I use Vesktop. It works there for me at least.
Generally Discord is weird with streaming, especially on Wayland.
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Is there a difference when sharing the whole screen versus sharing only a single window?
You could use a virtual camera like the one included in OBS to share your screen with the cursor showing, but that probably won't share desktop audio by default.
no, there is no difference, but i noticed that when i fullscreen the stream, my cursor shows, but when i go out it disappears, it seems to disappear into nothing.
Some screenshare software has a setting you need to toggle to then have the mouse show. I would look into your screen share settings and check for a toggle like that,
i don't think discord has a setting for that though.
If it doesn't you might have to use a 3rd party screen share tool. Or try some sort of work around, such as such as by using discord screen share to share the screen recording of another screen share application that does show your mouse cursor.
hm ok
also, interestingly, when i fullscreen my screenshare, my cursor appears
Why do you need the cursor shown?
What a stupid question. To show users where to click. Helpfull to help explain a program or anything else.
Ok, relax, it was just a question.
Yeah idk why I am mad. I explained it first and then edited and added how stupid this is... planned to relax today as life gave me too many lemons