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My mouse cursor display isn't in sync with where it actually draws.

Asked by DJM

I am brand new to Inkscape and cannot begin working with it. Let me try to explain my problem: When I draw a shape or text box, it doesn't show up in the same place where my mouse cursor is. If I click in one place, the shape will show up a few inches below and to the left of where I clicked. This makes it nearly impossible to select or move an object. Also, when I'm not clicking and I just move the mouse cursor around, the little triangles on the ruler that show where you are aren't accurate, again it's a few inches off from where the cursor actually is. This is hard to explain but can somebody please help me?

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Pablo Trabajos (pajarico) said : 		#1

I don't know what can it be... I have never heard of something like that. You can start by providing Inkscape version and your OS and OS version.

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DJM (j919) said : 		#2

I was using Inkscape 0.45 with Windows XP. I just noticed the 0.46 update and downloaded that, and I'm still having the same problem. Thanks in advance for your help!

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prkos (prkos) said : 		#3

Does that mismatch occur only in the drawing, and not on the toolbars? I presume this only happens in Inkscape and you don't have cursor problems with other software.

What kind of a mouse have you got? Maybe its driver is buggy, does it have cursor calibration options?

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DJM (j919) said : 		#4

Okay, I can use it now. I usually use the mouse on my Wacom Intuos3 tablet, but I just figured out that it works fine when I use the pen rather than the mouse, so I guess I'll just have to use the pen as my sole input device when I'm working in Inkscape. I'm still not sure why it's happening, but at least now I can work around it. Thanks for trying to help me!

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prkos (prkos) said : 		#5

its the tablet then thats causing the problem, I don't have experience with those so I don't know exactly how to fix this, but its probably in the tablet driver or tablet options.

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sergioflorespereira@gmail.com (sergioflorespereira) said : 		#6

I'm having the same problem.

When the I use the Intuos 3 mouse the cursor and tool icon don't line up. When I use the pen then they do... why?

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chester parker (chesterparker32) said : 		#7

I had this problem, but it affected my pen instead. It was solved when i realised that i was using a widescreen moitor that i had divided into two windows, its called magic screen or something.. soon as i changed the screen to no divisions. just one whole window occupying the whole screen, the problem disappeared