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mouse cursor incorrectly scaled on hidpi Windows system

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#393 opened on Dec 28, 2016

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Description

I'm using vncviewer 1.7.0 on a hidpi windows system. The remote screen is scaled nicely, however, the mouse cursor is tiny. Please scale the mouse cursor as well.

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Research direction
Investigate the Windows HiDPI scaling code for mouse cursor rendering. Check how the cursor bitmap is created and rendered, and apply appropriate scaling based on the monitor's DPI settings.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
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C++Windows API
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