Not every cursor question is about decorative mouse pointers — some are about cursor-specific tools inside applications, cursor bugs in games, or setting up a profile page cursor effect. This guide covers the specific app-by-app and game-by-game cursor questions that come up most often: how guns.lol cursor effects work, how to snap Blender’s 3D Cursor to origin, fixing the AMD cursor bug, WoW cursor macros, and more.
Custom Cursor for Guns.lol: What You Need to Know
Guns.lol is not a game — it’s a link-in-bio profile page platform, similar to Linktree but with a gaming and social aesthetic that makes it popular with streamers, gamers, and online communities. A guns.lol profile page lets you link your social media accounts, Discord, YouTube, and other platforms in a single customizable page.
Adding a custom cursor to your guns.lol profile is a Premium feature. When visitors open your guns.lol profile page, they see your custom cursor as they move their mouse over the page — an aesthetic effect that makes the profile stand out. Here’s how to set it up:
- Upgrade to guns.lol Premium — cursor effects are not available on the free tier. Head to guns.lol/pricing to see Premium options
- Once Premium is active, go to your Profile Editor and look for the Cursor & Profile Effects section
- Select or upload your custom cursor effect — guns.lol’s premium cursor feature allows visual cursor customization from within the platform’s own editor
- Save and preview — your profile visitors will now see the custom cursor when they visit your page
The cursor effect on guns.lol is visible to profile visitors browsing your page in their browser — it doesn’t change anything about the visitor’s own system cursor outside of your profile page. For the full list of Premium features (profile widgets, YouTube/Discord embeds, typewriter effects, SEO metadata), check help.guns.lol.
Custom Cursor for Strawpage
Strawpage is a free profile/link-in-bio builder popular with teens and aesthetic communities. Unlike guns.lol, Strawpage allows custom CSS on profile pages, which means you can set a custom cursor using CSS code without needing a premium plan:
- Go to your Strawpage profile editor and find the Custom CSS section
- Add the following CSS to your stylesheet:
CSS code: cursor: url(YOUR_CURSOR_URL_HERE) auto — paste into Strawpage custom CSS section
Replace YOUR_CURSOR_URL_HERE with a direct link to a .cur, .png, or .gif cursor image file. The file must be hosted somewhere accessible — cursor.cc, custom-cursor.com, or your own image hosting. The * selector applies the cursor to all elements on the page.
For animated cursors, .gif files work in most browsers as CSS cursor images. The cursor file size should be kept small (under 50KB) for performance. If the cursor doesn’t appear, check that the URL is a direct file link (ending in .cur, .png, or .gif) rather than a page link.
Blender: 3D Cursor to Origin (Not a Mouse Cursor)
The Blender 3D Cursor is a positioning tool inside the Blender 3D viewport — it’s not your mouse pointer. It’s the red-and-white crosshair target that marks a position in 3D space, used as a reference point for placing objects, setting pivot points, and snapping. Moving the 3D Cursor to the world origin (the 0, 0, 0 coordinate center) is one of the most common Blender operations.
How to Snap the 3D Cursor to the World Origin
- Shortcut (fastest): Press Shift+S to open the Snap pie menu, then select Cursor to World Origin
- Manual entry: Press N to open the Properties panel in the 3D viewport, select the View tab, and set the 3D Cursor location fields to X: 0, Y: 0, Z: 0
- Header menu: Object > Snap > Cursor to World Origin
Related Blender 3D Cursor Operations
| Shortcut | What It Does |
| Shift+S > Cursor to World Origin | Snaps 3D cursor to 0,0,0 (the center of the world) |
| Shift+S > Cursor to Selected | Snaps 3D cursor to the selected object or element |
| Shift+S > Cursor to Active | Snaps 3D cursor to the active (last selected) element |
| Shift+S > Selection to Cursor | Moves selected object(s) to the 3D cursor position |
| Shift+Right Click | Places the 3D cursor at the clicked location in the viewport |
The 3D cursor is used as the pivot point for rotations and scaling when Pivot Point is set to ‘3D Cursor’ in the toolbar. Snapping it to origin before aligning objects is a standard workflow step in modeling and rigging.
League of Legends: Cursor Scale on 4K Monitor
The in-game cursor in League of Legends can feel very small on a 4K (3840×2160) monitor because the cursor size doesn’t automatically scale to the higher resolution. The fix is straightforward:
- Open in-game settings with Escape > Settings
- Go to the Interface tab
- Find the Cursor Scale slider and increase it — there is typically a range from 0.5x to 2.5x or similar
- Apply and close settings — the cursor should now be visibly larger and easier to track during gameplay
If the in-game cursor scale setting doesn’t feel sufficient, an alternative is to increase Windows display scaling: Settings > System > Display > Scale, and increase from 100% to 125% or 150%. This affects the Windows desktop cursor size as well as how applications scale. For 4K gaming with regular desktop use, 150% display scaling is a common starting point.
