursor slightly ahead to compensate for the smoothing delay.
webadderall commentedon Mar 15, 2026
Closing as issue seems to be resolved
FadiNahhas commentedon Mar 15, 2026
@webadderall @tokenflow1m
I just installed 1.0.9, and the system cursor remains. There is noticeable improvement in the custom cursor tracking.
I also noticed another bug, the editor breaks after exporting.
webadderall commentedon Mar 16, 2026
Are you using a custom cursor application? Can you try disabling it and seeing if the cursor gets hidden?
webadderall commentedon Mar 16, 2026
FadiNahhas commentedon Mar 16, 2026
That's just a custom Windows cursor. Not using any 3rd party application
webadderall commentedon Mar 16, 2026
What version of windows is this? 10 Build 19041 (May 2020) or newer?
FadiNahhas commentedon Mar 16, 2026
Windows 11 Pro
25H2
Build: 26200.8037
webadderall commentedon Mar 17, 2026
Do you have Windows Graphics Capture installed or supported on your system? Are you running a VM? Could you give more hardware details?
FadiNahhas commentedon Mar 17, 2026
System Specs:
Intel Core i7-14700KF
RTX 5070
32GB RAM
I will install the latest version of Recordly and test again.
UPDATE:
I just tested v1.1.0.
The issue persists, I can only hide the custom cursor. If I set smoothing to 0, it still lacks behind just a tiny bit so I can still see both cursors.
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FadiNahhas commentedon Mar 19, 2026
If it's building on your machine could you publish another release with the fixes?
I tried cloning to test, getting Wasapi Capture errors
louayhouimli commentedon Mar 19, 2026
Yes please publish a release
webadderall commentedon Mar 19, 2026
v1.1.3 should appear in a few minutes, someone tell me if it works 🙏
pierrejacquet commentedon Mar 19, 2026
It seems to have fixed it for me :) !
webadderall commentedon Mar 19, 2026
Issue resolved
webadderall commentedon Mar 19, 2026
I've also heard reports that the smoothened cursor on Windows seems to lag behind, anyone experiencing it?
ranggasan commentedon Mar 19, 2026
Yes, I can confirm it, the cursor movement is lag behind
pierrejacquet commentedon Mar 19, 2026
The problem I have (may be unrelated) is that cropping window / video seems to offset the cursor position / or the cursor position is relative to the window size but not to the original video positionning.
webadderall commentedon Mar 19, 2026
#72 Any help would be appreciated
I'll fix this