fix(linux): enable cursor overlay by default on Linux - #1040
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resolveBrowserCaptureCursorPolicy force-disabled the editor cursor overlay for every browser-capture recording (hideEditorOverlayCursorByDefault: true), and the Linux browser path always uses browser capture, so the animated cursor overlay never appeared for Linux users. Make the policy platform-aware: on Linux keep the overlay enabled by default and skip the Windows-only OS-cursor hiding call. Windows and macOS behavior is unchanged. Users can still turn the overlay off with the editor's Show cursor toggle.
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughBrowser capture now applies a Linux-specific cursor policy. It keeps the OS cursor visible, sets the stream cursor to ChangesLinux Cursor Policy
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes Change: Bug fix Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to A failed second platform lookup can prevent a browser-capture recording from starting. Reuse the platform already obtained during preparation before merging. Architecture SummaryArchitecture risk: 🟡 Medium · up to The change affects 1 system. Changed systems: Architecture concerns Review detailsSystems and components
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- Line 1939: Update startRecording to retain platform from preparedStart and
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Reuse the platform already obtained for this recording.
prepareRecordingStart returns platform, but startRecording discards it. The browser-capture path calls getPlatform again before acquiring a stream. If this request rejects, the outer startup handler catches the error but browser capture still fails despite successful preparation. Pass preparedStart.platform to the policy instead.
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- const { selectedSource, useNativeMacScreenCapture, useNativeWindowsCapture, micLabel } =
+ const {
+ platform,
+ selectedSource,
+ useNativeMacScreenCapture,
+ useNativeWindowsCapture,
+ micLabel,
+ } = preparedStart;
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- const platform = (await window.electronAPI?.getPlatform?.()) ?? "";
const browserCursorPolicy = resolveBrowserCaptureCursorPolicy({
nativeWindowsCaptureStartFailed,
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Review comment at @src/hooks/useScreenRecorder.ts at line 1939:
Update startRecording to retain platform from preparedStart and pass it to
resolveBrowserCaptureCursorPolicy, removing the redundant getPlatform call
before browser stream acquisition.
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This is part of 8 PRs
I split the complete Linux cursor fix into multiple PRs to make review easier. The full fix is already written and tested on two Linux X11 laptops. This is PR 1 of 8; by the end of the stack, the goal is a fully integrated FFmpeg pipeline plus fixes for GPU problems, clicks not registering around the recording bar, broken exporting, and a few others.
These PRs are stacked on top of each other. They mainly target X11 — on Wayland the app falls back to its current default behavior.
Description
resolveBrowserCaptureCursorPolicynow takes the OS into account: on Linux it keeps the editor cursor overlay enabled by default and skips the Windows-only "hide the OS cursor" call.Expected result on X11: the animated cursor overlay appears and acts just like the system cursor.
On Wayland the app cannot read the cursor position, so the overlay stays where recording started. Users who don't want it can turn it off with the editor's "Show cursor" toggle.
Motivation
Previously
resolveBrowserCaptureCursorPolicyforce-disabled the cursor overlay for every browser-capture recording, and the Linux path always uses browser capture — so Linux users never got the animated cursor overlay at all. This PR turns it on for Linux.Type of Change
Related Issue(s)
Part of #34 (this addresses the first layer; the full fix spans all 8 PRs).
Screenshots / Video
Expected behavior:
proofPR5.mp4
Testing Guide
Note: on Linux, recording currently only works on desktops with a working screen-share portal (GNOME, KDE). Cinnamon does not work — that's a pre-existing bug in the app, not caused by this PR. It will be fixed in later PR by
```bash
git clone https://github.com/marwan-softdev/Recordly.git
cd Recordly
git checkout pr1-overlay # or: gh pr checkout
npm install # Node 20+ (I used Node 24 via nvm)
npm run dev # builds and opens the Recordly window
```
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