Huion Kamvas 16: Cursor Far Away from Pen
The ‘cursor far away from pen’ issue on Huion Kamvas 16 and similar pen displays is a common calibration and driver setup problem. The pen tip registers in one location while the cursor appears significantly offset. The fixes in order of likelihood:
Fix 1: Calibrate in Huion Driver
- Open Huion Driver (from system tray or Start menu)
- Select your Kamvas 16 device
- Go to the Pen Display tab and click Calibrate
- Follow the on-screen instructions — tap the crosshairs as accurately as possible
- Complete calibration and test — the offset should be corrected
Fix 2: Working Area Settings (Multi-Monitor)
If you have multiple monitors, the Huion driver may be mapping the pen input across all screens rather than just the Kamvas 16 display. Fix:
- In Huion Driver > Working Area, set the display mapping to the Kamvas 16 monitor specifically
- Make sure the screen proportions match — if your Kamvas is set to full area but mapped to a different screen ratio, the cursor will appear offset
Fix 3: Driver Reinstall
If calibration doesn’t resolve the issue, download the latest Huion driver from huion.com/drivers and do a clean reinstall: uninstall the current driver, restart, then install the fresh download.
AMD Mouse Cursor Bug: Black Box, Flickering, or Disappearing
AMD Radeon graphics cards have a known and recurring issue where the hardware-rendered mouse cursor shows visual artifacts — appearing as a black box, flickering rapidly, or disappearing entirely. This is a driver-level bug that has appeared across multiple generations of AMD hardware.
Fixes in Order
- Update AMD Radeon Software: The most common fix. Open AMD Radeon Software > Check for Updates. The cursor bug has been patched multiple times across driver versions. If a recent update caused the issue, roll back one driver version
- Disable Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling: Windows Settings > System > Display > Graphics Settings > turn off Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling. Restart. This forces the cursor to render in software rather than hardware
- Disable Radeon Boost and Anti-Lag in AMD Adrenalin: Both features can conflict with cursor rendering in some setups. AMD Adrenalin > Gaming > Global Settings > disable Radeon Boost and Anti-Lag
- Change cursor scheme: Control Panel > Mouse > Pointers > Change cursor scheme to a different scheme (e.g. from Windows Default to Windows Black). This forces a software cursor reload
- Disable the hardware cursor via display settings: In some AMD driver versions, the hardware cursor rendering can be disabled — check the current AMD Adrenalin Display settings for this option
Sims 4: Cursor Override Mods
The Sims 4 uses its own in-game cursor (the plumb bob/hand pointer) that overrides your system cursor while the game is focused. Searches for ‘Sims 4 cursor override’ typically refer to one of two things: fixing the game’s cursor behavior, or installing a mod that replaces the default Sims 4 cursor with a custom design.
For cursor behavior issues (cursor not showing, wrong cursor appearing in menus):
- In Sims 4 game settings, look for the Hardware Cursor option under Graphics and toggle it off — this switches from the hardware-rendered cursor to a software cursor, which resolves some rendering issues
- Update GPU drivers — cursor rendering issues often follow driver updates
For custom cursor mods in Sims 4: the Sims modding community on ModTheSims (modthesims.info) and The Sims Resource hosts UI mods that replace the default game cursor graphics with custom designs. These are .package files installed into the Mods folder in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > Mods. Always download mods from trusted community sites and check compatibility with the current game patch version.
How to Change Cursor Color in Krita
Krita’s cursor appearance is configured in Settings > Configure Krita > General > Cursor. The available options control cursor style rather than an arbitrary color picker:
- Cursor Shape: Options include Toolhound, Cross, Small Cross, Arrow, No cursor (just the tool outline), and others depending on Krita version
- Cursor Color: A primary and secondary cursor color can be set in the Cursor settings — allowing you to make the crosshair or outline a more visible color against your working background
- Tool Outline: Enable this to show the brush size/shape as an outline around the cursor — often more useful than the cursor itself for painting work
If the cursor is hard to see against your canvas color, the most practical fix is switching to a contrasting cursor style and color. Settings > Configure Krita > General > Cursor > change the cursor color to a bright or contrasting hue (neon green, orange, or white depending on your typical background).
Sibelius: Start Playing at Cursor Position
In Sibelius notation software, playback control is straightforward once you know the keyboard shortcuts:
- Space bar: Starts playback from the current playback line position (or from the beginning of a selection if you have notes selected)
- Click a note, then Space: Starts playback from that note’s position — click any note to move the selection there, then press Space
- P key: Plays from the very beginning of the score
- Home key (Sibelius 7+): Moves the playback position to the beginning
- Escape: Stops playback
For ‘start playing at cursor’ in the sense of starting from wherever your text/edit cursor is positioned: click any note or rest in the score to create a selection point, then press Space. The playback begins from the bar containing your selected element.
Mouse Cursor Flickering: Causes and Fixes
Cursor flickering — where the cursor rapidly switches appearance or disappears and reappears — can have several causes:
| Cause | Fix |
| Outdated/corrupted GPU drivers | Update AMD, NVIDIA, or Intel GPU drivers |
| Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling conflict | Windows Settings > System > Display > Graphics > disable HAGS |
| Two cursor drivers conflicting (touchpad + mouse) | Device Manager > check for duplicate cursor/HID devices |
| USB power management | Device Manager > USB Root Hub > Properties > Power Management > uncheck ‘Allow PC to turn off this device’ |
| Cursor theme corruption | Control Panel > Mouse > Pointers > reset to default scheme |
| Physical mouse sensor issue | Clean mouse sensor; try on a different surface; test with another mouse |
The most common fix is a GPU driver update or disabling Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling — both are quick to try and address the majority of flickering cases.
