https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55543
Bug ID: 55543 Summary: Mouse cursor clipping can no longer be disabled by application Product: Wine Version: 8.10 Hardware: x86-64 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: minor Priority: P2 Component: -unknown Assignee: wine-bugs@winehq.org Reporter: insuna@no.capfr.fr Distribution: ---
Ever since Wine 8.10 it has become impossible to disable cursor clipping with application settings. If the game/application reports that it's a fullscreen/windowed-fullscreen application then the mouse cursor will be captured/clipped when alt-tabbing into the application and it's impossible to release the cursor without alt-tabbing back out.
No settings in Wine can be used to disable this "feature" and all hints of the game are ignored. This can be circumvented by not alt-tabbing into the game, but instead changing focus by clicking onto the game window, this will not clip the cursor until you accidentally alt+tab into the game again.
The game I've tested this with most extensively is World of Warcraft: Classic, because it has several detailed in-game settings wrt. clipping, which were respected prior to 8.10, but now no longer are.