This is a Tk limitation I believe. I remember looking into it years ago and it appeared that it cannot change the cursor until you move the mouse. I always tell people in workshops to move the mouse before checking the cursor for edit mode or not. It *might* have something to do with how macOS handles it;'s cursors but I think it also applies to the various Linux windowing systems too. Someone can chime in on that.
On Nov 9, 2024, at 12:00 PM, pd-dev-request@lists.iem.at wrote:
By the way, I'm always bothered by the fact that the cursor does not automatically change to a hand when getting into edit mode, we do need to move the mouse so it can be aware. I wonder if it's because it uses this 'canvas_doclick' function. Nonetheless, when getting out of edit mode, it goes back to the arrow cursor just fine. I will open an issue about this, I hope there is a way to listen to the edit status and make this transition better.
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