How to Remove a Cursor from a Screenshot or Image
Capturing or removing the mouse cursor from screenshots and images is a common need for tutorials, content creation, and sharing:
Prevent Cursor Capture in the First Place
- Windows Snipping Tool (Win+Shift+S): Does not capture the cursor by default — the easiest solution
- ShareX: In Capture Settings, there is a ‘Capture cursor’ toggle — disable it before capturing
- OBS/streaming software: In your Screen Capture source properties, uncheck ‘Capture Cursor’
Remove Cursor from an Existing Image
- Photoshop: Select the cursor area > Edit > Content-Aware Fill; or use the Clone Stamp tool to paint over the cursor with surrounding content
- GIMP: Use the Clone Tool or the Heal Selection plugin to remove the cursor
- Online tools: Remove.bg and similar AI editing tools can sometimes remove cursors; Inpaint.app is specifically designed for object removal
What Is a .cur File?
A .cur file is the standard Windows cursor file format for static (non-animated) cursor images. It stores a small image (typically 32×32 pixels at standard size, or larger for HiDPI displays) along with a ‘hotspot’ — the exact pixel within the image that represents the click point.
Key facts about .cur files:
- .ani is the animated equivalent — frame-by-frame animation in a similar container format
- To apply a .cur file: Control Panel > Mouse > Pointers > Browse and select the .cur file for any cursor state
- To create a .cur file from a PNG: use RealWorld Cursor Editor (free), IcoFX, or an online converter like convertio.co. The hotspot must be set correctly or clicks will register at the wrong position
- Most custom cursor packs come as .zip archives containing multiple .cur and .ani files — one for each cursor state (pointer, wait, text insert, link hover, etc.)
Cursor Macros in World of Warcraft
In World of Warcraft, cursor macros are used to cast targeted abilities directly at the current mouse cursor position, eliminating the need for a second click to confirm the ground target. The syntax is:
/cast [@cursor] SpellName
For example:
- /cast [@cursor] Flare — casts Flare at the cursor position without clicking
- /cast [@cursor] Death and Decay — common DK macro for instant placement
- /cast [@cursor] Typhoon — for AoE knockback at cursor
The @cursor targeting modifier works with any ground-targeted or AoE ability. It’s different from @mouseover, which targets the unit your mouse is hovering over rather than a ground position. To create a macro in WoW:
- Press / and type /macro (or click the game menu > Macros)
- Click New, name the macro, and paste your /cast [@cursor] command
- Drag the macro to your action bar and bind a key to it
Cursor macros are widely used in WoW PvP for faster AoE deployment and in PvE for mechanics requiring precise ground placement. They are fully supported and not in violation of WoW’s terms of service — all functionality is within Blizzard’s official macro API.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I add a custom cursor to my guns.lol profile?
Cursor effects on guns.lol require a Premium subscription. Upgrade at guns.lol/pricing, then go to Profile Editor > Cursor & Profile Effects to set your custom cursor. Profile visitors will see the cursor when they browse your page.
How do I snap the Blender 3D Cursor to the origin?
Press Shift+S in the 3D viewport to open the Snap pie menu, then select Cursor to World Origin. This moves the 3D Cursor to 0,0,0. Alternatively, open the N panel (N key), go to the View tab, and manually set the cursor coordinates to 0.
How do I fix mouse cursor flickering?
The most common fixes are: update your GPU drivers (AMD, NVIDIA, or Intel), disable Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling in Windows graphics settings, and check Device Manager for duplicate cursor/HID input devices. Resetting the cursor theme in Control Panel > Mouse > Pointers often resolves theme-specific flickering.
How do I use @cursor macros in WoW?
Create a macro with /cast [@cursor] SpellName, where SpellName is any ground-targeted ability. This casts the spell at your current cursor position without requiring a click to confirm the target location.
How do I remove a cursor from a screenshot?
To prevent cursor capture, use Windows Snipping Tool (Win+Shift+S) or disable cursor capture in your screenshot tool settings. To remove an existing cursor from an image, use Photoshop’s Content-Aware Fill or Clone Stamp over the cursor area.
Final Thoughts
Cursor questions across different apps and games share almost no common knowledge — understanding why the Blender 3D Cursor needs to go to origin has nothing to do with fixing AMD cursor flickering, which has nothing to do with setting up a guns.lol profile cursor. The unifying thread is just the word ‘cursor’ appearing in very different technical contexts. The guides above address each independently: guns.lol’s Premium cursor effect system, Blender’s Shift+S snap workflow, AMD driver fixes for hardware cursor artifacts, WoW’s @cursor macro syntax, and the rest. Each fix is specific to its application and should work regardless of what else is happening on your system.
