When watching a video we always subconsciously swipe the mouse to the right so the pointer can hide on the right side but it will always rest against the left side completely visible why is that?
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Position of the default cursor is identified by values for its left and top (the top/point for standard cursor). The icon for the cursor extends to the right and down of this left/top position. So the furthest left the left side of the cursor can go is the leftmost pixel while the right side of the cursor remains visible. On the right of the screen the left side of the cursor is at the rightmost pixel while the remainder of the cursor is off the right side of the screen.
You’ll find the same case with top and bottom. Top shows full cursor while bottom has tip of cursor on last row of pixels and remainder of cursor off bottom of screen.
I mean the cursor isn’t actually really off sides of screen. It just ceases to be rendered. It’s useful to think of it as being off the sides of screen for the purpose of explanation though.
While writing this I distinctly recalled countless non-standard cursors that were all the rage at school back in the late 90s. That was only a decade ago, right? Right?
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