Use the I-beam pointer over the text area - #20645
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WinUI 2 has no per-element cursor - UIElement.ProtectedCursor is WinUI 3 only - so the shape gets set on the CoreWindow and derived on every pointer move. Win32 SetCursor loses the race against the WM_SETCURSOR the XAML input site handles while the move is dispatched, and the arrow shows through as a flicker. Closes microsoft#1441
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Is it not necessary to do this on focus too? Tabbing back into the app should update the cursor even if I don't move the cursor and this doesn't handle it right?
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Windows Terminal shows the arrow pointer over selectable text, which the Windows human interface guidelines treat as wrong and which no other mainstream terminal does. Closes #1441.
WinUI 2 has no per-element cursor -
UIElement.ProtectedCursoris WinUI 3 only - so the shape is derived on every pointer move and set on theCoreWindow, the same cursor XAML itself applies. Setting it with Win32SetCursorflickers instead, because it loses to theWM_SETCURSORthe XAML input site handles while the move is dispatched.No setting turns this off. The global opt-out asked for in #5028 can follow in a separate change if it is still wanted.